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Deputy Head, Maritime Safety Policy

Job details
Posting date: 01 April 2025
Salary: £42,848 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 April 2025
Location: Leeds
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 398353/2

Summary

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Do you have Policy Development and Implementation experience?

Can you develop and maintain relationships with a range of senior stakeholders?

If so this is role is suited for you!

The Department’s Maritime Safety Policy team is located within the Maritime People & Safety Division and delivers a broad range of important work.

The team has responsibility for safety policy across all aspects of the maritime world from shipping to ports, maritime pilotage and recreational activities. We work closely with colleagues in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the UK’s maritime safety regulator, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, the General Lighthouse Authorities and the sector on all aspects of national policy, legislation, and response to major incidents.

In addition, we manage the portfolio of 5,300 merchant shipwrecks the Department owns around the world having underwritten their insurance during the First and Second World Wars. We also have responsibility for the UK’s interests in many other high-profile wrecks including the RMS Titanic and SS Richard Montgomery.

These are all high-profile issues within the Department with often national, and international, interest which involve significant exposure to ministers.

Responsibilities

Include, but not limited to:

  • Contributing to the development and delivery of a new maritime strategy representing the opportunity to set the direction of maritime safety policy for the next decade.
  • Leading projects across a wide range of maritime safety-related policy, legislative and developmental areas including on the UK’s lighthouses, maritime pilotage, port marine operations, and improving ship safety and standards.
  • Leading on approvals for the procurement of a new fleet of vessels for the General Lighthouse Authorities.
  • Assisting on the development and management of a tender to remove the masts on the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery;
  • Managing the wrecks portfolio to achieve good value for money for the UK taxpayer including environmental pollution, salvage awards and records management;
  • Building and maintaining close working relationships with key stakeholders;
  • Line management of one HEO.

For further information, please see the attached Role Profile

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