Senior Coastal Operations Officer
| Posting date: | 27 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,233 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £6,000 of additional allowances which includes: Public Holiday, Evening and Weekend - £1000 personal allowance, Enhanced weekend allowance - £2,000 & on call allowance - £3000 personal allowance – if applicable (Allowances are reviewed annually). |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 June 2025 |
| Location: | Felixstowe |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 407388/1 |
Summary
Do you have a passion for developing people and love to build and support others to achieve their best?
If so, we are looking for a Senior Coastal Operations Officer to join us at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and we'd love to hear from you!
The MCA implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.
Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.
We are committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams.
We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at MCA.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks groups covering, Women’s, LGBTQI+, Race, Carers, Mental Wellbeing, Veterans Network and volunteer Respect Ambassadors.
As Senior Coastal Operations Officer, you have the responsibility of the management, administration, readiness, and safety of volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers (CRO) within Coastguard Rescue Teams. This will be under the supervision of the Coastal Operations Area Commander to ensure that the Operational Area is at a state of constant readiness.
You will also be responsible for the supervision, management and administration of operational equipment, vehicles and estate belonging to a number of Coastguard Rescue Teams.
As part of the role, your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and managing a number of teams allocated to them by the Coastal Operations Area Commander. They will act as mentor and coach to Station Officers, ensuring that there is a consistent standard of leadership and compliance with policy across the teams they are allocated.
- Responsible for recruitment, induction, and technical training of volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers, the monitoring of their probation progress and ensuring that newly recruited Coastguard Rescue Officers are developed appropriately, are motivated and understand the commitment required within the volunteer Coastguard Rescue Service. This includes ensuring that Coastguard Rescue Officers are trained and assessed in all disciplines required in line with national policy, and Area priorities.
- As part of the Area management team, is responsible for ensuring adequate levels of supervision and governance are maintained and compliance with ISO 9001:2015. This includes ensuring all associated records and databases are updated and maintained.
- Responsible for ensuring teams under their control maintain a high level of operational readiness. This includes: complying with Equipment Management processes; adhering to equipment inspection regimes; ensuring vehicles are compliant with legal requirements and ensuring that HMCG properties are kept in good order and all requirements of the Health and Safety policy are followed.
- The role holder will represent HM Coastguard at operational level in local liaison and multi-agency partnership working. Responsible for ensuring that the MCA safety culture and safe systems of work are implemented within the teams they are responsible for.
For further information about the role and responsibilities, please see the attached role profile.
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