Operational Support Officer
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,159 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Fareham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 425583/1 |
Summary
Do you have an excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills?
Have you got previous administrative experience?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (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.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at the MCA: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers
HM Coastguard (HMCG) is the operational arm of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) with responsibility for 6 key missions - Search and Rescue, Pollution Response, Vessel Traffic Management, Maritime Safety, Maritime Security and Emergency and Disaster management.
The roles purpose is to provide operational support functions as part of a dedicated team to HM Coastguard Operations and additional general site duties as required to support and assist HQ, Divisional, Area and on-call duty officers within Coastguard operations both locally and nationally.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Support of HM Coastguard management activities that include:
- National secretariat support of HQ management meetings - minute taking and Action/Decision log ownership.
- Assisting with the production of monthly and ad-hoc management information reports - POWERBI / ISAR / Monthly Management Information Reports/Presentations.
- JRCC supporting functions.
- Support for HM Coastguard work packages/projects as required.
- Point of contact and administrator for property management issues within Divisions, including Coastguard Operations Centres and Areas.
- Act as Fire Warden as required.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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