Support Team Lead
| Posting date: | 13 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,485 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 January 2026 |
| Location: | Southampton |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 441202/1 |
Summary
Do you enjoy making sure everything is accurate, organised, and up to the highest standard?
Can you spot the little details that make a big difference and help keep things running smoothly?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking a Support Team Lead to join our Maritime Governance and Regulatory Compliance (MGRC) directorate. This is a team that cares about quality, precision, and making a real difference in maritime safety. You’ll play a key role in supporting important assurance programmes, coordinating activities, and ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. If you enjoy working with detail, keeping things organised, and contributing to something that matters on a global scale, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. We value collaboration, flexibility, and fresh ideas: Your voice will count here.
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 and 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: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers
As a Support Team Lead, you will play a key role in keeping our quality standards high and our processes running smoothly. From coordinating essential activities to supporting audits and compliance work, you’ll make sure everything is accurate, organised, and delivered on time. If you enjoy working with detail, solving problems, and contributing to something that really matters, this is a great opportunity to make an impact.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Coordinate with Lead Auditors to support delivery of the External Assurance Programme.Provide excellent administrative support duties for high profile meetings and committees., including administrative supportManage budgets and produce accurate reports for the MGRC.Maintain and test the Business Continuity Plan to ensure readiness.Co-ordinate and support vessel selection for audits and arrange travel for surveyors as required.Keep track of findings and actions from assurance programmes and co-ordinate updates.Administrative support to MGRC’s wider activities including co-ordination of responses to international maritime standards, assistance to Overseas Support Programme and updating relevant system databases.Participate as an Associate Auditor during compliance activities, as directed.Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the 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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