About the job

Job summary

This position can be based at Lowestoft, Pakefield Road

Job description

The MMO is great place to work, with a clear, positive purpose and a strong focus on high quality delivery and staff wellbeing and growth.  

MMO manages 230,000 square kilometres of hugely diverse seas, almost double that of England’s land mass. Our seas are among the busiest in the world. The extensive benefits we draw from them are not always recognised, whether for leisure, transport, commerce, fisheries, construction, energy, and communications. Critically, our seas provide significant environmental benefits. 

We deliver professional, expert, valued services, and support for our marine environment and for those who use it.  

We are committed to being a top place to work – focussed on colleague engagement and respect; shared values; personal wellbeing; individual and collective diversity; and professional personal development. 

Job description

This is a really exciting time to join the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) as we become an independent coastal state, embedding new repatriated functions and services with an increased focus on the protection and enhancing of the marine environment. The MMO licenses, regulates and plans marine activities in the seas around England so that they are carried out in a sustainable way.

In April 2014 the Secretary of State adopted the first ever marine plans for the East Inshore and Offshore marine plan areas. Marine plans for the South Inshore and Offshore marine plan areas followed in 2018. In June 2021 the Government adopted and published the North East, North West, South East and South West Marine Plans. The decision has been taken to replace the East Marine Plan, with work already underway.

Marine plans guide developers, planning authorities and other decision-makers so that their activities happen in a sustainable and coordinated way. Reporting to the Higher Executive Officer (HEO), the post holder will contribute to the production, implementation and monitoring of marine plans for England. As one of two marine planners for the east marine plan area, the incumbent will be at the heart of policy development, engaging with local and national stakeholders and working closely with other internal teams and external organisations to develop a new East Marine Plan. They will deliver marine planning tasks as directed by the Marine Planner HEO, working across marine planning functions.

Work will be directed by the marine planning team and the Marine Planner (East) post will be based in the MMO’s Lowestoft office with flexible working arrangements. Other suitable locations may be considered. All roles will be expected to travel to attend meetings on a regular basis, under normal circumstances. A driving licence is highly desirable for this role.

Merit List
A merit list will be created following the interview process for candidates that passed the interview but were not selected for the advertised roles. This merit list will be kept for 1 year and may be used to fill future vacant positions within the Marine Planning team in MMO offices around England.

Please refer to the attached candidate pack for full job details. Note that only applications made using our CV template will be processed.

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £27,489, Marine Management Organisation contributes £7,449 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.