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Job summary

This position can be based in Newcastle, Preston

Job description

Organisation Details  

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Driven by government’s aim for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas, MMO’s purpose is to protect and enhance our precious marine environment, and support UK economic growth by enabling sustainable marine activities and development.

We are the independent regulator for England’s seas, professionally delivering service-focussed outcomes for our customers. 

Job description  

This is a really exciting time to join the MMO as the UK is now an independent coastal state, embedding new repatriated functions and services with an increased focus on the protection and enhancing of the marine environment. 

This role is currently available within the MMO Fisheries Management Plan and International Team at HEO grade.

Accountabilities and responsibilities:

• Actively demonstrate the MMO’s commitment to being more outward looking, engaging and working collaboratively with our stakeholders and delivery partners to help achieve shared objectives together.
• Take active ownership of the development, delivery and management of aspects of project deliverables, working with HEO counterparts within the team, and contribute to the effective delivery of the MMO’s ‘delivering sustainable fishing opportunities’ service.
• Develop strong links with relevant MMO teams such as Fisheries Management (in particular with regard to FMP implementation), Future Fisheries, Evidence and Evalutation, Regulatory Assurance, Marine Planning, Communications, and provide support when needed.
• Support the Communications team with both internal and external communications planning and material drafting to ensure communication and engagement activities meet their intended objectives.
• Assist in the provision of briefing and technical advice to senior leaders within the MMO and Defra on matters relating to delivery of the MMO-led FMPs and the wider FMP programme. 
• Assist in the provision and coordination of MMO technical expertise to the wider MMO and Defra policy to support the development of MMO-led FMPs, other Defra-led FMPs and UK joint FMPs and their implementation. 
• Represent the FMP team at engagement events, industry working groups, forums and MMO conferences.
• Support the Defra FMP programme team where necessary.
• Support the Principal Fisheries Managers in work relating to developing and drafting Fisheries Management Plans, including evidence collation, stakeholder engagement and content drafting. 
• Act as a deputy to the Principal Fisheries Managers when needed. 
• Support the Project Delivery Lead with managing project timeframes and identifying risks/ issues related to the projects. 
• Any other reasonable duty as defined by the organisation that support the Sustainable Fisheries function.

Please refer to the attached candidate pack for full job details. 

FAILURE TO USE THE MMO CV TEMPLATE ATTACHED WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING SIFTED.

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £31,614, Marine Management Organisation contributes £8,567 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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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.