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Job summary

This position can be based in London or Nationally

Job description

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.

We are a team of around 400 people and combine our Newcastle upon Tyne and London operations with a local presence around the English coastline in Brixham, Beverley, Harwich, Hastings, Lowestoft, North Shields, Hayle, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Preston, Scarborough, Shoreham, Whitehaven.

We also have colleagues based in Defra offices including Bristol, Cambridge and York where we share office space.

More information about our work is on the GOV.UK website , you can read the MMO’s Story here and the MMOs Strategy here,  with a supporting video here.

Job description   

This is a really exciting time to join the MMO as we strive to enable marine development for the benefit of people, the economy and the environment, at a time when demand for use of the marine space is greater than ever before.

This is a key role in the Marine Development Directorate, leading and managing the Marine Licensing casework operations team. In 2022/23 we determined 584 applications, across a range of marine industry sectors including coastal development, ports and harbours and renewables. We work closely with a range of delivery partners including Natural England, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Environment Agency and Historic England to assess and determine applications in line with regulations.

There are two posts to cover the role of Head of Marine Licensing Operations, post holders will work closely to ensure consistency and resilience across the team. You will ensure effective delivery through others, whilst providing operational leadership to the casework team. You will work collaboratively with the Head of Marine Licensing Quality and Support to ensure the optimum performance of the Licensing case work team. You will be integral to ensuring day-to-day working relationships with our primary advisors is effective to ensure efficient service delivery in line with performance measures. Leading on the continuous improvement of the service to develop, adapt and deliver accordingly.

Please refer to the candidate pack for full job details.

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Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £51,300, Marine Management Organisation contributes £14,312 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.