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Job summary

This position is based Nationally

Job description

This is a really exciting time to join the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The UK is now an independent coastal state, and as the lead marine regulator for England, MMO is embedding new repatriated functions and services with an increased focus on the protection and enhancing of the marine environment.

The 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 500 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.

 

Job description  

This role sits within the Marine Conservation Team and will help deliver the MMO’s Strategic Goal 1: Work with partners to restore functioning marine ecosystems introducing increased levels of protection and improvement to our marine environment.

The role leads the assessment and management of the impacts of fishing on English offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) for harbour porpoise and marine birds. This includes:

• Leading a small but highly effective and committed team to produce clear and robust assessments of the impacts of fishing on harbour porpoise or relevant bird species.
• Work with partners within and beyond government to develop and implement management measures to ensure effective protection is in place for our harbour porpoise and marine bird MPAs.
• Contribute to MMO’s assessment and management of the impacts of fishing on seabed habitats and species in England’s offshore MPAs.
• Play an active role in the wider leadership of the Marine Conservation Team, actively supporting team wellbeing and performance.

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,730, Marine Management Organisation contributes £10,495 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.