About the job

Job summary

This is a Nationally based role

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 500 people and combine our Newcastle upon Tyne and London operations with a local presence around the English coastline and other Defra offices including Bristol, Cambridge and York.

Job description 

This is a really exciting time to join the 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. This is a key role for the MMO which is required to meet MMO’s aspirations of efficient customer focused delivery that evolves with policy intent and technology advances. 

Project Delivery

• Delivery Lead - Lead & oversee the delivery of Change Projects within MMO’s Portfolio of Change, providing effective leadership and management controls.
• Strategic Planning - Lead the planning of projects to a high standard, ensuring that key milestones are baselined
• Reporting- Produce detailed highlight reports providing Programme Board with confidence and assurance that the delivery of organisational change is on track, and risks are understood and effectively managed.
• Business Case - Deliver agreed Business Case benefits and outcomes, ensuring appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the Business Case.
• Risk and Issue Management - Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage
• Governance & Assurance - Support effective governance and decision making, championing the application of good governance across the organisation
• Finance - Develop the budget and track delivery within budget. Liaise with Finance to ensure project products accurately reflect projects costs, budgets and spend.
• People Management - Matrix manage a range of project resources including service design, technical / IT, BAU / Subject Matter Experts technical resources

Please refer to job pack for further information. Please note that applications should be submitted using MMO CV Template. Candidates who fail to use the template will be rejected at sift.

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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Working for 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.