Location

Southampton

About the job

We welcome applications from all communities and we don’t discriminate against any identity. We’re interested to hear from you, regardless of your background.

Are you passionate about protecting our Marine environment?

Do you want a fulfilling and varied role where no two days are the same?

Are you an organised and outgoing?

If so we would love to hear from you!

Job description

We have an excellent opportunity for a dedicated individual to work within our team here at the MCA as the Counter Pollution and Salvage Policy Support Officer, where you will support the development of the UK's Maritime Pollution Prevention, Preparedness & Response policy and strategy. Reporting to the Head of Counter Pollution and Salvage, you will play an active in role in the development of new procedures and policies by providing vital administrative support to the team.
 

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Support the Head of CPS in the development and management of counter pollution and response policy and doctrine
- Assist the Head of CPS in the assessment and determination of Ship to Ship Transfer Oil Transfer Licence applications
- Liaise with and support the regional CPSO's in their routine activities, monitoring the consistency of CPS policy and standards
- Provide administrative and governance support to OPRC Plan management and audits and, where appropriate, the delegated provision of advice to ports, harbours and oil handling facilities on OPRC related matters
- Support the day to day response to maritime incidents, for both potential and actual oil pollution in accordance with MCA Policy, local, regional and national arrangements and the National Contingency Plan
- As the Marine Response Centre Room Manager, lead on the production and quality control of relevant documents and instructions, and assist with record keeping for all major incident responses,
- To be the focal point for CPS input to the post mission review process and the review of OMS guidance, liaising with the other components of CPS delivery to deliver appropriate input
- Monitoring the continuity of longer term response activities and the recording of information, ensuring that relevant information is collated and that actions continue to be pursued through liaison with relevant stakeholders
- Support the planning and execution of CPS training and exercising as directed by the the COS Training Lead or designated exercise co-ordinator
- To maintain the integrity of the CPS SharePoint site and associated documentation, ensuring the validity of all document structure, identification and version control
- Lead the administration of the Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP) review process.

About you
In this exciting new position, you will thrive in managing a varied and challenging workload and welcome autonomy to the role. You will be adaptable and flexible, with the ability to use your own initiative and make prompt informed decisions.

Your fresh approach along with your excellent organisational skills make you the ideal candidate. As an amazing communicator with good report and writing skills, you enjoy analysing data and presenting findings using PowerPoint and Excel applications. You will confidently deliver messages in a clear and concise manner to a range of stakeholders applying a tailored approach to your audience.

Important information regarding Vetting Checks
Due to Covid-19, there is less capacity to complete National Security Vetting checks. Vetting is being prioritised for staff either directly involved in the HMG Covid-19 Response or roles in a limited number of agreed high priority areas. Therefore, in some instances, following successful BPSS pre-employment checks, the successful candidate may commence employment on the premise that NSV higher security checks will be conducted once normal service levels resume. Should NSV checks prove to be unsuccessful, an alternative role, not requiring NSV clearance, will be identified within the department.

If this is not possible the start date for some campaigns will need to be delayed until vetting has been completed.

About Operational Delivery Profession (ODP)

Operational Delivery Profession (ODP) is the largest and most diverse professional community across the Civil Service. Many of us will have an association with several professional communities or specialisms, ODP applies to all public facing roles / or a role that is primarily aligned to supporting the work of those with public facing roles. All critical to the delivery of UK public services’.

Licence

A full UK car driving licence is required for this role.

Behaviours
For this role we will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace

Special Features
The post holder is expected to take part in an out of hours on-call regime to support pollution response operations, this might include travelling at short notice, including overnight stays (national) and occasional unsociable hours.
The post holder may be required to attend incidents `in-the-field' in difficult physical and environmental conditions.
A health assessment is required (organised by MCA).

Licences

Full UK driving licence, must include category B

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out what it's like to work at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Things you need to know 

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview.

Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

The Civil Service Nationality Rules has been updated following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The new rules will come into effect on 1st January 2021. We urge people from the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland to be familiar with the updated Nationality rules prior to applying for this role.

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

For your CV and personal statement, please provide evidence of your experience of the following:
• Understanding of the MCA’s role in protecting our waters and coastline.
• Evidence and experience of report writing and professional correspondence.
• Evidence and experience of delivering presentations, minute-taking.
• Ability to work with data, identify patterns and trends to draw meaningful conclusions
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of applications

The sift is due to take place w/c 12 April 2021

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held w/c 26 April 2021

This interview could be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. The selection process will be designed specifically for the role.

As a result, your assessment will include:
• an interview

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

Please see attached candidate notes for further information about our recruitment process.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section

Further Information

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Before submitting your application, we encourage you to visit our Things You Need to Know page for further information about applying for a role within the Department for Transport and the Civil Service.

Throughout this job advert there are links to the DfT Careers website, which provides you further information to support your application. Should you be unable to access the information on our website, please email [email protected] for assistance.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

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.

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Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name :   Stan Woznicki Email :   [email protected]   Recruitment team : Email :   [email protected] Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Click here (https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/) to visit Civil Service Commission