Head of Harbours

**Head of Harbours**

**Salary £55,056 to £63,367 plus relocation allowance: Perm Location: Scarborough Harbour Office**

**Are you a Harbour Master looking for career progression as Head of Harbours or are you working offshore and looking for a permanent onshore role?**

**If so, then you may be just what we are looking for**

At an early stage of our new Council we are recruiting a new Head of Harbours.

**The Service**

North Yorkshire Council has three harbours at Whitby, Scarborough and Filey on the North Yorkshire Coast. The Council’s Harbours form an intrinsic part of the local community with significant history and heritage and support a range of users and local industry from commercial fishing through to tourism and leisure craft.

Staffed by a 24/7 team, the harbour is responsible for both land and water areas of jurisdiction extending from circa. 2 nautical miles at sea to Ruswarp Weir at Whitby and to the extent of the piers at Scarborough with direction of navigation out to 275 fathoms into the South Bay. Within this jurisdiction, the harbours team deal with all matters including safety, traffic management, bridge operations, maintenance, maritime security, and emergency response whilst also taking an active role in the community

**The Role**

As a Head of Harbours, you will be the senior responsible officer for the Harbours Service across three harbours at Whitby, Scarborough, and Filey on the North Yorkshire Coast.

You will lead and manage the Harbours Service with a sound understanding of both operational and professional fields. You will lead the development of the Harbour Strategy and Investment Plan alongside service plans, management of budgets, resource allocation and the setting and delivery of key objectives for the future.

You will be responsible for delivering the Council’s functions in relation to Harbours. You will ensure high quality and compliant services in line with relevant legislation and to work closely with key partners to develop Harbours policies and procedures.

You will ensure that safety of navigation is maintained throughout the harbours and that appropriate security and emergency response procedures are in place.

The Council’s Harbours are managed on a commercial basis and you will develop commercial strategies and partnerships to maximise income and manage all operations cost effectively to deliver an annual operating surplus.

Responsible for the development of Harbours initiatives, supporting and delivering transformation and regeneration. You will be responsible for ensuring that the Council’s approach to harbours is innovative and acts to support the wider strategic agenda whilst maintaining compliance with relevant legislation.

One of the key opportunities you will have in this role is to Lead the development of the Harbour Strategy and Investment Plan together with annual service delivery plans.

**You will**:

- lead and manage the Harbours Service with a sound understanding of both operational and professional fields.
- be required to deal effectively with complex, confidential, and sensitive situations and provide expert guidance and advice
- lead on the management of budgets, resource allocation, performance management and the delivery of key strategic and operational objectives
- will ensure the harbours operate in a way that fully complies with the legal obligations of relevant Harbours Acts and the requirements of the Port Marine Safety Code
- develop commercial strategies and partnerships to maximise income and manage all operations cost effectively to deliver an annual operating surplus.
- ensure that the principles of good governance, as set out in the Ports Good Governance Guidance, are enshrined within harbour operations
- will perform a strategic and technical advisory role on harbours matters and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and partners including the harbour users, elected members and the Department for Transport and be responsible for the development of Harbours initiatives, supporting and delivering transformation and regeneration

**What will you bring to the role?**

You will be an experienced strategic leader with extensive knowledge and experience in the maritime sector, including;
- Significant knowledge of current good practice standards both at local and national level in relation to the maritime sector.
- Knowledge of statutory requirements, including equality standards
- Knowledge of effective management of staff, budgets and resources.
- Extensive experience of strategic planning, policy development and implementation, and performance management
- Experience of developing and implementing organisational culture change within a large diverse organisation
- Successful management of budgets and staff
- Enterprise skills including ability to develop and sustain effective income generation, drive business cases and create viable business models for public benefit.
- Ability to negotiate and influ