Operations Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 386964

**Salary**:

- £32,140 - £34,861
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer
- B1

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 4

Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Peterhead, Edinburgh and Scrabster

About the job

**Job summary**:
Are you looking for a marine-based role where you can make a real difference by ensuring standards in the fishing industry?

The Scottish Government Marine Directorate is looking for four Operations Officers to join the Marine Directorate which is responsible for deterring and detecting illegal activities through effective compliance and enforcement arrangements. The roles will be based in Peterhead (nightshift), UKFMC (Edinburgh) and 2 positions in Scrabster.

As warranted officers (following satisfactory completion of the first 9 months' service and completion of our BSFO training programme), you will undertake inspections of documentation, equipment and catches and provide guidance, advice and information to fishing industry contacts. You will work as part of a team to investigate compliance of Marine Licensing Regulations, ensuring quality standards and protecting Scotland’s marine environment.

Roles are based in our Scrabster, UKFMC and Peterhead (nightshift).

Further vacancies throughout our 18 Costal location may arise throughout the next 12 months.

**Job description**:

- The inspection of documentation, fishing gear and/or catches for compliance with conservation, quota management and marketing regulations,
- Analysis of Master’s daily electronic logbook information, a
- analysis of vessel’s transmissions via Vessel Monitoring Systems,
- Providing guidance, advice and information to the fishing industry,
- Officers based at our coastal locations may conduct inspections onshore in factories and on board fishing vessels whilst in harbour. Inspections of fish and documentation are conducted at the premises of fish buyers and sellers as well as in vehicles used to transport fisheries products. Inspections are conducted 24/7 in-line with the operations of the industry and officers can expect to undertake some of their duties in unsocial hours and at weekends;
- investigating offences against Scottish, UK, EU and International Fisheries Regulations, and being responsible for compiling and submitting prosecution reports to The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, which may ultimately lead to the criminal prosecution of offenders.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
Valid driving licence which enables you to drive in the UK - please indicate in your personal statement that you meet this requirement

Success Profile

Experience

Experience working in the Scottish Fishing and/or Marine Industries.

Behaviours
- Making Effective Decisions - Level 2
- Working Together - Level 2
- Communicating and Influencing - Level 2
- Managing a quality service - Level 2

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here

**Qualifications**:

- Valid driving licence which enables you to drive in the UK - please indicate in your personal statement that you meet this requirement

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

- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,140, Scottish Government contributes £9,310 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

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

**Security**:

- 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)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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