Senior Marine Officer, Brixham

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

- 257539**Salary**:

- £30,125 - £34,325**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- HEO (N)**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- South West EnglandAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based at New Fish Quay Brixham**Job description**:
The primary role of a Senior Marine Officer (SMO) is to manage a team of Marine Officers (MOs) based at Brixham in Devon. They will work with our stakeholders to ensure compliance with a raft of marine environmental legislation.

Managing and leading a team of Marine Officers, driving business-as-usual towards Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) with associated regulatory system checks. Working closely with marine stakeholders, carrying out inspections, collecting data and information and giving advice and guidance. This is a varied role and will involve both desk work and work outside of the office. In addition to the shore-based aspects of this role, you may have opportunity to spend some periods of time conducting inspections of fishing vessels at sea as part of a boarding team based on a fisheries patrol vessel.

You will be responsible for the planning of inspection, monitoring and enforcement activities using risk profiles, intelligence, and the MMO’s Compliance Enforcement Strategy. You will be required to undertake practical enforcement action including conducting investigations.

You will be required to work closely with other agencies and teams including teams from across the MMO, Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities, UK Border Force an police.

You will be required to have both local, national and international situational awareness and be able to promote the MMO's interests and priorities amongst other marine stakeholders. Due to the activities of our stakeholders, there is sometimes a need to work out of office and unsociable hours including weekends, for which you will be appropriately recompense.

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Benefits**:

- 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 average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- Please refer to Job Description
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**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
- 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.-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Rachel IrishTelephone:
- 07767694245Recruitment team:
- **Further information**: