Business Unit Officer

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

- 257843**Salary**:

- £22,497**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MCA - Directorate of Maritime Safety and Standards**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Hull, Yorkshire & The HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Have you got an excellent eye for detail?

Can you build solid working relationships with internal and external stakeholders?

Do you enjoy working as part of a team?

If so, then we’d like to hear from you

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.

Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.

Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.

**Job description**:
If successful you will work within a small team under the direction of the Business Unit Manager to ensure that business support and financial resources are aligned with Survey and Inspection priorities.

You will ensure consistency in approach to business support within the Business Unit and between Marine offices. Providing financial and administrative support across the Survey and Inspection department unit. Processing Shipping Accounts, Invoicing and Cash Accounts through the Agresso (ABW) platform.

No finance experience is necessary as full training will be given. It’s your enthusiasm, helpful manner and willingness to learn that we require. What we do ask is that you feel comfortable engaging with colleagues and customers, have good writing and numerical skills and are keen to help others.
- Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:_
- Working under the direction of the EO Survey & Inspection (S&I) National Business Unit Manager to ensure that consistent business support aligns with Survey and Inspection priorities, developing working relationships across S&I to improve the efficiency of the Business Unit
- Accurate and clear record keeping of data relating to customer accounts
- Regular engagement with the MCA HQ Finance and Procurement Team
- Providing secretarial support for internal and external meetings

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
**About You**

To thrive in this role, you will be organised with a keen eye for detail, allowing you to identify errors to ensure business standards are adhered to.

You will be a team player and enjoy working closely with your colleagues, but also someone who can work with mínimal supervision when required. You are flexible and can adapt to change when needed. Being an effective communicator, you can clearly communicate with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels. You can use your superb interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Basic knowledge of Excel is required for this role.

**Additional Information**

MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.

There may be occasional travel required with this role, which may include some overnight stays. You will be provided with full notice of this.

**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.

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

- Leadership
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service

**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

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.**How to Apply**

Within your personal statement please