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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
We license and regulate marine activities in the seas around England and Wales so that they're carried out in a sustainable way.
We’re responsible for:
• Managing and monitoring fishing fleet sizes and quotas for catches. • Ensuring compliance with fisheries regulations, such as fishing vessel licences and quotas for fish and seafood. • Managing funding programmes for fisheries activities. • Planning and licensing for marine construction, deposits and dredging that may have an environmental, economic or social impact. • Making marine nature conservation byelaws. • Dealing with marine pollution emergencies, including oil spills. • Helping to prevent illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing worldwide. • Producing marine plans to include all marine activities, including those we don’t directly regulate.
More information about our work is on the GOV.UK website. “The Marine Management Organisation delivers professional, expert, valued services and support for our marine environment and for those who use it.
We are committed to being a top place to work – focussed on colleague engagement and respect; shared values; personal wellbeing; individual and collective diversity; and professional personal development.” Tom McCormack, CEO
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About the work area
The Marine Conservation Team (MCT) is a team of 16 located within the MMO Operations Directorate. We are a dispersed team working from Newcastle, York, Hastings, Bristol and Plymouth. MCT cover a wide range of work including:
• assessment and management of fishing and other activities in marine protected areas (MPA) • responding to marine pollution incidents • Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority (IFCA) byelaw quality assurance • authorising dispensations for fisheries research • marine wildlife licensing • providing advice on protected and non-native species
MCT works closely with other marine regulators including Defra, IFCAs, Welsh Government and Marine Scotland and we have strong links with our SNCB advisors Natural England and JNCC.
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Job Title: Marine About the Job Conservation Officer This role focusses on several important areas – supporting the assessment and Grade: EO management of fishing in marine protected areas, coordination and analysis of fisheries activity data, and supporting the assessment and management of non- Location: National licensable activities in marine protected areas.
Vacancy Reference: 2838 The Marine Conservation Team has a broad and fluid workload and staff resource is applied flexibly to best meet the team’s priorities. Consequently you may be expected to become involved in other areas of the team’s work. Salary: £24,212 - 28,189 (National) £27,056 – 31,627 (London) You will work closely with Defra, IFCAs, Natural England, JNCC, fishing industry representatives and environmental non-governmental organisations.
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Main Duties and Accountabilities
Job Title: Marine You will support the assessment and management of fishing and other activities in Conservation Officer MMO-lead marine protected areas in one of the MMO marine plan areas. Grade: EO You will support Marine Conservation Managers in the designing, planning and Location: National implementing MMO marine nature conservation byelaws.
Vacancy Reference: 2838 You will collate and analyse fisheries activity data, including vessel monitoring (VMS) and landings data. Salary: £24,212 - 28,189 (National) You will provide advice to other regulators regarding marine licence applications and £27,056 – 31,627 (London) oil and gas installations.
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Role Criteria
Job Title: Marine Essential criteria for this role Conservation Officer
Grade: EO • Strong written and oral communication skills • Attention to detail and the ability to review technical documents Location: National • Ability to analyse and interpret ecological and human activity information to evaluate the risk of impact to protected species, habitats and sites Vacancy Reference: 2838 • Attention to detail and the ability to review lengthy and technical documents
Salary: Desirable criteria for this role £24,212 - 28,189 (National) £27,056 – 31,627 (London) • An understanding of marine conservation and marine fisheries governance in England • Experience in drafting legislation • Experience with ArcGIS or similar mapping software • Experience working with MPA conservation advice • Experience of habitats regulations assessments and/or marine conservation zone assessments
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Competency Profile
Job Title: Marine The core competencies for this role are: Conservation Officer
Grade: EO • Making effective decisions
Location: National • Changing and improving
Vacancy Reference: 2838 • Delivering at pace
Salary: • Leading and communicating £24,212 - 28,189 (National) £27,056 – 31,627 (London) • Collaborating and partnering
For further information on the MMO competency framework please visit GOV.UK
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MMO’s Values
Our expectation that everyone will live by them and will hold each other accountable for doing so:
• Inclusive: we promote an inclusive environment that allows everyone to be their best. We promote and support wellbeing, diversity and equality of opportunity for all. • Innovative: we look for better ways, being innovative in our thinking in order to adapt how we use our resources to do the best we can for our customers. • Accountable: we take ownership of issues and make confident decisions which are informed by robust evidence. We are honest, transparent and fair. • Engaging: we are collaborative, working as one organisation with each other and our stakeholders to get the job done.
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How to Apply All of our jobs are advertised on the Civil Service Jobs website.
You must download and complete a copy of the MMO CV Template as part of your application. This should then be attached to your application.
Please note: Your application will not be sifted if you do not use the standard MMO CV Template.
Once the vacancy has closed, you will be emailed a unique link to enable you to complete the Civil Service Judgement Test. You will have 5 days to complete the test.
Sift and Interviews Applications will be sifted using your Civil Service Judgement Test Score, and your CV to establish whether you meet the essential criteria.
Please note: Feedback will not be given at sift stage.
Selection will be in the guise of an assessment centre including a presentation (topic to be confirmed in invite), a group exercise and a 45 min biographical interview.
Further Information Unsuccessful candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be added to a merit list for 12 months. Candidates on the merit list will be considered for any similar roles which arise.
If you have any questions about applying for this role please contact:
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
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Indicative Timeline
Please note these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change.
31st September
Anticipated start date Week of 24th August
Outcome Week of 17th August
Interviews 27th July – 7th August
Sift period* 26th July
Closing date
* The sift will include an online situational judgement test as an initial sift, links to the test will be sent via email.
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Appointment Term: Permanent
Location: Full time, Part time, flexible working arrangements.
Working Arrangements: With competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave we also recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and offer flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.
Salary Range: £24,212 - 31,627 New entrants to the Civil Service will start on the salary band minimum. Existing Civil Servants applying on level transfer will transfer in on their current salary providing it is within the salary range. If you are on a lower salary then you will transfer in on the salary range minimum. Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion will transfer in on the salary range minimum.
There is no pay progression within the bands. Pension: Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package where: • The employer makes a significant contribution to the cost of your pension. • Your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken. This means, if you pay tax, your take-home pay will not be reduced by the full amount of your contribution; and • Your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. For more information, visit www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk.
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Leave Allowance: 30 days (pro-rated for part time staff), 10 and a half day’s public and privilege holidays and flexible working.
Training and Development: We are committed to investing in our staff and offer a range of work based training and qualifications, coaching and mentoring opportunities and a guaranteed five days of learning a year.
Other Benefits: • Childcare - the Civil Service recognises that many staff balance working lives with the demands of a family life and offers support with childcare and holiday play schemes costs by providing childcare vouchers for staff who meet the eligibility criteria. • Special leave. • Sick pay. • Salary advances. • Interest free season ticket and bicycle loans. • Defra discount scheme. • Employee Assistance Programme. • Eye care. • Trade Unions. • Mediation service. • Volunteering. • Staff networking pages. • Some sites also offer onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens.
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Eligibility: This post is advertised to suitably qualified people in the external market, and to existing Civil Servants and those in accredited Non Departmental Public Bodies.
Nationality: All jobs listed in our current vacancies are open to:
• EC nationals • members of the Commonwealth, European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non-EEA family members • Candidates from the Commonwealth must be free from any restrictions to reside and take up employment in the UK.
As part of our selection process, successful candidates will be asked to provide, in confidence, evidence of entitlement to work in the UK and to provide references for your character and health. We will usually ask for documentary evidence of your nationality and other personal details to enable us to start taking up references, health and security clearance checks. We will tell you what you need to bring with you if you are invited to attend an assessment centre.
Reserved for UK Nationals: Certain posts, notably those concerned with security and intelligence, might be reserved for British citizens, but this will not normally prevent access to a wide range of developmental opportunities within the Civil Service.
This is not a reserved post.
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Security Clearance: Pre-employment checks will be undertaken in accordance with the HM Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). The BPSS comprises verification of four main elements:
• Identity • employment history for the last three years • nationality and immigration status, including the right to work • criminal records check for unspent convictions also known as a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
In some circumstances enhanced checks may also be required however candidates will be advised if this is the case.
Additionally, successful candidates are required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (six months or more in the past three years) of time spent abroad.
The DBS checks are designed to provide clarity on any unspent convictions and therefore the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) apply.
Conflicts of interest: Candidates must note the requirement to declare any interests they may have that might cause questions to be raised about their approach to the business of the Department. They are required to declare any relevant business interests, shareholdings, positions of authority, retainers, consultancy arrangements or other connections with commercial, public or voluntary bodies, both for themselves and for their spouses/partners. The successful candidate will be required to give up any conflicting interests and his/her other business and financial interests may be published.
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Equality and Diversity: The Marine Management Organisation is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We value and welcome diversity. We aim to develop all our staff to enable them to make a full contribution to meeting the Department's objectives, and to fulfil their own potential on merit. We will not tolerate harassment or other unfair discrimination on grounds of sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, age, religion or sexual orientation. We will promote and support the use of a range of flexible working patterns to enable staff to balance home and work responsibilities; and we will treat people fairly irrespective of their working arrangements.
Under the terms of the Equality Act 2010, we are legally required to consider making reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged in the recruitment and selection process. We are therefore committed to meeting, wherever possible, any needs you specify in your application. We will also consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Act to enable any applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post.
We offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for people with disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who meet the minimum criteria for appointment.
Civil Service Code: All civil servants are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code that details the Civil Service values, standards of behaviour and rights and responsibilities. For further information, visit GOV.UK.
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