Coastal Operations Officer 19 views

Are you a qualified officer in charge?

Do you want to work in fast past environment, where no two days are the same?

Would you want to do a job that makes a real difference?

If so, we are looking for a Coastal Operations Officer to join us at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and we’d love 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.

We welcome applications from all communities, and we don’t discriminate against any identity. We’re interested to hear from you, regardless of your background.

As a Coastal Operations Officer, and as part of the Area Management team, you will be responsible for managing and supporting Coastguard Rescue Teams under the supervision of the Coastal Operations Area Commander to ensure that the Operational Area is at a state of constant readiness. In addition, you will be responsible for the support of governance, inspection, supervision, management and logistics of vehicles, equipment and estate within the Area.

As a calm and focused person, you are dedicated to managing the effective delivery of a brilliant emergency response service. This is a crucial service that is capable of responding to people either in distress or at risk of death on the coast.

This is a Full-Time post.

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• The role holder forms part of the Area Management Team, with responsibility for supporting the delivery of agreed Area objectives and for informing the Coastal Operations Area Commander of developments and opportunities within their teams which will impact on Area plans.
• Providing an on scene response to incidents where direction of assets is required, or where significant interest and/or loss of life is possible. Act as HMCG Operational Commander (Bronze) or be a member of the Operational Command team where any incident requires a multi-agency response. The role will liaise with and escalate through the Duty Coastal officer, who will operate at the silver / tactical level.
• Supporting the AMT in ensuring that the MCA safety culture and HMCG safe systems of work are implemented within teams.
• All candidates will be required to support a trainer / instructor with logistics, safety or provide an assistant role during training deliveries and must be familiar with associated policy, procedures and operations.

For further information about the role and responsibilities, please see the attached role profile.

To be successful in this role, you must be a qualified and experienced in the following Coastguard competencies:

• Operator level in relevant technical disciplines within the area of operations.
• Officer in Charge qualification.
• Search Team Leader qualification.

In addition, you will need have demonstrable experience of being able to communicate effectively and with sensitivity, able to team management/leadership and have experience of effective independent or remote working.