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Marine Licensing Case Senior Manager

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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 is committed to its staff and believes in investing in their wellbeing and learning and development.
We strive to be an Organisation that creates an environment in which staff are able to identify and share good practice, celebrate success and encourage positive attitudes towards diversity.”
John Tuckett, CEO
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4. ABOUT THE WORK AREA – Marine Licensing
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ABOUT THE WORK AREA – Marine Licensing
The Marine Licensing teams primary responsibility is to regulate marine licensable activities in English marine and coastal environments. We assess the potential social, environmental and economic impacts of these activities in line with national and international legislation, policy and obligations, using the best available information to make evidence based determinations. Through our work we ensure the activities we regulate are undertaken in a sustainable way, in order to create and maintain clean, healthy, safe and biologically diverse oceans and seas.
The marine licensing team is split into three work areas with the following remits:
Marine Licensing Casework Team
The Marine Licensing Casework Team manages and co-ordinates the delivery of marine licensing pre-application, application and post-consent casework. It also acts as a consultee to the Planning Inspectorate on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. Our work is diverse and we work closely with a range stakeholders to advise and determine marine licensing requirements for developments across multiple sectors, including renewable energy, nuclear, ports and marinas, aggregate dredging, subsea cables, coastal developments, sea defence and wastewater schemes.
Strategic Licensing Team
The Strategic Licensing Team supports the marine licensing team in a number of key areas as well as being responsible for the Harbour Orders Sector. The team provides advice and support on the most complex and contentious cases, oversees and plans the training framework for the wider team, leads on external engagement with other government departments and liaison with other non government organisations. The strategic team also manages the licensing teams relationship with scientific advisors The Centre for Environment, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Science.
Marine Licensing Business Improvement
The Marine Licensing Business Improvement team supports the delivery of the marine licensing service through the continual improvement of business process, procedures and systems. This ensures that the marine licensing functions are as efficient as possible in order to minimise burdens on applicants whilst supporting our team to regulate marine licensing activities. The team manages a programme of change projects, oversees the programme of internal audit, and responds appropriately to audit findings and customer feedback.
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5. CASE STUDY – Marine Licensing Case Manager – Ed Walker
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CASE STUDY – Marine Licensing Case Manager – Ed Walker
“I moved to the MMO in October 2016 and am currently a Case Manager within the Coastal Energy Sector of the Marine Licensing Team.
Before working for the MMO, I worked for a Renewable Energy Consultancy in Northumberland for 2.5 years. Before this, I worked for an Aberdeen-based Environmental Company operating to manage and reduce the operational environmental impacts arising from our portfolio of Oil and Gas clients such as BP, Maersk FSPO’s and Shell.
I now work to regulate Coastal Energy schemes which have an interaction with the marine environment. This varies but common themes are intake and outfall structures for cooling water systems, jetty structures for construction access and seawall protection (e.g. for vulnerable coastal sites). Some notable projects that I am currently working on include the new Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station on the South East Coast and the Drax Repower Project which involves the conversion of the existing power station to a new low-carbon generating station.
For me, one of the best things about the role is being part of decisions that are made for some of the UK's most significant infrastructure being currently proposed. Aside from this, the sheer variety of work and opportunity is unparalleled; outside of Coastal Energy work, I have had the opportunity to work on some of the Round 2 Offshore Wind Farms which the MMO are also involved with regulating.
Over and above the unique opportunities above, the development support for Professional Membership (such as IEMA), flexible working hours policy, a generous annual leave allowance and extremely positive atmosphere across the team make the MMO a really attractive place to work.”
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6. CASE STUDY – Marine Licensing Case Officer – Kat Mongan
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CASE STUDY – Marine Licensing Case Officer – Kat Mongan
I joined the MMO in 2012 following 11 years in Corporate IT with the DWP; my main ‘qualifications’ being experience working on large projects and an interest in the environment.
Not having a marine background hasn’t held me back at the MMO though and since joining I’ve worked on a range of projects across a variety of marine sectors, from offshore wind to flood defence.
For me, the best thing about my work is the sheer variety of projects I get involved with and the people I work with. The MMO has attracted people from a wide range of backgrounds and interests; there is a wealth of individual knowledge in the team and everyone is always willing and happy to share that knowledge and experience.
Working for the MMO also allows me to get out from behind my desk occasionally to meet the people we are providing a service for. There are also opportunities to engage with industry at conferences, exhibitions, workshops and meetings anywhere from London to Glasgow and everywhere in-between.
The MMO can be a challenging but rewarding place to work, especially when you can see the results of the work you’ve done and be confident that you’ve contributed to protecting the environment whist enabling sustainable development.
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Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
Grade:
SEO
Location:
Newcastle
Vacancy Reference: 2326
Salary:
£34,588 - £42,038pa
About the Job
Contribute to the operational delivery of marine licensing ministerial and business objectives.
To promote sustainable development by leading, managing and developing a specific sector area regulating activities through the case management team to determine and advise on licensing applications within our marine area.
To develop and maintain relationships with industry stakeholder bodies and represent the MMO with industry at both UK and overseas events and conferences
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8. Main Duties and Accountabilities
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Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
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SEO
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Newcastle
Vacancy Reference:
2326
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£34,588 - £42,038pa
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Main Duties and Accountabilities
Ensuring success factors & key performance indicators are achieved
Proactively manage team resources effectively to ensure utilisation targets and key performance indicators are met and tracked efficiently using casework recording systems and in accordance with licensing vision
Manage own caseload effectively, collaborating with case managers and case officers regarding escalated tasks
Provide quality assurance checks on case work including drafted licences and licence conditions and assessing applications for potential social, environmental and economic impacts arising from the proposed activities.
In consultation with statutory nature conservation bodies, assess projects under the Habitats Regulations and for impacts on other protected areas.
Follow the principles set out in the Coastal Concordat and work with primary advisers/consultees to draw together relevant legal and/or scientific advice.
Produce reports and briefings.
Lead weekly team meetings to monitor progress of cases and to provide updates/reviews on cases in progress across the Licensing team.
Liaise with enforcement officers to ensure that monitoring and compliance activities are carried out in a robust manner.
Attend meetings, public inquiries and hearings into nationally significant infrastructure projects.
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Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
Grade:
SEO
Location:
Newcastle
Vacancy Reference:
2326
Salary:
£34,588 - £42,038pa
Main Duties and Accountabilities
Financial Management
Manage your and your team’s time effectively (including recording case time to enable billing) and in accordance with the time recording policy
Ensure fee estimates are issued by case managers to customers and time records are monitored to manage actual time spent against estimates issued, and re-estimates are issued where required.
Ensure lessons learned are captured to improve accuracy of future estimates
Stakeholder management
Attend and chair meetings with applicants and other parties.
Advise applicants and other parties about relevant regulatory frameworks and project-specific issues.
Work with applicants and other parties to resolve complex issues and to enable sustainable development.
Be a sector lead and advise the team, applicants and stakeholders on licensing matters applicable to that sector and represent the MMO at stakeholder events.
Maintain relationships with industry and develop effective ways of working together.
Ensure your team is proactive in communications on applications.
You will also be required to produce answers to parliamentary questions and to provide briefings to ministers, senior managers, directors and government officials and ensure that correspondence, briefing requests and Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations requests are properly handled.
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Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
Grade:
SEO
Location:
Newcastle
Vacancy Reference:
2326
Salary:
£34,588 - £42,038pa
Main Duties and Accountabilities
Continuous Improvement
Manage ad-hoc projects to improve marine licensing processes and guidance, working closely with the Business Improvement Team.
Contribute to internal policy development and to the design of systems and processes.
Highlight areas of potential improvement to the Business Improvement Team and contribute to the solution implementation
Collaborate with the wider MMO team to gather and utilise feedback on performance
People management
Ensure all team member are equipped and skilled to be able to carry out their duties
Manage personal performance of your individual team member through scheduled performance reviews and regular 1:1s ensuring personal aspirations and discussed and supported as far as possible
Empower your team members to support their own teams performance
Work collaboratively with other senior case managers to share best practice and ensure consistent standards by providing feedback on case work quality checks
Ensure the organisational priorities are communicated and understood by your team and empower them to cascade this to their teams
Provide opportunities to develop resilience and support succession planning.
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11. Stakeholder management, communication and working relationships
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Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
Grade:
SEO
Location:
Newcastle
Vacancy Reference:
2326
Salary:
£34,588 - £42,038pa
Stakeholder management, communication and working relationships
MMO teams including coastal offices, Marine Conservation, Marine Planning, Evidence, Legal, Finance and Communications.
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Environment Agency, Natural England, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Trinity House Lighthouse Service, Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities, the Crown Estate, English Heritage, harbour authorities, the Planning Inspectorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Transport, devolved administrations, local authorities.
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Role Criteria
You must show demonstrable experience of:
A masters degree or equivalent experience in an environmental, science, engineering, planning or marine-related discipline.
Experience of managing teams and motivating them to get the very best outcome.
Knowledge of marine industries – ports, marinas, marine renewable energy, coastal development/defence, aggregate extraction etc.
Experience of assessing the potential impacts of marine development.
Excellent customer service
Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, in a range of media
Ability to interpret and apply legislation/regulations
Capacity to work through complex processes and resolve issues to a satisfactory conclusion.
Ability to plan, prioritise and control workload to delivering results to agreed timescales.
Ability to engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Desirable criteria for this role:
Experience of policy development.
Experience of working in a commercial environment.
Experience of delivering technical training.
Membership of a relevant professional body (eg IMarEST, IEMA, CIWEM etc).
Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
Grade:
SEO
Location:
Newcastle
Vacancy Reference:
2326
Salary:
£34,588 - £42,038pa
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Job Title:
Marine Licensing Senior Case Manager
Grade:
SEO
Location:
Newcastle
Vacancy Reference:
2326
Salary:
£34,588 - £42,038pa
Competency Profile
The core competencies for this role are
Managing a quality service (lead)
Leading and communicating
Making effective decisions
Delivering at pace
Collaborating and partnering
Seeing the bigger picture
Delivering value for money
For further information on the MMO competency framework please visit GOV.UK
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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 ed 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.
The interview will consist of a (up to) 1 hour 30 min interview which will include competency and success profiling based questions. For more information on success profiling, please visit
Further Information
If you have any questions about applying for this role please contact:
Name: Matthew Kinmond
Tel:
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Indicative Timeline
Please note these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change.
If you are unable to meet these timeframes, please let us know by contacting;
Matthew Kinmond
July 2019
or as soon as possible pending pre-employment checks
Anticipated start date
Within 1 week of interview
Outcome
28-29 May2019
Interviews
8– 19 April 2019
Sift period*
4 April 2019
Closing date
Interviews will take place at Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH
* The sift will include an online situational judgement test as an initial sift, links to the test will be sent via .
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Appointment Term:
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Pension:
1 x Permanent
1 x Fixed-term appointment of 18 months.
Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH
Regular travel outside of the area to undertake tasks including site visits and external meetings
Full time, Part time, flexible 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.
£34,588 - £42,038pa
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
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Other Benefits:
30 days (pro-rated for part time staff), 10 and a half day’s public and privilege holidays and flexible working.
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.
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:
Nationality:
Reserved for UK Nationals:
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.
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.
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:
Conflicts of interest:
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.
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:
Civil Service Code:
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.
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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