Marine Licensing Case Officer - London, United Kingdom - Marine Management Organisation

Marine Management Organisation

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £25,726 - £32,260

National: £25,726 £28,753 / London: £28,870 £32,260
Job grade:

Executive Officer

Executive Officer
(N), Executive Officer (L)
Contract type:

Permanent
Type of role:
Other
Working pattern:
Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
4Contents

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Location

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

Job summary:

These positions are based in London or Nationally
Job description:

Organisation Details

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Driven by government's aim for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas, MMO's purpose is to protect and enhance our precious marine environment, and support UK economic growth by enabling sustainable marine activities and development.

We are the independent regulator for England's seas, professionally delivering service-focussed outcomes for our customers.

We are a team of around 400 people and combine our Newcastle upon Tyne and London operations with a local presence around the English coastline in Brixham, Beverley, Harwich, Hastings, Lowestoft, North Shields, Hayle, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Preston, Scarborough, Shoreham, Whitehaven.

We also have colleagues based in Defra offices, including Bristol, Cambridge and York where we share office space.

More information about our work is on the GOV.UK website

Job description

The team's work is diverse and you may work on port developments, navigational dredging, coastal defences, nuclear energy or marine renewable energy projects, extraction of aggregates from the seabed, salvage of wrecks and many other activities taking place in the marine area.

You will be responsible for assessing the potential social, environmental and economic impacts of these activities and for drafting reports based on these assessments.

You will also be responsible for drafting licences giving authorisation to activities and for drafting licence conditions to control the activities.

Depending on the individual and case officer roles available you may split your work between casework and provide specific technical advice, participate in casework reviews and deliver training.

You will be expected to provide advice to applicants and other parties.

This will include attending meetings and teleconferences and may include attending public inquiries and hearings into nationally significant infrastructure projects.

The Marine Licensing service is chargeable and you will be required to record all your time on the MMO's time recording software in line with guidance.

You will have a passion for the marine sector and be able to develop the skills needed to fulfil the MMO's role as an enabling regulator.

You will understand the importance of the regulatory process and the position of the MMO as a regulator, and effectively deliver fair, open and transparent decision making.

Main Duties and Accountabilities:

Ensure that you make robust decisions in line with key performance indicators and quality assurance processes
Marine Licensing Application decisions
Ensure all casework is dealt with promptly and efficiently using casework tracking systems
Produce environmental impact assessment screening and scoping opinions
Undertake technical and environmental assessments: Habitats Regulations, Marine Conservation Zone, Marine Plan Policy
Work with primary advisers/consultees to draw together relevant legal and/or scientific advice
Liaise with enforcement officers to ensure that compliance and enforcement activities are carried out in a robust manner
Ensure that you are engaging effectively and appropriately and that marine licensing is well represented with stakeholders
Advise applicants and other parties about relevant regulatory frameworks and projectspecific issues
Work with applicants and other parties to resolve complex issues and to enable sustainable development
Brief senior managers and assist with Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations requests

Essential criteria for these roles:

Ability to meet the core competencies in the competency profile at this level.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to adapt to different audiences.
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.
Excellent team player who recognises the import