Job Description
Location
Aberdeen, Aberystwyth, Belfast, Bideford, Bridlington, Christchurch, Colchester, Crosby, Dover, Falmouth, Girvan, Hartlepool, Holyhead, Inverness, Kilkeel, Kirkcudbright, Milford Haven, Newhaven, Oban, Queensferry, Southampton, Tenby, Torquay, Wareham, Weston-super-Mare, Whitehaven, Bangor (County Down)
About the job, Job summary
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.
Do you have experience of project management along with knowledge of risk and safety interventions?
Are you a confident communicator, with excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to quickly build rapport?
Could you drive safety campaigns and policy to achieve positive outcomes in relation to the safety and saving of lives?
If so, 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.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport .
Job description
We have an interesting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join HM Coastguard (HMCG) in this unique role as the Community Safety Policy Lead.
As part of the Policy, Standards & International Team, the role holder will lead and manage the policy for community safety, accident & drowning prevention policy for HMCG, delivering the internal business plan actions to influence the coastal & beach safety agenda and National Water Safety Forum (NWSF) aim to reduce preventable UK water based drownings by 50% by 2026.
The Community Safety Policy Lead will link in and liaise with a variety of stakeholders such as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, other emergency services, other Government departments and national drowning prevention stakeholders, taking a multi-agency partnership approach and working collaboratively to take forward the HM Coastguard involvement in the UK National Drowning Prevention Strategy. The successful candidate will be the principal representative of HMCG with the National Water Safety Forum and similar devolved administrative bodies, influencing national water safety policy by developing HMCG centralised policy based on evidence and statistics.
The successful applicant will work alongside other Stakeholder & Data Team Staff , supporting and working closely with them to successfully deliver within their role areas.
The Community Safety Policy Lead will run the HMCG community safety programme in relation to risk reduction and accident prevention on the coast and at sea, being an advocate for water safety education and supplying statistics and risk assessment data on causal factors and incident trends.
This is a really rewarding role where you will see your input into life-saving policy and campaigns come to fruition. This role offers the great opportunity for varied stakeholder engagement and interaction with members of the public, helping them understand the real risk when enjoying water and coastal based activities and directly contributing to the safety and saving of lives.
This role can be based at any of the advertised locations. 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 will be a requirement for travel on official duty within the UK, which will involve the role holder being away from their normal place of work, including overnight stays, for a number of weeks per year. A full driving licence valid for driving in the UK is required.
There will be a requirement for travel on official duty, primarily within the UK, which may involve overnight stays away from home. A full driving licence valid for driving in the UK is required.
