Director of UK Technical Maritime Services (UKTMS)

UK Technical Maritime Services (UKTMS) is responsible for the UK's Flag and Port State function, and for the development of regulation, guidance and instruction in respect of MCA survey, inspection and audit activities. Along with the latter, UKTMS is also responsible for the UK’s maritime safety, security and environmental regulatory regimes, navigational safety, civil hydrography programmes and legislative implementation.
The Directorate’s operations extends to all vessels registered on the UK flag operating anywhere in the world, to the UK's domestic passenger ships and fishing vessel fleet, to foreign flagged vessels operating within UK waters., As a member of the Executive Team, provide effective and inspiring leadership to your functional areas within MCA. Fostering a high performing culture based on excellence and continuous improvement through effective performance management, communication, colleague engagement and the development of staff.
Work with Senior Leaders in the MCA to make effective decisions and apply corporate governance, promoting and ensuring compliance with legal, corporate, government standards, and controls.
Creating a regulatory climate that is clear, consistent and supportive of the UK maritime industries, whilst ensuring that the regulations are implemented and maintained to the highest standard.
Explore and develop opportunities within UK Technical Maritime Service Directorate that will enable MCA to be at the forefront of creating, improving and implementing new and existing domestic and international standards on safety, sustainability and innovation.
Providing high-quality, skilled surveyors and technical support to the Directorate to enable efficient survey, inspection, audit and technical services to the UK-flagged fleet.
Providing visible and insightful leadership to the UK Technical Maritime Services Directorate diverse work force, including operational surveyors, technical policy officials, legal and economic advisors.
Uphold and develop strong relationships with the Shipping Minister, Department for Transport colleagues, the international shipping industry, the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch and the shipping Trade Unions., The application will include:
+ A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
+ A Statement of Suitability (no longer than 1250 words) explaining how you can evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the following section, entitled: ‘Personal Statement’.
+ Failure to submit both CV and Personal Statement documents will mean the panel will only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria.
As part of the online application process, you will be asked a number of diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the particular characteristics, you will have the option to select 'prefer not to say’. All monitoring data will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be provided to the selection panel.
Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with us via scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Shortlist
Your application will be acknowledged once it has been received.
The panel will select a shortlist of candidates whose applications best demonstrate suitability for the role, by considering the evidence provided against the essential criteria set out in the Person Specification. Candidates applying under the Disability Confident Scheme who meet the minimum selection criteria in the job specification are guaranteed an interview.
Interview and Presentation
You will be requested to attend a panel assessment which will include an interview and presentation, in order to gain a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification. Interviews will take place in person at MCA Headquarters in Southampton. Full details of the interview format will be provided to shortlisted candidates prior to interview.
Key Dates
We will offer as much flexibility as we can, but it may not be possible to offer alternative dates for assessments or interviews. You are therefore asked to note the below timetable and exercising flexibility throughout the recruitment and selection process in order to meet the provided dates.
Selection Panel
The panel will consist of:
+ Virginia McVea, Chief Executive Officer
+ Claire Hughes, Director, His Majesty’s Coastguard
+ Matthew Briggs, Director, People and Safety
+ Richard Pellew, Assistant Director, Maritime Governance, Improvement and Assurance
Advert Closes: 23:55 Sunday 24th November 2024
Maritime and Coastguard Agency Sift: Friday 6th December 2024
Assessment: Presentation and Interview: Tuesday 17th December 2024
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes., The team is regularly commissioned by departments and other government organisations to deliver end-to-end recruitment for some of society’s most important leadership and specialist positions.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)., 377659 MCA Director of UKTMS Opens in new window (pdf, 972kB)
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1. Proven track record of senior strategic leadership in organisations of similar size and complexity.
2. Ability to engage senior stakeholders and achieve customer-focused results within the maritime sector.
3. Extensive experience leading organisational and cultural change.
4. Practical experience applying commercial principles effectively within a public sector environment.

This role can be based in any of our MCA Offices, however regular attendance to our headquarters in Southampton is a requirement of this role. As a member of the SCS you will be leading teams working on a hybrid basis. The expectation is that you will spend over the 60% workplace attendance requirement of your time in the workplace. Some travel to other workplaces may be required., This campaign is being run on behalf of the department by the team at Government Recruitment Service, part of Government Business Services, a central government expert service specialising in the attraction, assessment and recruitment of senior civil servants.

Alongside your salary of £90,000, Maritime and Coastguard Agency contributes £26,073 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service values and supports all its employees. We have strong and pro-active staff networks, special leave policies for hospital appointments, reasonable adjustments put in place for those who need them, and diversity talent programmes to help everyone irrespective of background, to achieve their potential
Pension
Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package. A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where 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. Visit Civil Service Pension Scheme for more details.
Generous Annual Leave and Bank Holiday Allowance
25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays. This will be complemented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the King’s Birthday.
Generous paid maternity and paternity leave
This is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers.
Childcare benefits
Policy for new employees as of 5 April 2018: The government has introduced the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every £8 they pay in, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2000 a year for each child or £4000 for a disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here.
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