Business Support Coordinator

MSSC; Greater London; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Hybrid working where applicable

Life assurance (4x salary)

Private medical insurance

Generous pension (employer contribute

Job summary

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is seeking a Business Support Coordinator on a full-time, fixed-term basis until 30 September 2027. The role is homebased with responsibilities to coordinate business practices across Sea Cadet Units and support Unit Trustees.

Key duties include governance support, recording unit activity, and handling unit grants/insurance. The role requires understanding of the voluntary sector and experience in charity processes, governance, and meeting support.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the voluntary and community sector.
• Experience supporting business processes in a charity.
• Knowledge of governance issues in the third sector.
• Experience developing processes, procedures and support guides.
• Experience supporting a committee, board or other formal meeting.

Responsibilities

• Unit grants and loans.
• Unit and MSSC Insurance.
• Accurate recording and reporting of the opening and closing of Sea Cadet Units and Sections.
• Support for effective governance arrangements by and within Sea Cadet Units.
• Supporting the Governance of the National Charity with effective minute taking of trustee meetings.

Skills

Voluntary sector understanding

Charity processes experience

Governance knowledge

Process development

Board meeting support

Job description

Location: Homebased

Contract: Full time, fixed term contract until 30 September 2027

Salary: £32,500 gross per annum

Closing Date: 12.00pm, Monday 19 October 2026

Interviews: Thursday 22 October 2026

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure, while also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development.

Thousands of young people take part in Sea Cadets activity every week. We want to reach thousands more. We have a strong vision and are on the cusp of rolling out a new multi-year growth strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide for young people. We aim to equip them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world. We are immensely proud of the breadth, quality and safety of activities we offer to young people.

We are currently looking for a Business Support Coordinator to join our team.

About the role

We are seeking a Volunteer & Business Support Coordinator who will play a key role in the coordination of effective business practices within and across Sea Cadet Units and the support for Unit Trustees.

Responsibilities

• Unit grants and loans
• Unit and MSSC Insurance
• Accurate recording and reporting of the opening and closing of Sea Cadet Units and Sections
• Support for effective governance arrangements by and within Sea Cadet Units
• Supporting the Governance of the National Charity with effective minute taking of trustee meetings.

• An understanding of the voluntary and community sector
• Experience of supporting business processes within a charitable organisation
• Knowledge and understanding of governance issues within the third sector
• Experience of developing processes, procedures and support guides targeted at internal and external customers
• Experience of supporting a committee, board or other formal meeting

• 25 days annual leave per annum, pro rata for part-time employees, increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working for many roles
• Volunteering Leave
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to the Marine Society Digital Library
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling

Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.