Coastal Operations Area Commander

Maritime and Coastguard Agency; Dover; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution

Annual leave + bank holidays

Job summary

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is seeking an experienced leader to head our Coastal Operations team as Area Commander. You will guide Officers and Volunteers, coordinating with Coastguard staff and partners across resilience services to deploy resources and direct operations in response scenarios.

The role offers autonomy and a physically demanding environment where decisions impact lives. You will shape daily operations, ensuring safety and effective service delivery for the public.

Qualifications

• Experience leading operational teams in a response environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, participate in or support assurance and investigation teams.
• Recruit, manage, train, support, coach and mentor full-time officers.
• Report to the Coastal Operations Divisional Commander and ensure governance, including Area budget management.
• Lead, manage and supervise volunteers within the Coastal Operational Area.
• Identify, plan and verify staff and volunteer training needs, maintaining practitioner and instructor level skills.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Leading, participating or supporting assurance and investigation teams.
• Recruiting, managing, training, supporting, coaching and mentoring full time officers.
• Reporting to the Coastal Operations Divisional Commander, ensuring compliance with all governance requirements within their Area, including management of the Area budget.
• Leading, managing, and supervising volunteers within the Coastal Operational Area.
• Identifying, planning, resourcing and verifying the training need (Staff and Volunteers) within the Coastal Operational Area. Maintaining practitioner and instructor level skills in order to support, deliver and verify operations, training, and exercises.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

Are you an inspiring leader with experience of managing operational teams in a response environment? Would you describe yourself as self-motivated, organised and approachable? Do you want to manage a dedicated, dynamic team of life savers - where your job REALLY matters?

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implement 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.

Benefits

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday

Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at MCA.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Coastal Operations group as a Coastal Operations Area Commander, where you will use your exceptional management skills to lead our team of dedicated Officers and Volunteers. The Coastal Operations Area Commander will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders from Coastguard rescue staff and volunteers to other emergency services and partners within the resilience world, weighing up risks and making effective decisions to deploy and direct resources to meet operational response needs. This is a unique and varied role which brings with it a great deal of autonomy. It is a physically challenging and rewarding role, where you will directly contribute to saving lives and really making a difference.