Defence Maritime Regulator, Maritime Co-ordinator (DSA-DMR-Maritime Coord)

UK Ministry of Defence; Stoke Gifford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The UK Ministry of Defence is seeking a Maritime Co-ordinator for the Defence Maritime Regulator team. This role requires strategic planning and collaboration for safety and environmental protection across Defence maritime activities, including financial planning and resource alignment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Civil Service pension with 28.97% employer contribution

Learning and development tailored to your role

Promoting diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration.
• Experience with data analysis and reporting.
• Proactive planning and coordination abilities.

Responsibilities

• Planning and coordinating DMR activities.
• Managing the DMR Operating Model.
• Leading internal and external change management efforts.

Skills

Organisation

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Data analysis

Job description

Abbey Wood North, BS34 8QW

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Defence Safety Authority (DSA) for a Maritime Co-ordinator in the Defence Maritime Regulator (DMR) team.

The DSA is responsible for the regulation of Defence Health, Safety and Environmental Protection, operating under a Charter from the Secretary of State for Defence (SofS). The DSA provides independent assurance directly to the SofS that the law is complied with and the policy on safety in Defence is being promoted and implemented whilst Defence activities are conducted.

The DMR is one of eight regulators within the DSA and is tasked to provide regulation, assurance, and enforcement across the Defence Maritime Domain. This comprises all Defence maritime activities which includes, but is not limited to, warships, submarines, landing craft and boats across Defence, Defence ports, harbours, marine facilities, and Defence diving, both Military and commercially contracted diving, in support of defence activities. As new technologies and vessel types, such as autonomous vessels or the involvement of Artificial Intelligence emerge, DMR are constantly looking at the maritime scope to ensure that safety and environmental protection are assured going forward.

DMR consists of four sections: Executive and Enabling (E&E), Regulation and Compliance, Shipping and Diving Inspectorate and Maritime Assurance Inspectorate. This post falls within the DMR E&E section which primarily provides administrative, analysis and planning capabilities across DMR.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. We operate a hybrid working model that allows you to work between home and on-site as business needs permit, giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. We encourage you to discuss your anticipated working arrangements for this role with us during the recruitment process.

Job Description

The Maritime Co-ordinator is accountable to the DMR Executive and Enabling Section Head. This role entails strategic planning, collaborating, and delivering through others, to meet both short and longer-term goals in collaboration with Military and Civilian colleagues.

The main responsibilities of the Maritime Co-ordinator fall into 3 groupings:

• Planning and associated tasks
• Collaborating with Section Heads to plan DMR activities, align resources to maximise risk-based assurance, prioritise tasks and to ensure key tasks are adequately resourced.
• Horizon scanning of longer-term domain developments and generating future skill set, resource level and supporting tool requirements needed to regulate, assure, and enforce future requirements.
• Develop the DMR ten year forward view, transition plan, and the annual business plan.
• DMR financial planning and budgetary submissions.
• Training requirements – especially to meet emergent technologies from horizon scanning activities.
• Monitor and manage the DMR Deferred Activity Register.
• Co-ordinate DMR Business Risk Management activities.
• Act as lead and point of contact for above tasks in routine and development interaction with DSA Headquarter and other regulators.
• Other activities as required to cover any team member absences.
• Operating Model and Operating
• Management of the DMR Operating Model and its links to wider organisational models.
• Management of the DMR Operating Guide and interfaces with DSA processes.
• Change Management
• Lead for internal change management especially ensuring the Operating Guide remains aligned following internal business improvement activity.
• Lead point for external change management by ensuring changes in wider DSA/MOD processes are supported and DMR processes are aligned.
  
  

The DSA and the Civil Service at large are strongly dedicated to promoting equal employment opportunity irrespective of your race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, civil status, sex, or gender identity. Applications are welcomed and strongly encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, and we are actively working to establish a diverse workforce across the entire organisation. We are delighted to announce that we are an Equal Opportunities Employer and that we recruit purely based upon the merit of each and every individual applicant. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring that we recruit the very best individuals and obtain a diverse and inclusive viewpoint to our decision making. We can assure you that we search for all types of talent and are striving to make sure that all social groups are successfully represented. We work diligently to eradicate any bias and safeguard every protected status and characteristic as lawfully required under the 2010 Equality Act. Our dedication to promoting diversity is clearly reflected across our organisation and within our vision to foster an inclusive workforce. Defence harnesses the power of difference to deliver capability that safeguards our nation’s security and stability.

The Maritime Co-ordinator is accountable to the DMR Executive and Enabling Section Head. This role entails strategic planning, collaborating, and delivering through others, to meet both short and longer-term goals in collaboration with Military and Civilian colleagues.

The main responsibilities of the Maritime Co-ordinator fall into 3 groupings:

• Planning and associated tasks
• Collaborating with Section Heads to plan DMR activities, align resources to maximise risk-based assurance, prioritise tasks and to ensure key tasks are adequately resourced.
• Horizon scanning of longer-term domain developments and generating future skill set, resource level and supporting tool requirements needed to regulate, assure, and enforce future requirements.
• Develop the DMR ten year forward view, transition plan, and the annual business plan.
• DMR financial planning and budgetary submissions.
• Training requirements – especially to meet emergent technologies from horizon scanning activities.
• Monitor and manage the DMR Deferred Activity Register.
• Co-ordinate DMR Business Risk Management activities.
• Act as lead and point of contact for above tasks in routine and development interaction with DSA Headquarter and other regulators.
• Other activities as required to cover any team member absences.
• Operating Model and Operating
• Management of the DMR Operating Model and its links to wider organisational models.
• Management of the DMR Operating Guide and interfaces with DSA processes.
• Change Management
• Lead for internal change management especially ensuring the Operating Guide remains aligned following internal business improvement activity.
• Lead point for external change management by ensuring changes in wider DSA/MOD processes are supported and DMR processes are aligned.
  
  

The DSA and the Civil Service at large are strongly dedicated to promoting equal employment opportunity irrespective of your race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, civil status, sex, or gender identity. Applications are welcomed and strongly encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, and we are actively working to establish a diverse workforce across the entire organisation. We are delighted to announce that we are an Equal Opportunities Employer and that we recruit purely based upon the merit of each and every individual applicant. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring that we recruit the very best individuals and obtain a diverse and inclusive viewpoint to our decision making. We can assure you that we search for all types of talent and are striving to make sure that all social groups are successfully represented. We work diligently to eradicate any bias and safeguard every protected status and characteristic as lawfully required under the 2010 Equality Act. Our dedication to promoting diversity is clearly reflected across our organisation and within our vision to foster an inclusive workforce. Defence harnesses the power of difference to deliver capability that safeguards our nation’s security and stability.

Person specification

Essential

We seek applicants who:

• Possess excellent organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, under pressure and at pace.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills to engage and work collaboratively with a wide range of people, including senior leaders.
• Can effectively coordinate a range of activities with a can-do attitude, flexible and proactive approach.
• Have a proactive, can-do attitude to strategic planning, collaborating, and delivering through others, to meet both short and longer-term goals.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to quickly understanding complex information and present such information clearly, effectively and to high standards.
• Can confidently work with information from a range of sources, identifying insights, and using data to inform reporting and decisions.
• Have experience of working efficiently to deliver high quality outputs, with the ability to identify areas to improve continually.
  
  

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Candidates will be required to complete a CV including job history, full details of education and qualifications and previous experiences and skills.

Candidates will also be required to provide a statement of suitability. (250 Word count) Please state your skills, experiences and characteristics to demonstrate how you are well suited to this role.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Experience:

• CV and Statement of Suitability
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

The selection process will consist of a sift of applications, and those applicants who appear to be best suited to the requirements for the role will be invited to an interview. Interviews will be held in person at the MOD, Abbey Wood North, Bristol.

At interview, you will be assessed against Experience and the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

Key dates (dates are indicative and could be subject to change)

• The sifting of applications will take place during the week commencing 30th June 2025.
• Interviews will take place during 7th - 18th July 2025.
  
  

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: [e-mail] .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure

that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

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.

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
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Ifeoma Okonmah
• Email : [e-mail]
• Telephone : [phone]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: [e-mail].