Safety and Assurance Officer

MSSC; City Of London; Remote; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading maritime charity is seeking a Safety and Assurance Officer to ensure safety standards across their operations. This home-based role focuses on the Southern area, requiring travel and some evening/weekend work. The ideal candidate will have NEBOSH qualifications and experience in safety management. Benefits include generous annual leave, life assurance, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Hybrid working

Volunteering Leave

Life assurance (4x salary)

Private medical insurance

Generous pension

Cycle to work scheme

Access to the Marine Society Digital Library

Wellbeing portal and EAP

Annual learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good general education and NEBOSH (or equivalent), completion during probation if not already held.
• Experience implementing safety and environmental management systems.
• Experience managing and reporting incidents.
• Ability to deliver training and guidance on safety and health matters.
• Proven ability to manage a busy workload and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the highest standards of safety, health, and operational compliance.
• Lead assurance inspections and maintain compliance with legislation.
• Support the safety of cadets and volunteers through proactive assurance.

Skills

Safety and environmental management

Incident management

Training and support

Workload and volunteer management

Education

Good general education and NEBOSH (or equivalent)

Job description

Safety and Assurance Officer

Location: Homebased, based in the Southern Area
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £32,000 gross per annum
Closing Date: 21 November 2025

Are you a Safety Specialist looking for a new opportunity? 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 and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five‑year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under‑represented or marginalised groups.

We are currently looking for a Safety and Assurance Officer to join our team.

About the role

The Safety & Assurance Officer (SAO) is an employee of the MSSC and a member of the MSSC National Safety Assurance Team (NSAT). This is a home‑based role, with a primary focus on the Southern area, predominantly the South‑East. The SAO will report to the Head of Safety, Health, and Environment and will work closely with other SAOs. The role is functionally accountable to the Head of Inshore Boating for inshore boat assurance and the Staff Royal Marines Officer for weapons and ammunition safety and security assurance. The role requires regular travel within the area of responsibility and, on occasion, within the UK. It will involve evening and some weekend work to fulfil the role's responsibilities.

Requirements

• Qualifications: Good general education and NEBOSH (or equivalent), with completion required during probation if not already held.
• Safety & Environmental Management: Experience implementing safety and environmental management systems, conducting risk assessments, and working within formal assurance frameworks.
• Incident Management: Experience managing, investigating, and reporting incidents.
• Training & Support: Ability to deliver training, guidance, and support to non‑specialist staff or volunteers on safety, health, environmental, and assurance matters.
• Workload & Volunteer Management: Proven ability to manage a busy workload and effectively support and manage volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Join the Marine Society & Sea Cadets as a Safety and Assurance Officer, ensuring the highest standards of safety, health, environment (SHE), and operational compliance across our units and facilities.
• Lead assurance inspections, maintain compliance with legislation and organisational regulations, and support the safe management of weapons, armouries, and inshore boating activities. Work closely with other members of the National Safety and Assurance Team (NSAT) and Area teams, overseeing safety at events, camps, and competitions, conducting audits, and monitoring incident reporting.
• Play a vital part in upholding the safety and welfare of our cadets and volunteers through proactive assurance, training, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum, 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: Annual learning and development opportunities to support employees in reaching 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.

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