Training Centre Support Officer - SCTC Raleigh

MSSC (Marine Society & Sea Cadets); Torpoint; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A maritime charity is seeking a Training Centre Support Officer to support the Centre Manager in managing the SCTC Raleigh facilities. This role involves facilitating activities, ensuring health and safety, and logistics management. Candidates should have experience with youth organisations or in a military environment, strong administrative skills, and the ability to work flexible hours. Benefits include generous leave, hybrid working options, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

51 days annual leave

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 counselling

Employee development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience/knowledge of uniformed or youth organisations.
• Experience working within the Military environment preferably Royal Navy.
• Ability to form and maintain collaborative relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support the Centre Manager to facilitate all activities hosted at the centre.
• Lead on arranging logistics in support of the centre's activities.
• Ensure the centre's facilities are maintained appropriately.
• Manage routine health and safety records for the Centre Manager.

Skills

Strong administrative skills

Organisational skills

Experience with youth organisations

Ability to work evenings and weekends

Job description

Location: HMS Raleigh, Torpoint, East Cornwall, PL11 2PD

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £29,000 gross per annum

Closing Date: 1st of December 2025

Are you a Training Centre Support Officer 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 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 Training Centre Support Officer to join our team at HMS RALEIGH.

About The Role

The purpose of this role is to support the Centre Manager in managing the facility known as SCTC Raleigh which is hosted at HMS Raleigh. We operate within and as part of HMS Raleigh, this requires significant co‑ordination and liaison across the wider team at HMS Raleigh. The purpose of SCTC Raleigh is to facilitate and support the delivery of cadet training for all organisations of the Royal Navy Cadet Forces. This role is responsible for facilities management and health and safety reporting to the Centre Manager.

Responsibilities

• To support the Centre Manager to facilitate all activity hosted at the centre
• Lead on arranging all logistics in support of the centre's activities
• Ensure the centres facilities are maintained appropriately
• Manage the routine health and safety records and actions for the Centre Manager

Requirements

• Strong administrative and organisational skills.
• Experience/knowledge of uniformed and/or youth organisations
• Experience working within the Military environment preferably Royal Navy
• Can demonstrate ability to form and maintaining collaborative relationships
• Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.

If you are interested in this role and would like to arrange an informal chat you can contact the Centre Manager by email at [e-mail] and please apply now!

Benefits

• 51 days annual leave per annum
• 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.