Seafarer Living and Working Conditions Policy Specialist Southampton, England
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We welcome applications from all communities, and we don’t discriminate against any identity. We’re interested to hear from you, regardless of your background.
Are you a focused individual with attention to detail?
Can you prepare written documentation and drafting guidance/correspondence to a high standard?
Do you have outstanding interpersonal and stakeholder management skills?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements 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.
Job description
The MCA promotes occupational health and safety and decent living and working conditions for seafarers, in accordance with international Conventions and standards and industry best practice. Seafarers and fishermen are vulnerable workers as they work away from the normal support networks and have less access to the enforcement mechanisms available to the workforce ashore.
As the Seafarer Living and Working Conditions Policy Specialist, it will be your responsibility to assist with the maintenance of appropriate regulation and supporting documentation for the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (ILO188). You will also support other ILO-related work, including the development and dissemination of policy and guidance to stakeholders on ILO matters and wider seafarer policy.
You will attend formal meetings, answer email and telephone enquiries and coordinate meetings to ensure the industry’s policy and guidance is up-to-date and fit for purpose. You will be involved in making legislation, compiling and analysing statistics, monitoring the impact of the work of the team and promoting best practice to ensure seafarers have good working conditions.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the MCA and take on an interesting and varied role with a range of duties. There will be lots of stakeholder engagement, internal and external, providing you with the chance to meet and build relationships with different people at all grades. This is a rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to make a difference and improve the living and working conditions for seafarers across the maritime sector.
This role will be based in the Southampton HQ. MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.
Some UK and European travel including overnight stays required, including occasional one-week meetings in Geneva (weekend travel).
A passport valid for international travel is required.
This post is offered on a Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) basis until 31.01.2024.
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring that the UK fulfils its obligations as a ratifying country of the MLC and ILO 188, by identifying changes required to UK legislation to fully comply with the Conventions, and preparing mandatory reports to the ILO (Article 22 reports).
- Working with stakeholders, develop policy on any proposals for amendments to the Conventions, or related issues arising from UK implementation of the Conventions. Representing UK policy at ILO meetings and meetings with external bodies.
- Monitoring developments in wider UK policy on employment conditions and their enforcement.
- Secretary to the MLC Tripartite Working Group and Work in Fishing Convention Working Group.
For further information about the role, please see the attached.
Person specification
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will need to have knowledge or experience of the policy area (seafarer living and working conditions) and/or of legislative process.
Preparing written documentation, for example guidance/correspondence on behalf of your employer or organization, will come naturally to you.
A strength of yours will be your ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to allow the development of good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
You will have experience in programme or project management and take great pride in your work, your attention to detail is second to none.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
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As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement. Please see the following details on how to apply.
How to Apply
CV and Personal Statement:
Within your CV and personal statement please demonstrate your knowledge and experience of:
- The policy area (seafarer living and working conditions) AND/OR knowledge or experience of legislative process
- Preparing written documentation, drafting guidance/correspondence on behalf of your employer or organisation
- Engagement with external stakeholders
- Programme or project management
Your personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 1000 words.
The sift is due to take place on Thursday 25th May 2023.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 12th June 2023.
This interview will be conducted via face to face at our Southampton office. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- An interview with a written exercise.
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
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Internal applicants will be appointed on inward loan and subject to the terms of the agreed inward loan agreement. The expectation is that you will return to your previous post at the end of the loan period, which will need to be agreed with your line manager in advance.
If you're employed by a non-departmental public body (NDPB) by moving jobs this will involve a change of employer and you may break the statutory rules on of employment.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
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For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How we hire page of our DfT Careers website.
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Throughout this job advert there are links to the DfT Careers Website, which provides you further information to support your application. Should you be unable to access the information on our website, please email [email protected] for assistance.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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