Senior Marine Planner (1 x FTA to end of March 2025 – with a view to permanency thereafter; 1 x permanent)

Marine Management Organisation
Senior Marine Planner (1 x FTA to end of March 2025 – with a view to permanency thereafter; 1 x permanent)
Reports to: Marine Planning Manager
Department: Marine Planning
Grade/band: SEO £38,730-£44,612 (National), £41,808-£48,164 (London) pa
Location: National, subject to office capacity.
Job Description:
The MMO is great place to work, with a clear, positive purpose and a strong focus on high quality delivery and staff wellbeing and growth. MMO manages 230,000 square kilometres of hugely diverse seas, almost double that of England’s land mass. Our seas are among the busiest in the world. The extensive benefits we draw from them are not always recognised, whether for leisure, transport, commerce, fisheries, construction, energy, and communications. Critically, our seas provide significant environmental benefits. We deliver professional, expert, valued services, and support for our marine environment and for those who use it. We are committed to being a top place to work – focussed on colleague engagement and respect; shared values; personal wellbeing; individual and collective diversity; and professional personal development.
There are two Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Senior Marine Planner roles being recruited for. Each role will have one of the following focuses, alongside the key tasks, accountabilities and responsibilities of an SEO Senior Marine Planner:
1. Lead the development and delivery of statutory assessments of marine plans whilst overseeing and directing associated workstreams. Lead the procurement and management of contracts of statutory assessments of marine plans, Habitats Regulations Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal. Lead stakeholder engagement with the statutory assessments. (12 month FTA)
2. Lead additional marine planning evidence, data, mapping and technical inputs to meet the needs of more prescriptive marine plans, including cumulative effects considerations. Support and complement existing evidence procurement and co-ordination, GIS capability and technical mapping and modelling. Support stakeholder engagement required to meet the needs of more prescriptive marine plans. Lead natural capital and marine net gain inputs for marine planning (permanent).
The Senior Marine Planners will contribute to the development and delivery of marine plans whilst overseeing and directing associated workstreams. The Senior Marine Planners will undertake marine plan developmental work, applying lessons learnt to support the marine planning process. The role will include understanding and analysis of relevant evidence, including national and local policy, and integration of stakeholder views.
Reporting to the Marine Planning Manager you will lead on at least one theme or major topic such as economy, environment, social, climate change. You will provide appropriate leadership and management to marine planners within workstreams that contribute to the marine planning programme.
You will work closely with colleagues within and outside of the MMO (Marine Management Organisation) including engagement with a wide range of stakeholders to include industry, other sectors, and members of the public, ensuring that their contributions are considered in an inclusive and appropriate manner.
MMO has a responsibility for regulating English waters, therefore this role can be located in any Defra Group office in England, subject to capacity. You will be asked to express a preference during your application, please note your first preference is not guaranteed. There may be requirement to undertake induction and training in Newcastle at the start of the appointment. How that will be delivered can be discussed with the successful candidate. If based elsewhere, the role holder will attend Newcastle on a regular basis. The post will require significant travel in addition to this.
MMO Offices include Alnwick, Brixham, Beverley, Cambridge, Harwich, Hastings, London, Lowestoft, Newcastle, North Shields, Poole, Preston, Scarborough, Shoreham, Whitehaven and York.
Applications should be made via the Civil Service Jobs website. Note that only applications made using the MMO CV template will be processed.