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Senior Offshore Wind Advisor
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Sectors Including Mitigation, Science & Management
Location UK - Flexible - UK
Salary Additional Information £38,730
Salary (Minimum)
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Salary (Maximum)
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Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level Senior Level
Deadline 02/01/2025
Company Name Marine Management Organisation
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This position is based nationally

Job description

LOCATION: THIS ROLE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE BASED IN THE NEWCASTLE, YORK, BRISTOL AND PRESTON OFFICE LOCATIONS.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Driven by government’s aim for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas, MMO’s purpose is to protect and enhance our precious marine environment, and support UK economic growth by enabling sustainable marine activities and development.  We are the independent regulator for England’s seas, professionally delivering service-focussed outcomes for our customers.

Job description  

This is an exciting time to join the MMO as we play our part, in line with our vision for ‘A prosperous future for our seas, coasts and communities’, in delivering the new government’s mission with a focus on growth, net zero, and protecting and enhancing of the marine environment.

The Strategic Renewables Unit (SRU) sits within the MMO’s Marine Development (Domestic and International) Directorate, alongside Marine Licensing Team, Marine Planning Team and the Global Team.

Working within the Strategic Renewables Unit which supports our planning and licensing functions, you will focus on our strategic approach to offshore renewable energy (particularly offshore windfarms).

The role will:

  • help to address, short, medium to long term priorities for the MMO in the context of government ambition for net zero, green recovery and associated policy development;
  • provide support or delivery lead for a range of work including technical and operational aspects of strategic projects;
  • engage with other parts of the MMO, government contacts, and stakeholders;
  • contribute to the functioning of the SRU including to pilot an enhanced integrated way of working across both Planning and Licensing teams;
  • Have an initial focus on offshore wind

Please refer to the candidate pack for full details of the role. 

FAILURE TO USE THE MMO CV TEMPLATE ATTACHED WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING SIFTED.

Person specification

Please refer to job description

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant discipline and/or
• Relevant work experience (at least 2 years)
Alongside your salary of £38,730, Marine Management Organisation contributes £11,220 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%

Selection process details

Please refer to job description

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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
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