Compliance Officer

Job Description

Brook Street are working in partnership with the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in their search for a Compliance Officer.Assignment Length: 8-12 Months with the possibility to extend Pay rate: £13.37 at an hourly rate, paid weekly Working arrangements: Hybrid Working - Mon-Fri role (37 hours per week)Star Date: ASAPLocation: Lancaster House Hampshire Court Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YHYou will be working with the MMO in Lancaster House Newcastle. You will follow set procedures and will exercise some independent judgement in carrying out instructions, under general supervision.The Temporary Worker will provide middle management support and operate with minimal supervision, exercising independent judgment in completing assignments.

• Management of Compliance Team shared mailbox, ensuring GDPR requests and queries are responded to within set KPIs.

• Manage and monitor enforcement tools, ensuring these are issued to Coastal colleagues and actioned appropriately, in line with KPIs and Compliance Directions/Enforcement tool. Flagging anomalies or poor performance with senior managers for escalation.

• Contribute to the development of enforcement tools as well as the production of internal and external guidance for compliance and enforcement purposes.

• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a single SharePoint site for compliance management, enforcement guidance and reporting and monitoring tools.

• On behalf of the Operations Directorate, maintain and update the MMO Blue Book, as and when changes to existing or the introduction of new legislation requires amendments.

• Manage the process for IFCA access to MCSS, including registration, deregistration and cost recovery.

• To contribute to the work of the Compliance Capability Programme (CCP) as required, and other internal working groups to help deliver projects and services to improve coastal operations.

• Work with the Intelligence Team to help provide evidence for risk and enforcement priorities.

• Contribute to MMO internal guidance and training, including but not limited to marine licensing, with a focus on consideration of environmental impacts and implications.

• Contribute to the review and production of internal and external environment and wildlife guidance for compliance and enforcement purposes in liaison with Marine Conservation Team and wider Compliance Team and MMO colleagues.

• Provide input from an enforcement point of view into wildlife and environment bylaws and HPMAs.

• Assist to maintain internal and external wildlife and environment networks with ongoing engagement around wildlife and environmental issues. This includes providing secretariat for the UK PAW marine working group meetings.

Examples of work performed will include but not be restricted to:Duties:

• Achievement of personal targets and KPIs
• Ensure that the MMO values and code of conduct are embedded in your daily activity and you provide feedback to others
• Comply with all MMO policies and procedures at all times
• Develop customer and stakeholder relationships to enable mutually satisfactory results
• Maximize opportunities to continually learn about your role and yourself
• Support corporate initiatives as required
• Positively promote the MMO "brand" outside of the organisation
• Any other reasonable duty as defined by the organisation

Skills requirement:

• Computer literate.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, especially when working with sensitive information.
• Good team working abilities.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Work quickly, efficiently, accurately with attention to detail, sometimes against tight deadlines.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Using initiative and working on your own.
• Ability to interpret rules/regulations and apply them to a range of practical situations.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and control workload and deliver results to agreed timescales.

Typical qualifications and experience:- Five GCSE passes at Grade C or above or equivalent- A level passes at grade E or above or equivalentIf this is something you would be interested in please apply below.Please note if you have not been contacted regarding the position within 7 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful.

Keyskills :
admin / secretarial / recruitment / administrative / government / civil service