Can you lead complex programmes and drive delivery across scope, cost, time and quality to achieve strategic outcomes? Are you able to influence senior stakeholders and make high‑impact decisions that shape organisational change and deliver long‑term benefits? Have you delivered large‑scale projects while balancing risk, governance and leading teams through transformation? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking a UK Technical Maritime Services (UKTMS) S&I Head of Change Delivery. The 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. UKTMS inspects and surveys ships to ensure that they meet both UK and international safety, security and anti‑pollution standards. The directorate also provides certification to ships and seafarers, the registration of merchant vessels on the UK flag, and, in collaboration with Coastguard colleagues, responds to pollution from shipping and offshore installations.
Benefits
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work‑life balance.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership across complex, multi‑workstream programmes with full accountability for delivery, direction and outcomes across UKTMS.
- Act as a senior decision‑maker on investment, prioritisation and delivery approaches, balancing risk, value and organisational priorities.
- Translate strategic objectives into clear, compliant delivery plans aligned to MCA priorities, government policy and legislation.
- Oversee and assure all core project documentation, including business cases, delivery plans, benefits realisation, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Drive assurance activity and governance, confidently respond to audit, scrutiny and challenge while managing escalations and critical decision‑making.
- Build and influence senior stakeholder relationships, securing agreement across MCA, government departments and external partners on complex issues.
- Lead organisational change and benefits delivery, ensuring adoption of new ways of working and intervening where delivery is at risk.
- Manage teams, risks, interdependencies and digital delivery (including Product Owner responsibilities), while mentoring colleagues and promoting continuous improvement. Great line management is important to us, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need.
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