UKTMS S&I Head of Change Delivery

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 (Survey & Inspection) 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; in collaboration with Coastguard colleagues, it responds to pollution from shipping and offshore installations.

Survey & Inspection’s objective is to enable the Government’s Maritime Strategy for ‘Safer lives, Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas’ by ensuring high standards of marine safety and marine environmental protection through the implementation of consistent survey and inspection operations.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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As the UKTMS S&I Head of Change Delivery, you will lead complex, multi-workstream projects and transformation initiatives, providing strategic direction across UKTMS. You will be accountable for delivering outcomes across scope, cost, time, quality, benefits and risk, ensuring alignment with MCA priorities and government policy. With significant delegated authority, you will make high-impact decisions, influence senior stakeholders, drive organisational change, and deliver long-term operational and strategic benefits.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to

Providing strategic leadership across complex, multi‑workstream programmes, with full accountability for delivery, direction and outcomes across UKTMS.Acting as a senior decision‑maker on investment, prioritisation and delivery approaches, balancing risk, value and organisational priorities.Leading the translation of strategic objectives into clear, compliant delivery plans aligned to MCA priorities, government policy and legislation.Overseeing and assuring all core project documentation, including business cases, delivery plans, benefits realisation, risks, issues and dependencies.Driving assurance activity and governance, confidently responding to audit, scrutiny and challenge while managing escalations and critical decision‑making.Building and influencing senior stakeholder relationships, securing agreement across MCA, government departments and external partners on complex issues.Leading organisational change and benefits delivery, ensuring adoption of new ways of working and intervening where delivery is at risk.Managing teams, risks, interdependencies and digital delivery (including Product Owner responsibilities), while mentoring colleagues and promoting continuous improvement.Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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