Maritime Standards Manager X2

Maritime Standards Manager X2

Salary: £48,219 to £56,729 / €67,526 - €79,443 (dependent on experience) Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full-Time Location description: Although this is a home-based role, you will be required to travel around the UK, Ireland and ROI Interview date: 1st stage interviews w/c 19th October, 2nd stage interviews w/c 9th November Closing Date: 13-10-2026 Reference: 22038

About us

Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Maritime Standards Team. We are expanding the team and looking to have geographical spread throughout the UK and Ireland. We are looking for 2 Maritime Standards Managers who can support our crew, lifeboat stations and regional teams, ensuring that our lifeboats are safe to operate and operated safely.

Some of the benefits

• Salary - £48,219 to £56,729 / €67,526 - €79,443 (dependent on experience)
• Flexible working
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme
• Life assurance

Your role

As a Maritime Standards Manager, you will be focused on the following areas:

• Provide coaching, mentoring and behavioural change in afloat and ashore activity.
• Providing practical maritime and SAR SME support, where appropriate, to local management and lifesaving units and the wider RNLI.
• Leading Operational Standards and Support Visits.

About you

As a Maritime Standards Manager, you will be passionate, motivational and have a positive outlook when leading people in your work. You will want to be part of a work environment that offers a variety of different challenges, and you will be someone who can work both on their own and as part of a team to produce positive outcomes.

To be considered as Maritime Standards Manager, you will have:

• RYA YM Offshore Commercially endorsed with small boat command experience
• IOSH or equivalent H&S qualification

Applicants should have a flexible approach, with the ability to work under their own initiative and manage their own workload, including being prepared to travel extensively, work some evenings and stay away from home when operational need requires it. This is a full-time role, requiring 42 hours per week.

So, if, as a Maritime Standards Manager, you could combine enthusiasm, strong organisational skills and the ability to manage, lead and inspire and want to support our organisation’s aim to reduce drowning, this could be the role for you. Please apply via the button shown.

Secondment opportunities will be considered.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

As this is a sea-going appointment, you will need to satisfy the Institution's medical and eyesight standards.

Safeguarding and referencing

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include reference checks at offer stage and relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable) and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One