Job Title: Inshore Boating Support Administrator

Location: Weymouth National Boat Centre, Dorset, DT4 8TZ (Hybrid)

Salary: £13,914 per annum pro rata (£23,190 per annum full time equivalent)

Job type: Permanent, Part Time, 21 hours per week

Closing Date: Friday 26th June 2026.

Are you an administrator looking for a new opportunity?

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure, while also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development.

Thousands of young people take part in Sea Cadets activity every week. We want to reach thousands more. We have a strong vision and are on the cusp of rolling out a new multi-year growth strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide for young people. We aim to equip them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world. We are immensely proud of the breadth, quality and safety of activities we offer to young people.

We are currently looking for a Support Administrator to join our team.

About the role:

The Inshore Boating Support Administrator works on development and administration of processes and policies that support our on the water activities, assisting with routine correspondence on all matters relating to the Inshore Boating department.

Responsibilities:

Answering and signposting enquiries received by email, post and phone.
Updating and amending held records on all boats and equipment across the charity.
Management and tracking of data to review and identify trends.
Support the updating of personal records as required
Supporting the Head / Assistant Head of Inshore Boating with the admin of the department.
Support admin in the wider learning directorate.

Requirements:

Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office programmes, EXCEL and Office 365 tools, SharePoint and MS Teams
Experience of Oracle based databases
Working as part of a team; Demonstrating a flexible and innovative service
Engaging, influencing and enthusing colleagues, volunteers
Experience of developing and managing business-to-business relationships

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack. If you are interested in this role, please apply now!

Benefits:

25 days annual leave per annum, increasing with length of service
Hybrid working for many roles
Volunteering Leave
Life assurance (4x salary)
Private medical insurance
Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
Cycle to work scheme
Access to the Marine Society Digital Library
Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling

Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information:

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC's values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.

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