Marine Planning and Strategy covering policy implementation for various areas including Coastal Communities, Marine recreation and Tourism, Marine Environment and Marine Planning. My main role within Marine Planning and Policy is stakeholder engagment and communications. My other roles consist of the following: - Providing policy advice for Environmental Ministers’ parliamentary activity.- Providing policy advice for visits and events (working closely with the Ministerial… Show more Marine Planning and Strategy covering policy implementation for various areas including Coastal Communities, Marine recreation and Tourism, Marine Environment and Marine Planning. My main role within Marine Planning and Policy is stakeholder engagment and communications. My other roles consist of the following: - Providing policy advice for Environmental Ministers’ parliamentary activity.- Providing policy advice for visits and events (working closely with the Ministerial Visits and Events team who lead on the logistics).- Engaging with Non-governmental organisations and Scottish Government colleagues to ensure the policy issues.- Leading on written and oral Parliamentary Questions on policy issues.- Leading on Ministerial and official correspondence on policy issues, ensuring they are dealt with expeditiously.- Line managing one member of staff. Show less

Effective monitoring and enforcement of marine and fishing laws, this role was vital to ensure the protection Scotland's valuable marine areas and fisheries. My main duties within this role were ensuring compliance or detecting breaches of fisheries regulations by monitoring and inspection at sea and in ports, and then reporting as appropriate to the prosecuting authorities, and by providing intelligence on fishing activity in the sea areas around Scotland. This role gave me the chance to… Show more Effective monitoring and enforcement of marine and fishing laws, this role was vital to ensure the protection Scotland's valuable marine areas and fisheries. My main duties within this role were ensuring compliance or detecting breaches of fisheries regulations by monitoring and inspection at sea and in ports, and then reporting as appropriate to the prosecuting authorities, and by providing intelligence on fishing activity in the sea areas around Scotland. This role gave me the chance to interact with one of Scotland's biggest industries. While in this role i gained a full British Sea Fisheries warrant. Show less