Lead Specialist for Governmental Affairs

Job ID:41484
 

Lead Specialist for Governmental Affairs (41484)

Lloyd’s Register

Location:  Mumbai ,India

About the role

• Working within the focused flag state team in Regulatory Affairs, take a hands-on approach to ensuring that LR develops, maintains and capitalises on relationships with governments in support of LR’s RO-obligations, business development and service delivery.
• Demonstrates an excellent knowledge base of Maritime Regulations and the role of a Classification Society including processes covering Surveys, Certification and Approvals. Showcases excellent technical drafting skills as well as experience of developing legal contracts/agreements, Maintains LR’s flag state instructions database/records and authorisation instruments, with ever-changing patterns and requirements. Recognises potential legal and commercial risks when review agreements and proposals. Strong inter-personal communications and problem-solving skills are highly applicable to this role.
• As part of an international organization, candidate will have good proficiency in the English language. This role requires work authorization for the respective countries approved for hiring (i.e., India, Philippines, Mozambique, Malaysia, Greece and Poland).

What we offer you 

• The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values-driven and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programs.
• A Full-time permanent role.

The Role 

• Provide support to the Principal Specialist, Governmental Affairs.
• Liaise and respond to Flag States, colleagues, and other external parties as directed.
• Negotiate new/updated formal agreements with Flag States ensuring all clauses are in line with LR’s standard legal guidelines, project requirements and guidelines of the RO Code. This will include liaising with LR Flag representatives globally as well as LR Legal team members.
• Note: Where Legal / Commercial risks are identified, flagging the same and limiting exposure for LR.
• Manage the LR Flag State Database, currently spreadsheet based, ensuring it is updated in terms of Flag Agreements and authorisations. Work to ensure LR acquires and maintains delegated statutory authority for appropriate services with appropriate flags in line with business needs by liaising with relevant Operations and Commercial teams.
• Ensure that changes to authorisations from Flag States are promulgated within the business as appropriate and ensure that such changes are made to the Flag State Database and relevant country files.
• Monitor Flag-state mailbox correspondence and respond accordingly to queries from Flag States, internal and external customers – including assessing the impact on Country files and Agreement/Authorisations.
• Liaise with Rules and Procedures Publishing (RPP) Team regarding Flag Rules Amendment proposal review process/access (as part of standard RO-oversight requirements) and LR Forms2 template development.
• Contribute to LR implementation of national/international legislation.
• Attendance at internal and external (including IMO, ISO and IACS and flag) meetings, as required, to understand the technical background of requirements, and to provide input to relevant stakeholders for their action/ follow through, preparing detailed reports of these meetings.
• Manage projects within a discipline and ensure they are in accordance with quality system requirements, cost structures and budgetary / contractual requirements. Review Flag Fees requirements per Agreements/Flag instruments and work with relevant stake-holders to process the same where linked to statutory work.
• Maintain confidential information around fleet quality and manage it as per relevant BMS procedures.
• Collate, review and conduct IACS, IMO and Flag reporting, in line with set procedures and guidelines.
• Pursue Continuous Professional Development and maintain a high degree of discipline, knowledge and awareness. Mentor / coach other employees, as appropriate, to achieve effective knowledge transfer and application.
• Ensure the Country Files system (MARIS) capabilities are periodically assessed and any anomalies recorded/raised through the appropriate IT channels.
• Prepare for and assist (as required) LR delegation during Audits (Flag, EMSA, BSI, etc.), working closely with local representatives and TQA team.
• Ensure a healthy level of overlap across all the tasks undertaken by the Flag State Team, to ensure readiness for cover during leaves/absences, through a collaborative and info-sharing mindset.
• Propose deliverables to internal / external client(s) and be able to suggest alternative solutions where appropriate.
• Undertake administration as required in line with current processes and procedures, including maintenance of relevant BMS procedures impacted due to flag notices/instructions.
• Assess the risks and work in a safe manner at all times, robustly implementing health and safety rules, instructions and systems and refuse to undertake work that compromises your safety or health.
• Report in a timely manner all incidents including near miss and safety observations, accidents and injuries and raise any health and safety concerns with your line manager.

What you bring

• A degree or equivalent from a tertiary organisation recognised by Lloyd’s Register within a relevant field or qualifications from a marine or nautical institution and relevant sea-going experience as a certificated ship’s officer.
• Membership of an appropriate professional institution.
• High level of proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Broad knowledge of IMO regulations, statutory requirements and other international regulations. 

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About us 

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry’s future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of 

Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place. 

Want to apply. 

Here at Lloyd’s Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It’s ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works – the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don’t just talk about our differences, we celebrate them! 

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you. 

 If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy. 

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at careers@lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd’s Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

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• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.

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