We are looking for a confident and capable maritime professional who brings:

✅ Strong commercial awareness with the ability to support and influence port growth and income generation ✅ Proven experience in harbour or port operations, ideally within a mixed commercial and leisure environment ✅ Sound knowledge of commercial shipping operations alongside leisure boating management ✅ The ability to make independent, high-stakes decisions in a regulated environment ✅ A clear understanding of marine legislation, safety standards, and harbour authority duties ✅ Excellent leadership skills, with experience managing teams and fostering high performance

You will be a forward-thinking leader who can balance compliance with innovation, and operational demands with long-term strategic development.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return

• Play a key role in shaping the future of an important Cornish port
• Work in a role that combines operational leadership with commercial influence
• Be part of a supportive and forward-looking Maritime team within Cornwall Council
• Enjoy the opportunity to work in one of the UK’s most distinctive and scenic coastal locations

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship or transfer of sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here - Truro Harbour Master Role Profile [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/ph5prcx4/3469-truro-hm-role-profile.pdf]

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

If you are ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and commercial insight to the Port of Truro, we would welcome your application. For an informal discussion please contact Chris Jones, Maritime Manager or Katrina Tonkin, Business & Compliance Manager on 01872 324216.

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk [careers@cornwall.gov.uk] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-here/]

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options [https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-here/benefits-of-working-for-the-council/].

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.