Ops Officer

ORGANISATION & BACKGROUND

Details of Organisation

The University Royal Naval Units are under the Command of The Commander Maritime Reserves (CMR) and are headquartered In Leach Building Whale Island Portsmouth. The Commanding Officer University Royal Naval Units (CO URNU) commands the URNUs on behalf of CMR.

URNU Headquarters (URNU HQ) comprises:

CO URNU OF4 (CAPPS)

Chief of Staff URNU (COS URNU) OF3 (CAPPS)

URNU Business Manager (URNU BM) C2

Deputy Chief of Staff URNU (DCOS URNU) OF2 (CAPPS)

URNU Staff Coxswain (USC) OR7 (AWW / AWT)

URNU Admin Officer (URNU AO) E1

Each of the 16 physical URNUs is a lodger unit of another MOD establishment with URNU Virtual operated by the staff of URNU Belfast with its students assigned to the geographically closest URNU.

The 16 URNUs are divided between two regions. Each region has a regional headquarters commanded by an Officer Commanding (OC) supported by an Operations Officer (Ops) and a Regional Coordinator (Reg Coord).

URNU North comprises the following sub-units: URNU Northern Ireland (Belfast and Virtual) URNU Scotland (East Scotland and Glasgow) URNU Northeast England (Northumbria and Yorkshire) and URNU Northwest England (Manchester and Liverpool).

URNUs South comprises the following sub-units: URNU Midlands (Birmingham and East Midlands) URNU Southeast England (London and Cambridge) URNU Southwest England (Bristol and Devon) URNU Southcentral England (Solent and Oxford) and URNU Wales.

Purpose

Be the Operations Officer URNU South. Responsible for the day-to-day operation and management within the region pursuant of the URNU mission statement; Developing and engaging young people through maritime experience adventure and Royal Navy ethos on behalf of OC URNU South.

Chain of Command

The Chain of Command (CoC) for the Ops URNU South is:

OC South (1RO)

CO URNU (2RO)

DACOS MRFP (3RO if required)

Authority

Ops URNU South has tasking authority over the OiCs Coxns Training Officers RAOs and volunteers for the purposes of coordinating administrative and URNU activityrelated outputs. Authority to liaise directly with RSUs URNU stakeholders for the purpose of URNU core business URNU HQ and host establishments on behalf of Regional HQ where delegated. They have no authority over OiCs; coordination only.

Responsibility

Manage the day-to-day operations and business of the regional headquarters and region on behalf of OC URNU South.

Oversee the operation of the URNUs within the region all regional level activity and support to national level activity as directed by OC URNU South.

Act as the 2RO for all volunteer training officers within the region.

Act as the tasking authority for OiCs within the region on behalf of OC URNU South.

Development and implementation of the regional planning cycle on behalf of OC URNU South.

Support OC URNU South in supporting the work of the Naval Regional Commands across the region supporting the Royal Navy/Royal Marines in the public eye defence engagement ceremonial duties and community outreach.

Assist OC URNU South in forecasting the annual regional budget and managing expenditure in accordance with the Letter of Delegation from the Budget Holder.

Quality control assure and manage the N3 N5 N8 & N9 functions within the region. Including liaison with Regional Support Units Fleet Logistics and the Maritime Reserve as directed OC URNU South.

Act as a point of contact for all external stakeholders and authorities within the region on behalf of OC URNU South.