Centre for International Trade Team Leader - Bristol, United Kingdom - Animal and Plant Health Agency

Animal and Plant Health Agency
Animal and Plant Health Agency
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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Reference number:


Salary:

- £25,915 - £27,116
Job grade:


  • Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Fixed Term
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:

Type of role:


  • Administration / Corporate Support
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
    Number of jobs available:
  • 2Contents
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About the job


Benefits:

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Location

  • Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Exeter, Preston, Stafford, Worcester, YorkAbout the job

Job summary:

The vacancies currently available are to be based at any of the following locations:
Bristol, Carlisle, York, Exeter, Worcester, Preston, Cardiff or Stafford

These roles will provide significant opportunities to develop your own skills and future career.


The Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA) is a Government agency that sits within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Job description:

You will be working in a friendly and supportive team in a fast paced, reactive and varied role.


You will need to have excellent IT and organisation skills and the flexibility to turn your hand to different tasks as the situation demands.


The position is customer facing and will suit those who have an ability to communicate well to a diverse group of customers.


You will be engaging with a broad range of partners and forming relationships with colleagues across the wider Defra team.


Main duties will include but are not limited to the following:


Performance Management:


  • To take responsibility for the team and its output.
  • Achieve goals through the team ensuring capability via coaching and training.
  • Tackle poor performance and reward and recognise good performance.

Target delivery:


  • Ensure work is delivered on
- time and at the required level

  • Raise issues as and when appropriate.
  • When targets are in jeopardy liaise with the management to highlight this.

Leading change:


  • Ensuring that those within the team are kept informed of relevant process changes and the reasons for them.
  • Ensure that the team are up skilled and can implement new ways of working and do so effectively.
  • Provide support to the senior management team and show commitment to APHA.

Administrative support:


  • Supervising the delivery of various administrative duties to the immediate and when required wider team.
  • Ensuring accurate records are kept and updated accordingly.
  • Ensuring actions are carried out in accordance with the procedures and within the necessary timescales
  • Providing support and guidance to others (internally and externally) on procedures and practices

Responding to emergencies:


  • Is flexible to adapt to changing situations and responds with energy and commitment to take on additional tasks that may be outside the normal day to day duties.
  • Motivates those in their team to respond to changing demands, providing support and guidance
The post holder may be occasionally required to work from other locations in the Delivery Area.


Person specification:


  • Experience of leading and managing a team
  • Good planning and organisational skills
  • Ability to meet targets
  • Good communication skills
  • Positively responds to change
  • Effective team working
  • Management skills (performance management)
  • Experience using IT, including but not limited to Microsoft packages

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Leadership
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Delivering at Pace

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Good IT skills and familiarity with use of basic Microsoft packages, Outlook, Word, Excel, MS Teams

Benefits:


Pension and Financial Benefits

Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package and there are various options including Alpha and Partnership pension schemes in which Defra can invest in providing a contribution to the cost of your pension.

Your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire.


Time off
Offering 25 days annual leave (rising up to 30 days over 5 years) for new entrants to the Civil Service and retaining existing arrangements for current Civil Servants


Special Leave

Additional paid leave for other situations including family-related leave is available for employees volunteering and taking part in public duties, trade union activities, special/trained forces and for health & safety representatives.


Rewards
We have a Staff Recognition Scheme, and our in-year awards reward exemplary work.


Learning and Development

Access to five days learning and development each year to support professional development through Civil Service Learning, Corporate induction and three days special leave for volunteering.


Performance Management
Individual performance plans, learning and development match
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