Food Safety - London, United Kingdom - UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The Gastrointestinal Infections and Food safety (One Health) Division is located within UKHSA's Clinical and Public health Directorate at Colindale.

The Divisions remit includes providing specialist epidemiology and surveillance for Gastrointestinal Infections (GI), coordinating the investigation of national outbreaks, advising government on the risks posed by various gastrointestinal pathogens, and responding to national and international health concerns.

The Division manages the above functions across a broad range of pathogens including enteric and food borne bacteria, viruses and parasites.

It plays an important role in Food safety and One Health and in using advanced techniques such as whole genome sequencing to track national and international outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria.

The postholder will be reading and analysing epidemiological and microbiological data, creating visual models to represent possible outcomes, and preparing reports for risk communication.

They will take lead responsibility in the strategic development of Food Safety Surveillance and introduce systems to produce data to monitor national and local trends and patterns of infection and contribute towards control initiatives and outbreak response.

Location

61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ

Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.

Working Pattern -Full Time

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

Building on complex and multidisciplinary data sources
Play a leading role in the synthesis of food safety risk assessment and surveillance initiatives through collation of existing initiatives and identifying opportunities for further development
Lead on developing and designing datasets, managing the collation and validation of data, the timely production of outputs (e.g., reports and articles), and quality assurance
Lead on the analysis of datasets
Provide advice and guidance on specialist aspects of the analyses of risks to health linked to food and environmental contamination
Interpret and prepare scientific reports and articles of the results and to undertake research
Contribute to the teaching activities of GIFSOH at local, national, and international level

Please refer to the Job Description for a full list of duties

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive.

The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

Working for the UKHSA

Benefits:

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Range of health and wellbeing support
26 days annual leave allowance increasing to 32 days after a 10year service

Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.

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Selection process details

STAGE - APPLICATION & SIFT:

Your Statement of Suitability (max 1250 words) should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE - INTERVIEW

The interview will be held at the Colindale office.

Expected Timeline:

Interviews:

TBC