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

UK Health Security Agency

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Salary:

- £66,291 - £75,411
Job grade:

Grade 6
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Science
Working pattern:
Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

61 Colindale Avenue London NW9 5EQAbout the job

Job summary:

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, make public health policy recommendations 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

Job description:

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
Manage multiple and changing demands and meet tight deadlines
High levels of intellectual rigour, negotiation and motivation skills and flexibility are required to deal with complex public health issues
Advise and make recommendations regarding the development of strategy and systems implementation. Exceptional tact and diplomacy is required
Ability to understand other cultures to enable effective working across organisational boundaries and for influencing without authority
To attend and contribute fully to the work of the GIFSOH senior management team
Establish and maintain positive relationships and collaborations with key stakeholders
Positively affect the behaviour and attitudes of team members and colleagues

_ 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.

Person specification:

Essential

PhD in epidemiology/public health/health promotion or equivalent from experience
Training in risk assessment methods, infectious disease epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and/or public health
Advanced knowledge of computers and database software packages (e.g. SQL, R, RStudio, STATA, GIS, network analysis tools)
Significant experience of scientific report writing and scientific publication including presentation of papers at conference etc
Practical experience of facilitating change, managing staff and budgets
Advanced knowledge and experience of epidemiological and statistical research methods (i.e. postdoctoral level)
Proven experience of data management and analysis of large and complex datasets and reporting
Extensive knowledge and experience of communicable disease epidemiology, surveillance and/ or prevention
Liaise with a wide range of external collaborators including health service and academic professionals

Desirable