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Covid Vaccines - London, United Kingdom - UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

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London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £48,859 - £62,286- per annum
Job grade:

Grade 7
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Planning, Strategy, Intelligence
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Homeworking, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

The role will be office / homeworking hybrid with a necessity to travel to London on occasionAbout the job

Job summary:

The Vaccine Taskforce became the UKHSA Vaccine Unit on 1 October, continuing to ensure the best possible vaccines are available for the UK population, whenever they are needed to fight what remains a fast evolving, deadly virus.

Vaccines remain the key to the UK living with COVID, delivered through the high quality and high impact outcomes of this unit.

A mission we are proud of.

At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards.

We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.

Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight.

We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our employees are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.

Job description:

Supporting the Supply Chain Assurance Lead to:

Identify, assess, monitor and report supply chain risk at 'project' level

- aggregate these at the 'system' level and drive risk mitigation action with Vaccine Task Force (VTF) Leaders and cross-government teams

Deputise in Supply Chain Assurance Leads absence
Work closely with the Supply Chain Assurance Lead to develop and maintain VTF's clear understanding of the risks and issues in the Vaccine supply chain from the geopolitical (e.g. Russia/Ukraine) to the tactical (e.g. cardboard shortages) you will be expected to lead on specific areas of the supply chain.
In conjunction with the Supply Chain Assurance Lead, develop plans to support manufacturer in mitigating risks and/or working around known issues to ensure smooth delivery of supply.
Maintain supply chain visualisations for all key suppliers (update as and when new intelligence comes to light either from project teams, developers or open source)
Take ownership of incident response dashboard (conduct research, collate input and refresh as required)
Maintain vaccine category taxonomy to systematically log all key inputs for vaccine production
Ensure the VTF leadership has visibility of current issues, risks (including likely crystallisation points) and proposed action.
Work closely with project teams to offer support particularly with supply chain risk matters
Proactively perform regular horizon scanning activities to understand key challenges within broader vaccine supply chain
Maintain key supplier list identify, riskassess and monitor known suppliers within vaccine supply chains
Maintain internal SCA risk register and liaise with VTF risk team to ensure alignment against programme level risks

Person specification:

Skills and Experience,:

SC Clearance or willingness to undertake it
Excellent presentation skills
Excellent team player able to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Able to work under own initiative and plan workload based on business priorities
5 years of experience working in procurement and supply chain analysis
Experience of working with supply chains
Experience of working in an environment with tight deadlines and juggling multiple tasks
Experience of working within an operational delivery function with a good understanding of supply & demand planning

Behaviours:

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

Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Making Effective Decisions

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%

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Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.

STAGE - APPLICATION & SIFT:
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and if applicable, Technical skills.