Food Hygiene Controls Manager

Food Standards Agency

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Reference number

369987

Salary

£39,611
£39,611 (National) £42,792 (London) per annum (2024/25 pay award pending) There is potential for a higher starting salary for candidates already working at an equivalent level within the Environmental Health or Trading Standards professions. Salary will be pro rata for if as part of a job share partnership. If applying on a job-share basis, the expectation is that you are already in an established job-share partnership. Applicants who wish to work compressed hours are welcome to apply - however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

FSA - Strategy and Regulatory Compliance - Regulatory Compliance Division

Type of role

Health and Safety
Legal Services
Science

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking, Job share, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

We offer great flexible working opportunities, and have offices in Belfast, Cardiff or York. Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not overseas. Travel within the UK will be required on an occasional basis, possibly with overnight stays.

Job summary

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is a non-ministerial department of over 1600 people. We play a critical role in protecting public health and consumers’ wider interests in food across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We are a small government department with a big mission: to keep food safe and ensure that it is what it says it is and is increasingly healthy and more sustainable.

We’re looking for a Food Hygiene Controls Manager who can play a big role in one of our largest endeavours to meet these ambitious goals. Our official controls work to protect food and animal feed produced in this country, ensuring it meets our high standards so that consumers can have confidence in what they are eating.

Much of this work is carried out by local authorities under FSA supervision - so it is vital that we can ensure the same level of scrutiny and protection from every local authority across the nation.

 

Job description

You will play a significant role in this, supporting both local authorities and the wider Regulatory Compliance Division by responding to queries about the delivery and implementation of food controls. Your extensive experience will ensure that you are a respected authority whose input has a tangible impact on our work.

As a talented collaborator and communicator, you’ll attend working groups and regional meetings to identify opportunities to further support and connect the teams carrying out our important frontline work across the country.

The wide ranges of challenges faced by local authorities mean this role is always interesting - an ever-evolving learning experience that requires the holder to work fast and juggle different priorities to ensure no query is left unanswered.

Person specification

Please read the attached Candidate Pack to discover further details about the role, our organisation, who we are looking for and the criteria we will assess against during the selection process.

We look forward to receiving your application and wish you every success.

                                                        

Qualifications

• One of the appropriate qualifications listed in Section 3.4.1 of the Food Law Code of Practice
Link: Food and Feed Codes of Practice , Food Standards Agency

Behaviours

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

  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Changing and Improving
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

  • Please give details of the qualification you hold which meets the Technical criteria: • One of the appropriate qualifications listed in Section 3.4.1 of the Food Law Code of Practice Link: Food and Feed Codes of Practice | Food Standards Agency
Alongside your salary of £39,611, Food Standards Agency contributes £11,475 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Our candidate pack details the benefits that the FSA has to offer. Please also refer to the attached Terms and Conditions statement.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Full details of the selection process are detailed in the attached candidate pack. 

Application and shortlisting

You will be asked to provide personal details (not seen by the Panel) and to confirm your eligibility to apply for the role.  

Technical: You will be asked a question to confirm that you meet the Technical requirements of the role. 

·      One of the appropriate qualifications listed in Section 3.4.1 of the Food Law Code of Practice

Link: Food and Feed Codes of Practice , Food Standards Agency

If you cannot answer yes to this question – you will not be able to proceed further with your application.

You will then be asked to complete an application which will be used to assess you against the following essential criteria.

Essential criteria

Experience

·         Lead criteria: Extensive knowledge and understanding of the regulatory and delivery landscape for food hygiene in the UK with significant experience of the approval of food establishments.

·         Demonstration of excellent organisational skills and the effective prioritisation of work to meet agreed deadlines.

·         Demonstration of interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with experience of building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

·         Previous line management experience or the ability to demonstrate skills in the management and development of others.

Technical

·      One of the appropriate qualifications listed in Section 3.4.1 of the Food Law Code of Practice

Link: Food and Feed Codes of Practice , Food Standards Agency

Lead Criteria An initial sift will take place on the Technical criteria and the Experience Lead Criteria.

In the event that we receive a large number of applications, the minimum pass mark for the Experience Lead Criteria may be raised at shortlisting stage. Candidates who apply under the DCS, GPTW or RIS schemes and meet the minimum requirements will be unaffected by the pass mark raise.

Interview

If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to a final interview in which we will assess you against the following Experience requirements of the role and Civil Service Behaviours Choose an item.

Behaviours

·         Seeing the Big Picture

·         Changing and Improving

·         Making Effective Decisions

·         Communicating and Influencing

Full details of the positive indicators being assessed for each Behaviour can be found in the Candidate Pack.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Expected Timeline

Advert closes: 9 October 2024 (23:55)

Sift: Expected to take place 10 – 11 October 2024

Final panel interview: Expected to take place during week commencing 21 October 2024

Interviews will be held remotely via MS Teams. (If you do not have the Microsoft Teams application installed on your computer, you can join on the web without installing the application).

Please note that indicated dates may be subject to change.

Childcare Vouchers

Any move to the Food Standards Agency 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.

Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Reserve List

A reserve list will be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointment may be made.

Candidates that do not pass the interview but have demonstrated an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade.

Visa Sponsorship

Please note that the FSA does not hold a licence to sponsor any visa applications and we are unable to provide any advice about visas.

 



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Julie Moody
  • Email : Julie.moody@food.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : hr.recruitment.campaigns@food.gov.uk

Further information

If you wish to raise a complaint then please email hr.recruitment.campaigns@food.gov.uk in the first instance.

Attachments

v1.0 Candidate Pack Food Hygiene Controls Manager (SEO) Sept 24 Opens in new window (pdf, 911kB)
Terms and Conditions as at April 2020 Opens in new window (doc, 53kB)

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