Senior Imports Delivery Manager

Food Standards Agency

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 12th May 2024

 
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Details

Reference number

351327

Salary

£39,611
£39,611 (National) £42,792 (London)
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

FSA - Operations - Regulatory Compliance – Imports Delivery Team

Type of role

Operational Delivery
Policy
Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking

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 across the UK will be required on an occasional basis, possibly with overnight stays.

Job summary

The FSA is a non-ministerial department of over 1300 people. Having left the EU, we play a critical role in protecting public health and consumers’ wider interests in food across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our vision is an important one - to drive change, delivering “food we can trust” and working towards a healthier and more sustainable food system.

The Agency’s mission to protect public health is achieved through a number of approaches, but the heart of what we do is making sure that food in the UK is safe, and that it is what it says it is. This remit includes food produced in the UK but also, vitally, that which is imported. The Imported Delivery Team works to ensure exactly this: that food imported into the UK is safe, and exactly what it says it is.

Job description

The purpose of this role is to lead and develop specific workstreams within the Imports Delivery Teamwork programme. This includes the imported food surveillance programme and delivering the management of imported food sampling and funding programmes, in providing support to our port health authority and local authority partners who are responsible for delivering the current system of official controls on imported food. You will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of a programme of work on time and to budget to ensure the Imports Delivery Team is able to deliver our outcomes effectively both now and in the future.

You will work with senior colleagues across the FSA, in other Government departments and with our delivery partners to establish and deliver a programme of work which will enable change to be managed and to deliver the new regulatory landscape in relation to imports and exports following the UK’s departure from the EU.

You will be expected to represent the FSA credibly and sensitively at regional, and national forums, with partner agencies and Government departments. You will develop and maintain productive relationships with key partners and customers, both in the UK and abroad. You will be responsible for ‘future proofing’ the FSA’s imports capability.

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.

                                                        

Behaviours

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

  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Working Together
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 and Experience.

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.

You will then be asked to complete an application which will be used to assess you against the following essential and desirable criteria. (Desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of a tie between candidates).

Essential criteria

Experience

·         Lead criteria: Outstanding organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload   

·         Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills evidences with a range of stakeholders

·         Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyse a range of data sources and make clear intelligence led decisions to inform policy and operational decisions

·         Self-motivated, working both within a team and on own initiative with minimum supervision

Desirable criteria (Desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of a tie between candidates).

Experience   

·         Familiarity with imported and exported food and feed and an awareness of the relevant legislation

Lead Criteria An initial sift may take place on just the identified Lead Criteria indicated.

In the event that we receive a large number of applications, the minimum pass mark for the 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 Civil Service Behaviours Level 3

Behaviours

·         Seeing the Big Picture

·         Making Effective Decisions

·         Delivering at Pace

·         Working Together

 

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

Expected Timeline

Advert closes: 12/05/24

Sift: Expected to take place 13/05/24

Final panel interview: Expected to take place 27/05/24

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.

The FSA is dedicated to a policy of equal opportunity for all.

Being truly reflective of our society and building a culture where everyone can perform at their best is critical to the work of the FSA. We are looking to recruit from the widest possible talent pool and encourage candidates to apply from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment and selection process and beyond. All appointments are made on merit.

Please be assured that diversity or socio–economic information requested during the course of your application plays absolutely no part in our selection processes and is not seen by anyone assessing applications.  Any information provided is anonymised and used for statistical purposes only.

We actively review the deployment of talent on a periodic basis in the interests of optimising personal development and the achievement of business plans.

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.
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 : John Furzer
  • Email : john.furzer@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

Senior Imports Delivery Manager - Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 859kB)
Terms and Conditions as at April 2020 Opens in new window (doc, 53kB)

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