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GOV.UKSenior Regulated Products Risk Assessor
Food Standards Agency
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 2nd April 2023
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking for a Senior Regulated Risk Assessor who can help us deliver ‘food you can trust’ to consumers across the country. We all eat, every day, and the work that the FSA does ensures that our food is safe, what it says it is, and increasingly healthy and more sustainable. The Regulated Products Risk Assessment team carries out important work to make sure that new products and packaging techniques are safe. Their work touches on a wide variety of areas including food innovations such as cultured meat, and the additives in our animal feed. Working closely with colleagues from across the FSA and a wide range of other stakeholders, you will seek to provide valuable insight and guidance that will help us continue to deliver on our challenging remit. You’ll offer high quality scientific analysis and lead a small team of risk assessors, working to support high level risk assessment alongside personal development for both you and your team. You’ll be a strong leader who can guide a team to deliver high-quality results, while being equally comfortable collaborating with experts and colleagues from a range of external stakeholders. If you are excited by an opportunity to use your analytical skills to help protect consumers across the country and can support those around you as they seek to do the same, do not hesitate to apply for the Senior Regulated Products Risk Assessor role. |
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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:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. food science, chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology) and/or equivalent understanding of the scientific issues associated with regulated products.
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Full details of the selection process are detailed in the attached candidate pack. This will consist of an application shortlisting against the essential person specification criteria stated. Lead Criteria An initial sift may take place on just the identified Lead Criteria indicated below: · Experience of leading a group to achieve successful delivery of an outcome. (lead criteria) 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. 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 · Making Effective Decisions (Seen Presentation) · Leadership · Delivering at Pace · Working Together As part of the interview process, you will be asked to prepare a seen presentation. Further information will be provided to you on the day / invite to interview email. Timeline Advert closes: 2nd April 2023 Sift: Expected to take place W/C 10th April 2023 Final panel interview: Expected to take place W/C 17th April 2023 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. We will be holding virtual Eventbrite sessions and would love you to join us whilst we discuss the vacancy further and answer any questions you may have regarding this recruitment. Please note these sessions will also be covering our other opportunity – Senior Toxicological Risk Assessor (ref number 275293 ) Monday 20th March 2023 – 14:00 – 15:00 - https://bit.ly/3l0dMWR Friday 24th March 2023 – 11:00 – 12:00 - https://bit.ly/3F4DrEF Thursday 30th March – 12:30 – 13:30 - https://bit.ly/3SUu1RW 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. Regrettably we are unable to refund travel costs if candidates attend an interview/selection stage for the vacancy. |
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Job contact :
- Name : Ruth Willis
- Email : Ruth.willis@food.gov.uk
Recruitment team :
- Email : hr.recruitment.campaigns@food.gov.uk
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