Shellfish Official Control Adviser


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Details

Reference number

305308

Salary

£32,505
HEO: £32,505 (National) £34,647 (London)
A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

FSA – Strategy and Regulatory Compliance – Regulatory Compliance

Type of role

Operational Delivery
Operational Research

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Multi-location from one of our FSA Offices (Belfast, Cardiff or York), or home based in the UK. 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.

A central feature of the FSA’s role is the protecting of public health through the shaping and delivery of official controls relating to the food that finds its way to plates across the country at every meal. From contaminants to food-borne diseases, our controls act as a way of stopping dangerous food from reaching the consumer. We are constantly at work to ensure the regulations that are in place are robust enough, whilst also helping to implement them, working closely with local authorities across the width and breadth of England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

We have an exciting role available for a Shellfish Official Controls Adviser to join our team and help with our continued efforts to deliver our controls with regards to live bivalve molluscs such as oysters, mussels and scallops.

Job description

Working with colleagues to monitor the delivery of our shellfish hygiene controls at primary production, you will work to ensure that standards are met in our monitoring programmes for phytoplankton, biotoxins and chemical contaminants, among others. Using knowledge, evidence and collaboration with colleagues, you will determine the appropriate classification and classification review of shellfish harvesting areas.

You will be taking on a varied role that is always interesting, leading on data reviews, building strong working relationships with colleagues at the FSA and external partners, and ensuring the robust and ongoing delivery of our official controls across the shellfish industry. Assisting in the management of external delivery contracts and other matters that support our delivery of these vital checks, you’ll play an important role in maintaining the team’s high standards and ensuring bivalves from the UK are safe to eat.

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate looking to use their data interpretation skills to benefit consumer health. If you can make the right decisions and deliver them at pace, communicating the needs of the Agency to stakeholders and working closely alongside the rest of the team, we will look forward to hearing from you.

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

A Science-based degree or significant experience of data analysis or interpretation

Behaviours

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

Alongside your salary of £32,505, Food Standards Agency contributes
£10,513 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

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

  • A Science-based degree or significant experience of data analysis or interpretation

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 and desirable criteria.

Experience   

  1. Proven ability to analyse complex information and datasets to reach balanced decisions (Lead criteria)
  2. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly establish and maintain productive relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
  3. Excellent organisational skills including the ability to prioritise effectively and work to tight deadlines
  4. Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – and proven ability to articulate key messages effectively to different audiences

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

Expected Timeline

Advert closes: 03/09/23

Sift: Expected to take place 04/09/23

Final panel interview: Expected to take place 18/09/23

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.

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 Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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 : 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

Terms and Conditions as at April 2020 Opens in new window (pdf, 60kB)
Shellfish Official Controls Adviser – Candidate Pack (1) Opens in new window (pdf, 956kB)

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