Delivery Team Leader (DTL)
Animal and Plant Health Agency
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APHA is a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.
More than ever before the health of our environment, plants, animals, and bees matters. Do you wish to be part of are part of an amazing, diverse team on the frontline in researching, investigating, and acting to protect the UK’s animal, plant, and bee health? You will be helping to make a difference to the UK and contributing to global efforts to control and eradicate disease in plants, animals (such as Avian Influenza) and protecting global biodiversity.
Are you someone who can lead and manage successfully in a challenging and dynamic environment?
Would you like to be part of an agency where we value managers responsible for building and maintaining employee morale, helping employees reach their full potential and inspiring employee loyalty?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Delivery Team Leader to join our England Field Delivery Team or Wales Field Operations Team. Utilising your excellent interpersonal skills, you will provide leadership and line management to a multi-disciplinary team based in Llandrindod Wells, Horley, Canterbury ensuring effective and efficient deployment of resource to meet delivery requirements. The Delivery Team Leader (DTL) will be accountable for meeting all expected delivery targets and will work alongside Veterinary and Technical advisors to develop and assure high performance of veterinary team members.
Llandrindod Wells - Permanent Post Horley, Canterbury - Fixed Term Post
Job description
We have one exciting opportunity for a Delivery Team Leader to join our England Field Delivery Team or Wales Field Operations Team.
Utilising your excellent interpersonal skills, you will provide leadership and line management to a multi-disciplinary team based in Llandrindod Wells or Horley/ Canterbury.
Ensuring the effective and efficient deployment of resource to meet delivery requirements, the Delivery Team Leader (DTL) will be accountable for meeting all expected delivery targets and will work closely with Veterinary and Technical advisors to develop and assure high performance of veterinary team members.
This is a varied role, and you will have the flexibility to turn your hand to different tasks as the situation demands. The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Lead a professional veterinary team, helping to prevent the introduction of notifiable diseases and invasive species, safeguard animal welfare, and facilitate international trade.
- Be accountable for prioritising resource and workloads across the teams to maintain a quality service and delivery regulatory activities.
- Be accountable for maintaining collaborative relationships with Operational Partners and other Stakeholders.
- Be accountable for maintaining collaborative relationships with key teams with the Defra group family to help ensure regulatory activities are delivered correctly and consistently, and procedure and policy thinking is undertaken with understanding and evidence from our Operational teams.
- Provide leadership and direction to the delivery group members whilst cultivating collaboration, understanding quality assurance and continuous improvement benefits.
- Support and participate in out of hours management rota.
Some travel to attend training and face-to-face meetings, which may include overnight stays.
Person specification
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- The post holder will be required to possess great organisational skills with an ability to manage multiple projects at once.
- Proficient in use of Excel to effectively provide good management information and who can clearly communicate that information appropriately to different audiences.
- Demonstrable line management experience is essential. You will be able to provide examples of leadership and direction setting to delivery group members whilst cultivating collaboration.
- The post holder must be able to work flexibly, proactively support others and have resilience at times of challenge. You will need to prioritise work and operate at a fast pace both independently and as part of a team.
Learning and Development
Everyone in APHA is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. When you join the Directorate, you will be welcomed into your new team through an induction programme that will provide you with helpful information on the civil service, our work, and our policies. Your line manager will also work with you to establish your priorities for the year, developing a performance, learning and development plan tailored to you and your role.
Workplace arrangements
The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Presentation
Benefits
Further benefits offered also include:
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities tailored to your role.
- Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
- Staff bonuses and recognition, salary sacrifice benefit options, and an employee discount scheme.
- Making it work for you - With so many flexible options, most people can find a work schedule to suit their circumstances.
These are just a few of our benefits we offer. To find out the full range of what we offer refer to the Information Pack attached for more detail.
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Selection process details
Application Process
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement, CV and a behaviour statement.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Sift
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Interview
If successful at application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed on your experience, behaviours, technical skills, and strengths.
A presentation or additional exercise may also be assessed.
For the purposes of the selection process, the Lead Behaviour will be 'Communicating and Influencing’.
Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.
Location
Please be aware that this role(s) will be contractually based in a Defra group workplace/office.
For most candidates your hours of work will be a blend of working from an APHA workplace (specific to the team location) with working at home.
As part of the pre-employment process for this post, successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. The agreed contractual workplace is then the substantive and permanent place of work for the successful candidate(s).
Where the location is ‘National’ the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defra’s location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.
Successful applicants currently employed by the hiring Defra organisation for this post may choose to remain in their current contractual location or may choose to change contractual location to one of those listed above. This should be discussed and agreed prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.
The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home. Working time spent at a workplace may include time spent at other organisational locations including field-based operational locations, together with supplier, customer or partner locations. This is a non-contractual agreement which is consistent with common Civil Service expectations.
Travel costs to non-contractual workplaces will be subject to departmental travel and subsistence policies. Travel costs to contractual workplaces are the responsibility of the employee.
The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location, and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.
Defra includes the core department, APHA, RPA, Cefas and VMD.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Near miss
Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in Defra which may be at a lower grade but have a potential skills match.
Merit Lists
Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.
The FTA contract is up to 31st March 2025 but is advertised with the possibility of extension or permanency. The permanent post will be offered to the highest scoring candidate.
Salary
New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.
The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.
Visa Sponsorship Statement
Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
Criminal Record Check
If successful and transferring from another Government Department, a criminal record check maybe carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via defrarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
- Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Accessibility
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Internal Fraud Database Check
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Loan and Fixed Term Appointments
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
One of these posts is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Delivery Team Leader on the England Field Delivery Operations because of the post is not permanent. It is time limited due to a fixed funding period or as part of a specific project. The fixed-term will end when the funding or the project expires. This post will therefore begin from the agreed start date and end on 31st March 2025.
Childcare Vouchers
Any move to Defra from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : The Recruitment Hub - Manisha Patel
- Email : recruitment.sdd@apha.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : DefraRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
Government Recruitment Services via email: defrarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Click https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/ to visit Civil Service Commission.
