Senior Regulated Products Risk Assessor

Food Standards Agency

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Reference number

368430

Salary

£39,611
​​SEO: £39,611 (National) £42,792 (London) ​ (2024/25 pay award pending) Salary will be pro rata for if working part time or 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 part time / 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. Due to the nature of the role, we are unable to consider requests for part time working of less than 30 hours per week.
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 - Regulated Products

Type of role

Quality
Risk Management
Science

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking, Job share, Part-time, 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. Occasional travel will be required to London, with occasional travel around the UK and abroad, possibly with overnight stays.

Job summary

The 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. Our vision is an important one - to drive change, delivering “food you can trust” and working towards a healthier and more sustainable food system. 

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 novel foods, genetically modified foods and the additives in our animal feed. 

Job description

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. 

Candidate Information Session – 10 September 2024 12.00 noon 

We will be holding a virtual candidate information to find out more about the role and answer any questions you may have. 

Please book your slot at the link below – we look forward to meeting you.  

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/candidate-session-fsa-senior-regulated-products-risk-assessor-ssoseo-tickets-1005180260217?aff=oddtdtcreator 

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:

  • Working Together
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Delivering at Pace
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 criteria.  

Essential criteria 

Experience 

  • Lead criteria: Experience of leading a group to achieve successful delivery of an outcome. 
  • Proven record of identifying and critically evaluating multiple sources of evidence to inform evidence-based judgements and decisions.  
  • Successful record of engagement and collaboration with experts and non-experts on issues both within and outside areas of expertise.  
  • Proven record of managing multiple priorities to time. 
  • Evidence of strong communication skills – both verbal and in writing, of complex scientific information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. 

Technical 

  • A scientific degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. analytical chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology)  

or  

  • equivalent understanding of the scientific issues associated with regulated products. 

Lead Criteria An initial sift will take place on the 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. 

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. 

Behaviours 

  • Working Together 
  • Making Effective Decisions 
  • Delivering at Pace 

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

Experience 

  • Proven record of identifying and critically evaluating multiple sources of scientific evidence to inform evidence-based judgements and decisions. (Assessed via Seen Presentation) 

Assessment exercise 

As part of the interview process, you will be asked to prepare a seen presentation. Further information will be provided to you on the invitation to interview email.  

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 

Candidate information session: 10 September 2024 (12.00 noon) 

Advert closes: 22 September 2024 

Sift: Expected to take place during week commencing 23 September 2024 

Final panel interview: Expected to take place during week commencing 7 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 : Ruth Willis
  • Email : ruth.willis@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 Senior Regulated Products Risk Assessor (SEO) Sep 24 Opens in new window (pdf, 892kB)
Terms and Conditions as at April 2020 Opens in new window (pdf, 42kB)

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