Chief Executive Officer - Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £125,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Exeter |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 353853/4 |
Summary
You will find APHA staff at the border, on farms, and in world-leading laboratories. All of them are delivering on our mission to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of everyone in society, the environment and the economy.
APHA is a world-leading Agency, respected around the world and at the farm gate. It is on a transformation journey, modernising and digitising its operations to continue to rise to the challenges of biosecurity risks in a global world, and the opportunities of developments in science and technology.
To lead APHA you will need to bring vision, inspirational leadership and a track record of successful operational delivery in a complex environment to make sure the Agency continues to deliver its pivotal role to the UK’s biosecurity. You will be comfortable leading in a crisis.
Across Government and externally too, you will need to be able to carry the confidence of a broad variety of stakeholders.
You don't need to be a scientist or a vet, but you do need to share our commitment to the critical role APHA plays in delivering world-class services for the benefit of society, the environment and the economy.
As the CEO, you are accountable for the leadership of APHA and delivery of its objectives. You are also a critical leader within Defra, working alongside other senior leaders and chief executives to deliver collectively across the entirety of the Department.
Leadership and management
- Work with Defra and the APHA Steering Board to define and deliver the organisation’s strategy, aims and objectives.
- Ensure that the organisation has the resources, skills and capability to enable it to deliver its aims and objectives.
- Lead, manage and motivate the Executive Team in their delivery of performance outcomes.
- Be an inspirational and inclusive role model to staff, exhibiting the behaviours we expect of all our people.
- Provide visible and credible leadership in a science and veterinary environment and in technical meetings, connecting with and inspire different professions
Delivery
- Ensure the effective delivery of APHA's key goals, across England, Scotland and Wales, including delivering on statutory and legal obligations
- Plan, lead and manage APHA’s response to disease outbreaks, ensuring visible leadership and organisational resilience
- Act as the Senior User in the multi-year development of the National Science Centre for Animal Health including overall leadership of associated transformation
- Maintain and develop best practice, value for money and continued business improvement to the highest ethical and professional standards
- Drive organisation-wide commitment to customer service excellence, transparency and value for money.
- Finance and Governance:
- Take personal responsibility as the Accounting Officer for financial probity and regularity and value for money on APHA expenditure and internal governance.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Relationships:
- Work collaboratively across the Defra Group and with the devolved administrations of Scotland and Wales, including with the Chief Vet of the UK, and also the Chief Vets of Scotland and Wales.
Represent the organisation to a complex and varied stakeholder group and promote a wide understanding of the work that APHA does and the role that it plays