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Veterinary Advisor (Veterinary Exotic Notifiable Diseases Unit)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Ionawr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £54,470 i £67,090 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Chwefror 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | National |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 381682 |
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As a VA within VENDU, you will play a vital role in managing exotic animal disease threats, working across government departments, external stakeholders and international networks.
VENDU is the bridge between policy making and disease control at APHA operational level. As well as the role in outbreak response this team provides expertise for outbreak preparedness. Each VA in VENDU leads a notifiable disease portfolio, building the foundation of response and control strategies and developing and sharing expertise at a national and international level.
Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:
Notifiable disease response responsibilities
To provide advice to policy leads, UK Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) and CVOs of Devolved Administrations during notifiable disease investigations and incidents.
To lead case and incident management during incidents and disease outbreaks through tactical veterinary decision making, complex problem solving and risk analysis.
To support field colleagues in decision making on notification or negation of diseases which requires a deep understanding of veterinary public health, including veterinary risk assessment and intervention epidemiology.
To recognise and resolve issues that require amendment of instructions or delivery of training.
To present accurate data and the clinical picture for disease report cases at CVO meetings and Core Group meetings with external stakeholders.
To analyse, define and assess the risks evaluating their likely impact on disease spread and its control and provide advice and support to policy makers in Defra.
To co-ordinate procedures relating to report cases and consultation cases from the time of notification to the issue of results and CVO confirmation or negation.
To ensure effective knowledge exchange between business units and teams so that data, information and intelligence is effectively shared for decision-making, and the giving of advice and knowledge gaps can be appropriately risk-assessed and addressed for continuous improvement and reporting as appropriate.
To train, coach and functionally manage a Disease Response Team during disease outbreaks.
Disease portfolio responsibilities:
To be responsible for providing veterinary leadership, decision making and direction for a specified portfolio of exotic notifiable diseases, representing Defra and APHA (noting that a broad understanding of all exotic animal diseases is part of the remit of VENDU VAs, and portfolios may rotate depending on expertise and workload).
To develop control strategies for dealing with outbreaks of notifiable diseases in liaison with administrative and legal colleagues, Defra, and Devolved Administrations (Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland as required), other Government Departments, operational partners, industry and other stakeholders.
To develop technical profiles and other commissioned work relating to the control of exotic diseases.
To participate in and organise seminars and training sessions on specific diseases for APHA, partner organisations and other industry stakeholders.
To provide leadership to and or contribute to national policy initiatives and reforms, undertaking important roles on programme boards and in project teams and working groups.
To develop international networks with counterparts to learn from others and share expertise.
To provide veterinary evidence and advice to inform and if required manage business change programmes and continual improvements in policy development and service delivery, ensuring important internal and external stakeholders, identify with, and are engaged in any change process from the outset.
To develop an organisational perspective and expanding wider awareness of relevant external factors, risks, emerging science, and developments as they relate to veterinary public health and the delivery of organisational priorities.
To work with operational colleagues to ensure that veterinary and technical advice to policy makers is based on the best available evidence and to help set and assure quality and safety standards.
To lead and take part in projects, groups, networks, and fora that contribute to the APHA’s agreed programme of work and initiatives within area of expertise including the delivery of national and local exercises and training.
To contribute to innovative solutions for better information management and communication processes.
Stakeholder Engagement
To provide written and verbal veterinary advice as required to Ministers, CVOs, Defra policy teams, administrative colleagues, APHA field and laboratory staff, operational partners and external stakeholders including risk assessment and risk management.
To provide authoritative evidence and advice to customers, colleagues, partners, and important stakeholders on matters relating to the delivery of exotic disease management policies representing government and APHA with customers, partners and important stakeholders.
To build effective relationships with Defra policy customers, other government departments, the livestock farming industry, and the veterinary profession to support effective consultation and shared ownership of exotic disease response and management.
To engage across sectors with a One Health approach to management of notifiable animal diseases with zoonotic potential.
To ensure that APHA and Defra are appropriately and professionally represented at national and international level (including at World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) fora), negotiating, and influencing to achieve agreed national and international policy outcomes and organisational priorities.
VENDU is the bridge between policy making and disease control at APHA operational level. As well as the role in outbreak response this team provides expertise for outbreak preparedness. Each VA in VENDU leads a notifiable disease portfolio, building the foundation of response and control strategies and developing and sharing expertise at a national and international level.
Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:
Notifiable disease response responsibilities
To provide advice to policy leads, UK Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) and CVOs of Devolved Administrations during notifiable disease investigations and incidents.
To lead case and incident management during incidents and disease outbreaks through tactical veterinary decision making, complex problem solving and risk analysis.
To support field colleagues in decision making on notification or negation of diseases which requires a deep understanding of veterinary public health, including veterinary risk assessment and intervention epidemiology.
To recognise and resolve issues that require amendment of instructions or delivery of training.
To present accurate data and the clinical picture for disease report cases at CVO meetings and Core Group meetings with external stakeholders.
To analyse, define and assess the risks evaluating their likely impact on disease spread and its control and provide advice and support to policy makers in Defra.
To co-ordinate procedures relating to report cases and consultation cases from the time of notification to the issue of results and CVO confirmation or negation.
To ensure effective knowledge exchange between business units and teams so that data, information and intelligence is effectively shared for decision-making, and the giving of advice and knowledge gaps can be appropriately risk-assessed and addressed for continuous improvement and reporting as appropriate.
To train, coach and functionally manage a Disease Response Team during disease outbreaks.
Disease portfolio responsibilities:
To be responsible for providing veterinary leadership, decision making and direction for a specified portfolio of exotic notifiable diseases, representing Defra and APHA (noting that a broad understanding of all exotic animal diseases is part of the remit of VENDU VAs, and portfolios may rotate depending on expertise and workload).
To develop control strategies for dealing with outbreaks of notifiable diseases in liaison with administrative and legal colleagues, Defra, and Devolved Administrations (Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland as required), other Government Departments, operational partners, industry and other stakeholders.
To develop technical profiles and other commissioned work relating to the control of exotic diseases.
To participate in and organise seminars and training sessions on specific diseases for APHA, partner organisations and other industry stakeholders.
To provide leadership to and or contribute to national policy initiatives and reforms, undertaking important roles on programme boards and in project teams and working groups.
To develop international networks with counterparts to learn from others and share expertise.
To provide veterinary evidence and advice to inform and if required manage business change programmes and continual improvements in policy development and service delivery, ensuring important internal and external stakeholders, identify with, and are engaged in any change process from the outset.
To develop an organisational perspective and expanding wider awareness of relevant external factors, risks, emerging science, and developments as they relate to veterinary public health and the delivery of organisational priorities.
To work with operational colleagues to ensure that veterinary and technical advice to policy makers is based on the best available evidence and to help set and assure quality and safety standards.
To lead and take part in projects, groups, networks, and fora that contribute to the APHA’s agreed programme of work and initiatives within area of expertise including the delivery of national and local exercises and training.
To contribute to innovative solutions for better information management and communication processes.
Stakeholder Engagement
To provide written and verbal veterinary advice as required to Ministers, CVOs, Defra policy teams, administrative colleagues, APHA field and laboratory staff, operational partners and external stakeholders including risk assessment and risk management.
To provide authoritative evidence and advice to customers, colleagues, partners, and important stakeholders on matters relating to the delivery of exotic disease management policies representing government and APHA with customers, partners and important stakeholders.
To build effective relationships with Defra policy customers, other government departments, the livestock farming industry, and the veterinary profession to support effective consultation and shared ownership of exotic disease response and management.
To engage across sectors with a One Health approach to management of notifiable animal diseases with zoonotic potential.
To ensure that APHA and Defra are appropriately and professionally represented at national and international level (including at World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) fora), negotiating, and influencing to achieve agreed national and international policy outcomes and organisational priorities.
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