Technical Advisor Field Delivery
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £33,590 to £36,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Inverness |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 414703/1 |
Summary
Do you have leadership skills and experience?
Are you seeking a dynamic and challenging role?
If so, we have an exciting role as a Technical Advisor within our Scotland Field Operations team and we would love you to apply!
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, because it helps us be more innovative and make better decisions.
We are dedicated to being an inclusive employer, offering equitable opportunities for all individuals. Our goal is to build a diverse workforce, and we hope to attract applications from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups.
We are looking for an individual with an in-depth knowledge of technical work processes and experience of the practical skills required to undertake the full range of technical field work.
The successful candidate will collaborate with Technical Team Leaders (TTLs) to ensure team members receive appropriate training and develop the necessary skills to carry out technical field work in line with appropriate quality standards.
Furthermore, we require an individual with sound understanding of resilience requirements and an appreciation of the skills required for a disease outbreak and/or other emergency operations within a relevant organisation.
The successful candidate will primarily be responsible for:
- Providing functional leadership to Animal Health Officers (AHOs);
- Providing technical advice and support to AHOs;
- Ensuring quality and accuracy of work carried out by AHOs, including adherence to Health and Safety procedures;
- Conducting quality assurance activities to identify technical BAU and resilience training requirements for AHOs;
- Ensuring that AHOs are appropriately trained and upskilled and going forward maintain those skills in line with APHA field delivery policies;
- Liaising with local TTL’s to set requirements for managing equipment;
The successful candidate will also work in support of our Operational Readiness Manager (ORM), circa 20% of their time, in:
- Developing outbreak and other emergency response readiness planning;
- Implementing disease outbreak and other emergency responses;
- Evidencing the assurance provided by local managers that Field Services Teams are suitably ready and prepared for dealing with an outbreak of an exotic notifiable disease; and;
- Support the with GB Resilience & Technical Advisor (RaTA), Technical Advisor (TA) and Operational Readiness Manager (ORM) network by sharing best practice to ensure a consistent approach across APHA;
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