Senior Livestock Scientist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Medi 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £42,665 i £50,495 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | National: £42,665 - £46,765 London: £46,060 - £50,495 For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’. |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | York |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 427967/4 |
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As the Livestock Science Lead, you will provide scientific evidence to policy colleagues on livestock sustainability, productivity, and sector resilience, as well as line manage a small team of scientists. Key themes of work relate to livestock feed, breeding and genetics, and management. High-profile areas include scoping a national evidence programme for breeding lower greenhouse gas-emitting livestock, informing policy actions around methane suppressing feed products, and overseeing management of international R&D relationships on livestock.
This demanding and interesting specialist role sits within the Agri-Food Science evidence team, part of the Agri-Food Chain (AFC) Directorate. The team works flexibly, sharing skills and expertise to develop science-driven policy and research in agriculture. You will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary friendly and supportive science team embedded within the directorate.
You will manage a portfolio of R&D contracts, build relationships with policy teams, academics, industry and cross-government including the Devolved Administrations. You will be responsible for shaping your evidence portfolio, reviewing deliverables and communicate evidence findings to policy.
You will typically work closely with cross-cutting policy leads to structure policy problems and develop evidence to shape and inform policy making. You will seek to maximise the value of existing evidence and data, clearly communicating knowledge in an accessible way.
As a scientist, you will be expected to get to grips with policy issues, and provide leadership in setting the direction of livestock R&D, and in your relationships which includes R&D contractors, to ensure delivery of robust, value for money, and policy relevant R&D. You will also engage closely with other evidence colleagues.
You will provide written and verbal briefing to senior officials and/or ministers. You must be able to translate often complex technical issues to suit the required audience explaining their impact with clarity.
You will be responsible for setting the longer-term strategic direction on prioritising evidence needs in your area. You will proactively look ahead, scan, and pre-empt evidence needs, by leading interactions with policy teams, developing external networks with business and academia, and using other means to achieve a big picture view.
This role will allow you to further develop your experience in an exciting science area whilst refining skills in evidence portfolio management, team management, risk evaluation, decision making, and impactful stakeholder engagement.
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