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Executive Officer – Centre for International Trade

Job details
Posting date: 06 November 2025
Salary: £29,715 to £30,705 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 18 November 2025
Location: Preston
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 433541/2

Summary

Can you respond positively to change and adapt quickly to new challenges?

Do you enjoy leading and working collaboratively as part of an effective team?

If so we would love to hear from you!

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 have an exciting opportunity to join our Centre for International Trade Management Team, focusing on enabling our Customer Service Centres to consistently deliver a high quality service to our customers.

The Centre for International Trade is part of APHA’s Customer Service Centre Network across the UK and is responsible for a wide variety of work areas to allow the import and export of live animals, plants, animal products and plant products to the EU and rest of the world.

Our teams are customer focused, ensuring that our standards of service exceed expectations and that customers receive a quality end product. As well as offering advice and guidance to customers and processing certificates and permits, our teams take forward work alongside our policy colleagues. We also offer opportunities for people to get involved in areas outside their direct work area, being part of groups on areas such as engagement, wellbeing, communications and training.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

  • Leading teams to deliver challenging targets within constrained resources.
  • Providing a quality service to customers.
  • Setting performance targets and managing team performance to achieve results.
  • Work allocation and resource management in a complex and busy environment.
  • Confident applying policies and following procedures.

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