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• Company: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Location: Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS
• Contract: Full-time, Job share, Part-time
• Salary: £59,900 per annum + 25 days Annual leave + Pension Scheme

Job Description

Reference number: 383423

 

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the UK.

We have a vacancy for a Senior Safety Assessor

This exciting and interesting job puts you at the heart of authorising veterinary medicines in the UK. You will be a senior assessor within the Human and Environmental Safety Team, which is part of the VMD’s Authorisations Division.

Assessment of data relating to human risk assessments being the primary focus, with secondary requirements being the assessment of environmental safety.

You would also have the opportunity to provide training to external parties, including third country assessors, which would include the requirement to travel abroad on occasion.

Experience

You must have robust experience of summarising toxicology data from a variety of sources, of varying quality, and draw them together in a concise way, in order to come to a regulatory decision, or to make the case for a particular regulatory decision.

We’re looking for you to have experience of:

• Pharmaceutical/Chemical toxicological risk assessment.
• Coaching and/or mentoring others in scientific and/or regulatory areas, including peer review of scientific reports.
• Presenting your risk assessments to peers for review, preferably as part of a committee.
• Presenting your findings to non-scientific stakeholders.

We’re looking for someone that:

• Works well as part of a team.
• Is able to prioritise their work to maximise efficiency.
• Is proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 packages, particularly Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and can learn in-house packages quickly.

Qualifications

You must have at least one of the following qualification(s):

* An undergraduate degree in a relevant life science.

* A postgraduate degree in a relevant subject (but this requirement could be waived if your work experience is relevant and extensive)

You must make your application via the Civil Service Jobs website at Senior Safety Assessor – Civil Service Jobs – GOV.UK where you will find a full job description including salary details.

The closing date for applications is 24th February 2025.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Equal Opportunity employer.

No Recruitment Agency, Newspaper or Publication calls please.

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• Company: The Health and Safety Executive
• Department: Chemicals Regulation Division
• Location: Bedford, Birmingham, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Crewe, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, York
• Salary: Salary of up to £64,890 per annum (London posts will include an additional £4,378 London Weighting Allowance)

Job Description

About Us

The Health and Safety Executive is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We’re dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work.

Our Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) is responsible for the regulation of biocides, pesticides, detergents and chemicals covered by REACH and compliance with the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation.

We are now looking for three Senior Regulatory Toxicologists to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37 hours per week. Part-time applicants who can commit to a minimum of 30 hours per week across four to five days will also be considered.

The Benefits

– Salary of up to £64,890 per annum (London posts will include an additional £4,378 London Weighting Allowance)
– A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.9%
– 25 days’ annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and – 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
– Family-friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
– Carer-friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
– Access to a wide range of fantastic benefits, such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards, and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed
– Learning and development tailored to your role
– An environment with flexible working options
– A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

This is an exceptional opportunity for a skilled toxicologist with extensive experience in human-health hazard and risk assessment to join our forward-thinking organisation.

You’ll have the chance to apply your expertise to a wide variety of regulatory challenges, working on national and global projects and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to influence new approaches and drive improvements in the field of toxicology.

What’s more, you’ll discover unparalleled opportunities for professional growth and development, with access to tailored training programmes and mentorship from industry experts.

So, if you want to help us protect public health and the environment whilst enabling the sustainable use of chemicals, apply today.

The Role

As a Senior Regulatory Toxicologist, you will assess the human health hazards and risks of a variety of chemicals, including pesticides, biocides and general chemicals regulated under UK REACH.

You will independently evaluate data from various studies, communicate your assessments and provide expert advice on a range of toxicological issues. Ensuring the safe and sustainable use of chemicals, you will contribute towards our regulatory schemes for the future.

Additionally, there will be opportunities for you to lead national and global activities to ensure we keep pace with new and emerging issues in regulatory toxicology.

Your role will also involve:

– Mentoring less experienced members of the team
– Providing peer reviews of work and leading on specific technical aspects
– Supporting decisions concerning the hazard and risk assessment of chemicals
– Monitoring and reporting on the progress and delivery of projects

About You

To be considered as a Senior Regulatory Toxicologist, you will need:

– Extensive experience of undertaking human-health hazard and risk assessment of chemicals, including the evaluation of complex, contradictory and/or incomplete datasets, including the collation and evaluation of data on a range of toxicological effects from various sources, including standard and non-standard animal studies, in vitro studies, mechanistic and literature information to conclude on the toxicological properties of chemicals
– Technical credibility and experience of leading teams and/or projects, developing your own and others’ toxicology knowledge and applying this to assessments
– Experience of building and maintaining strong, positive working relationships both internally and externally
– Experience of performing representational roles in relation to toxicology
– Comprehensive analytical skills
– Initiative and decisiveness, supporting your ability to make effective decisions

You will also need, at a minimum, a 2:2 degree or level 7 qualification in a relevant science subject such as:

– Biochemistry
– Biological Sciences
– Biomedical Sciences
– Chemistry
– Pharmacology
– Pharmacy
– Toxicology

The closing date for this role is  Monday 21st October at Midday.

Other organisations may call this role Regulatory Scientist, Toxicologist, Chemical Toxicologist, Senior Toxicology Consultant, Senior Quality Control Scientist, or Regulatory Toxicologist.

Webrecruit and the Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants. We believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to join us as a Senior Regulatory Toxicologist, please apply here. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Applications

Monday 21st October at Midday.

Other organisations may call this role Regulatory Scientist, Toxicologist, Chemical Toxicologist, Senior Toxicology Consultant, Senior Quality Control Scientist, or Regulatory Toxicologist.

Webrecruit and the Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants. We believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to join us as a Senior Regulatory Toxicologist, please apply here. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Reference – VX366239

Contact name and email – Candidate Services – candidate@webrecruit.co.uk

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