DEFRA Food Standards and Genetics Entry Level Officer Short Term Appointment

Role Description:

EO – temporary EOI STA for 6-11 months

• Secretariat for the UKGLE expert committee:
• Organising logistics for committee meetings and trips
• Budget and finances, including processing expenses
• Sending out UKGLE-related communications to stakeholders etc
• Preparing the papers and writing the minutes for committee meetings (which can be fairly complex and technical to document)
• Support for Animal Genetic Resources work, including supporting with stakeholder communications and opportunities for more stretching policy work if of interest.
• Plant Genetic Resources support on managing finance, organising expert committee events and taking minutes
• General team support, i.e. with organising away days etc.

To Note: Short Term Appointed staff are not permanent employees of the civil service, however they do attract similar benefits as that of a permanent Civil Servant, this includes pension and leave entitlement. It is also important to note that should you successfully gain employment to the civil service from an external campaign, your recognised start date will be that of your STA commencing, not the date you were made permanent.

Using the role description, please describe below why you consider you are suitable for the Assignment. (Max 500 words)

You should provide evidence to demonstrate the key tasks, capabilities and technical or specialist skills that are required for the role.

Please send your completed application form and CV to Thomas.Batley@DEFRA.gov.uk for consideration.