We are excited to announce the recruitment of two graduate scientific positions within the Healthcare Associated Infection, Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance, Antimicrobial Utilisation & Sepsis Division (Clinical & Public Health group) at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The mission of the division is to protect people from healthcare-associated and antimicrobial resistant infections, through world-leading public health microbiology, outbreak response, surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, modelling, research and interventions.

Scientific Programme Officer (ESPAUR) position:

In this role you will be supporting the UKHSA English Surveillance Programme in Antimicrobial Usage and Resistance (ESPAUR) in facilitating the Programmes strategic and scientific activities.  The ESPAUR Scientific Programme Officer is responsible for providing high quality support in the day to day running of the ESPAUR Programme.

Scientific Programme Officer (AMR) position:

In this role you will be supporting the UKHSA Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Programme in facilitating the Programmes strategic and scientific activities. The AMR Programme Officer is responsible for providing high quality support in the day to day running of the AMR Programme Office.

Location:

These roles are based at: 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EA.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) operates a hybrid working model where business needs allow.  This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's Canary Wharf location. For certain roles, some additional flexibility may be possible, which will be agreed upon with the hiring manager based on individual requirements and business needs.

*Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available. *

Both roles hold similar responsibilities, noting that each will take a focus on either ESPAUR Programme Office or the AMR Programme Office.

• As part of the ESPAUR/AMR Programme Office that supports the SRO, the post holder is responsible for designing, establishing and maintaining communications between workstreams and projects of the programme; interfaces between the programme and other business systems; and managing and providing information about programme documentation.
• Updating and maintaining the ESPAUR/AMR Programme plan, and risk and issues registers, producing reports on progress against deliverables as required by the ESPAUR/AMR Programme Manager for use by senior management including the Chief Executive and Directors, Parliamentary Office and the Department of Health and Social Care.
• Updating and maintaining the relevant Programme Plans and risk and issues registers, producing reports on progress against deliverables as required by their line managers for use by Senior management including the Chief Executive and Directors, Parliamentary Office and the Department of Health and Social Care.
• To actively manage the ESPAUR/AMR Programme email inbox through a triage system and ensure that appropriate responses to all correspondence and briefing requests are made within an agreed timescale. For Parliamentary Queries (PQs) and external consultations this will also include coordinating UKHSAs response and ensuring appropriate clearance all via the primary Programme Team mailbox HCAI that is responsible for this for the Division.
• Developing, maintaining and updating protocols, procedures and guidance notes for ESPAUR/AMR programme activities and monitoring/evaluating their use. Support colleagues within the programme by developing, documenting and maintaining standard operational procedures relating to programme and business functions, ensuring procedures are accurate and up to date.

Please review the Job Descriptions for a full list of responsibilities.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 1250 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the essential criteria (for full details of all essential criteria please refer to the attached job description):  If you have a preference for the ESPAUR or AMR role, please include this in your statement of suitability

Essential

• Educated to degree level in science or health related subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Educated to masters degree level or equivalent in a Health-related subject, e.g. Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology
• Experience of managing priorities in a diverse and dynamic organisation and of conducting work both unsupervised and as part of a team.
• Experience of managing priorities in a diverse and dynamic organisation and of conducting work both unsupervised and as part of a team.
• Appreciation and understanding of the public health / public sector and awareness of international and global AMR issues.
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• Knowledge of programme management and/or health information systems development
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector and with UK government departments
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Actively develops themselves, including a commitment to continuing professional development, and supports others to do the same
• Clear communicator with excellent writing, in particular scientific report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences, showing attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex scientific analysis
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands, taking decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action.
• High level of IT literacy in MS Office software packages Knowledge and use of Microsoft SharePoint
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

Desirable:

• Project or Programme Management Qualification
• Awareness of UK government departments, intergovernmental organisations and devolved administrations involved in AMR activities and generally of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job contact :

• Name : Chantelle May
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

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