JOB SUMMARY

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
The post-holder will be a member of scientific staff working on a range of activities undertaken by the TARZET (TB, Acute Respiratory, Zoonoses, Emerging Infection and Travel Health) Technical Secretariat team. The post holder has lead responsibility for the scientific secretariat support to TARZET led Advisory Committees and associated working groups. Secretariat responsibilities include organising and attending meetings, writing minutes of the discussions, preparing action notes and documenting processes. Scientific responsibilities include producing support papers for the main Committees and working groups and dealing with scientific queries. The post-holder will provide secretariat support to a number of UKHSA internal committees or Programme Boards.
The post holder will be based in the TARZET Technical Secretariat team mainly based in 10 South Colonnade, London.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Lead responsibility for the Scientific Secretariat support to TARZET led Advisory Committees and associated Working Groups as required, particularly the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens and New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group. These are non-statutory, Scientific Advisory Committee which advises the Government on issues relating to Emerging Infections and other threats.
This role will work collaboratively with secretariat teams embedded within TARZET specialist teams.
The support to this committee involves:

OTHER:

The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the directorate. This includes the work of the wider TARZET Technical Secretariat team on horizon scanning, production of reports and incident response as required.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Administration / Corporate Support
Science
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