This senior post sits within Food Standards Scotland's Regulatory Oversight & Delivery Portfolio, spanning its Audit Assurance and Local Authority Delivery divisions. The work centres on supporting inward third-country food audits, including preparing local authorities for audit and drafting their action plans, alongside technical advice on enforcement and food safety incidents. It suits an Environmental Health or Food Safety Officer with hybrid working on offer and a 35-hour standard week. Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available, so candidates need an existing right to work in the UK.
What the job involves
- Support third-country audits by preparing for and taking part in audit activities
- Lead local authority engagement during audit preparation and delivery
- Monitor delivery of agreed corrective actions following audits
- Help develop local authority action plans
- Co-ordinate FSS input to the annual Multi-Annual National Control Plan report
- Lead projects reviewing local authority support materials
- Give risk management and enforcement advice on food safety incidents
- Respond to local authority enforcement enquiries and provide technical input
- Provide subject matter expertise within FSS as required
- Represent FSS at local authority meetings and build relationships with local authorities
- Represent FSS at external meetings and presentations
- Communicate FSS developments and strategic objectives to stakeholders
Qualifications
- Environmental Health Officer or Food Safety Officer qualification recognised by REHIS/EHRB, or equivalent under the Food Law Code of Practice
Experience
- Direct significant experience of regulating the food sector, including formal enforcement
- In-depth experience of inspecting and auditing high-risk food processing and manufacturing
- Comprehensive, practical understanding of food law, official guidance and official control systems
Skills & knowledge
- Connections and communications at practitioner level
- Delivery and decision making at pace at practitioner level
Checks & eligibility
- Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks: identity, right to work, employment history and unspent criminal record
- Existing and ongoing right to work in the UK, with no Skilled Worker sponsorship
- Higher security clearance may be needed for internal candidates
Other
- Working Together behaviour at Level 3
- Seeing the Bigger Picture behaviour at Level 3
What’s offered
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working options
- Wide range of employee benefits
- Supportive and inclusive working environment
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
