Agri-food Higher Scientific Advisor: Agri-food

3 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 283668**Salary**:

- £30,317 - £36,606- Salary: National £30,317 - £32,803; London £33,827 - £36,606. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DEFRA - FF&B - Agri-Food Chain - Working as part of the Agri-Food Science team and Genetic Technologies team within the Innovation, Productivity, and Science Division. This division is within the Agri-Food Chain business area.**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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- Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting for two science posts in the Agri-food Science Team and the Genetic Technologies Team.

These posts sit within the Innovation, Productivity and Science Division of the Agri-Food Chain Directorate (AFCD).

The Directorate is the cross-Government lead on a diverse and exciting range of Agri-Food policy, working closely with industry and building links across the supply chain.

Science specialists in AFCD support the directorate’s objectives of the development of research and evidence underpinning agri-food policy and helping Government to deliver its Net Zero and Food Strategy commitments on food sustainability, security and consumer confidence in food quality, composition, and provenance.

**Science programme**

The post holder will join a friendly, supportive, and flexible team of 20 staff, in the Innovation, Productivity and Science Division of the Agri-Food Chain Directorate (AFCD).

Working as part of a flexible science team, post holders will be expected to support a variety of evidence activity relating to agriculture and food policy including preserving genetic resources, genetic technologies, securing a resilient and secure food supply and enabling consumer confidence in food.

Although there is currently only one post in this section of the team, more may be available in the future, and as such we will hold a reserve list.

**Genetic technologies**

It is an exciting time to join the Genetic Technologies team just as the Precision Breeding Act has gained Royal Assent, and global interest in the potential for genetic technology is growing exponentially. The team is responsible for reforming, operating, and enforcing legislation to enable safe use of organisms produced by genetic modification and precision breeding without undue regulatory burden. This includes understanding and interpreting the regulatory science on genetic technologies, developing policy on areas to reform, liaising with stakeholders and ensuring we keep abreast of international developments.

**Job description**:
**Agri-food Science**

Key responsibilities include:

- Commissioning, managing, shaping, and developing a portfolio of individual research projects.
- Provide up-to-date and robust scientific advice to farming policy teams, research providers and stakeholders to develop and deliver scientific research to support policy delivery.
- Secondary analysis of research outputs and literature review to support policymakers in the design, implementation, and evaluation of policy
- Reviewing project deliverables, quality assurance of results, and communicating findings.
- Helping define new R&D proposals to address evidence gaps, and engaging with external research partnerships, representing Defra’s interests.
- Supporting cross-cutting and high-profile Defra policy issues.
- Experience commissioning and procuring R&D projects, budget management and publication of reports would be an advantage

**Genetic Technologies**

In this post you will work with and support the secretariat to the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment’s (ACRE) activity to ensure that it provides clear, consistent scientific evidence and advice. ACRE is an independent Scientific Advisory Committee that gives statutory advice to ministers on the risks to human health and the environment from the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

You will use advice from ACRE to assist Ministers with decision making during implementation of the current GMO legislation governing the risks to human health and the environment arising from the release of GMOs. You will support legislative reform on genetic technologies, using advice from ACRE and your developed knowledge of the GMO legislation.

Key responsibilities include:

- Draft technical and scientific papers and correspondence in coordination with the ACRE Secretariat to communicate with ACRE committee members, experts, scientific community, and stakeholders on GMOs.
- Engage with ACRE Secretariat to secure scientific advice from ACRE in relation to all aspects of GMOs, including authorisation of field and clinical trials
- Communicate s

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