Aquatic Trade Advisor

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

- 299309**Salary**:

- £25,915 - £27,116- Pay award pending- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Payband 4**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- WeymouthAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This is technical administration post working in a fast-paced team within the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI). The work contributes to the operational delivery of the FHI’s statutory duties under the Aquatic Animal Health (England & Wales) Regulations 2009, and the Trade in Animal and Animal Products Regulations 2011 to control serious diseases in fish and shellfish through regulation of aquaculture and trade.

**Job description**:
The main duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Create and maintain data sets using bespoke database and record storage software.

**Person specification**:
The following are essential criteria required for this role and you must be able to demonstrate your skills and experience in the following areas:

- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team;
- Proven communication skills - verbally, written and during internal and external meetings;
- Good organisational skills, attention to detail and a desire to discharge work of a high standard, along with the ability to meet challenging changing deadlines and priorities;
- Knowledge of regulatory delivery and implementation of policy;
- Excellent customer service skills;
- Experience of databases and use of electronic record management systems; and
- Competent IT skills including MS 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook), Sharepoint, Adobe Pro.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £25,915, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science contributes £17,647 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Generous annual leave entitlement - Cefas offers 25 days' annual leave on entry (rising to 30 days over first 5 years) for full-time new entrants to the Civil Service. Employees receive 8 public holidays a year, plus an additional day to mark the King's birthday.
- Access to learning and development tailored to your role
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- Eligible to join the Civil Service Pension scheme - more information can be found of the CSP website Home - Civil Service Pension Scheme
- Staff recognition vouchers
- In-year award scheme

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Experience, Behaviours and Strengths.

**Application Process**

**Sift**

**Interview**

Please be aware that at this time, interviews may take place either over the phone or by video conference.

If scores are equal following interview, an assessment of the lead behaviour - Communicating and Influencing, will be used by the panel.

A date has not yet been confirmed for the interviews to take place.

**Location**

Please be aware that this role is based at the Weymouth Laboratory.

**Blended Working**

Using a blended working framework, we can have some choice over when, where and how we work to deliver our outcomes to meet customer and business needs. For many people, this will mean working some of the time in a Cefas workplace, fieldwork, and some from home where this is possible to do so.

In summary, we encourage colleagues to work face-to-face (office, laboratory, vessel, field, etc.) at least 40% of Cefas work time, and the expectation is for everyone to spend a minimum average of one day per usual working week at one of our sites.

The remainder of the working week may be located by personal choice to best meet Cefas business need: at home, another Cefas base, field work, vessel, visiting a Defra site or other customer base.

**Reserve List**

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

**Salary**

New entrants are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.

**Visa Sponsorship Statement**

Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

**Reasonable Adjustment**

If a person with disabilities