Team Leader NCTC

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for day-to-day Team Management of NCTC Operations Team
• Ensure that health, safety, and welfare is an afforded priority over other issues and demonstrate a commitment to health, safety and welfare regarding self, staff and visitors
• Assist compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 and other accreditation and certification standards.
• Organise and carry out freeze-drying and QC of bacterial strains in the culture collection, including all Hazard Group 3 pathogens, to ensure adequate stock levels
• Organise and carry out all other freeze-drying, including fungi, mycoplasmas and commercial contract work as required
• Perform, interpret, and record test results according to given protocols
• Collate internal and external reports before validation of new batches
• Validate and authorise reports as required e.g. Authorise Manufacturing Batch Records. Media Batch records, Environment monitoring reports.
• Make decisions on batch size to be dried depending on shelf-life and sales of the organism
• Designate NCTC numbers to new accessions and fill out all necessary paperwork. Liaise with Depositors when necessary.

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.

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to degree level in biomedical science or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in Microbiology
• Appropriate MSc in Microbiology field
• Significant experience in clinical diagnostic or bacteriology field e.g., Food or pharmaceutical
• Experience/competency in working with Hazard Group 2 and 3 organisms
• High level of motivation and commitment to high standards
• Evidence of organising and co-ordinate own work and others work
• Able to work to written guidelines
• Evidence of supervisory/management experience of staff
• Understands quality assurance principles and procedures
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Stage 1 - Application & Sift:

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the 11 essential criteria listed, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)

• Up to 1000-word Statement of Suitability

This should outline how you consider your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essentialcriteria

• Meets some essential criteria

• Meets no essential criteria

Piles Meets all essentialcriteriawill be moved through to the shortlisting stage.

Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:

• Evidence of supervisory/management experience of staff

Please do not exceed1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.

Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)

You will be invited to a (single) face to face interview. In exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview.

Behaviours, technical, experience, and strengths will be tested at interview.

There will be a 5-10 minute Presentation at interview, full details will be provided at the shortlisting stage.

The Behaviour's tested during the interview stage will be:

• Managing a Quality Service (lead)
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Location

This role is being offered as office based at our Scientific Campus in Colindale.

If based at one of our scientific campuses, you will be required to have a Counter Terrorism Check security vetting check as a minimum. For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years as the role requires Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance. In exceptional circumstances UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Person Specification

Application form and Statement of Suitability

Essential

• Application form and Statement of Suitability

Behaviours

Essential

• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

UKHSA Colindale

61 Colindale Ave

London

NW9 5EQ

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)