VACANCIES: Risk Modellers, Centre for Epidemiology & Risk Analysis,
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey.
* Do you want to put your mathematical modelling and/or quantitative
risk assessment skills to good use?
* Are you interested in biological systems, animal health and/or food
safety, and would you find the challenge of these complex issues
stimulating?
* Are you a team player with excellent communication skills?
* Do you want to help inform Government policy in the area of animal
health and food safety?
If you can answer yes to all these questions, and are ready to use your
modelling and analysis skills to help inform Government policy in the area
of animal health and food safety then why not consider a career as a risk
modeller in the internationally recognised Risk Analysis workgroup at the
Veterinary Laboratories Agency? Using your existing and newly acquired
knowledge you will conduct risk assessments on current topics of interest
such as Bovine TB, BSE, Salmonella and antibiotic resistance.
You must have a degree in a quantitative subject or a degree which includes
a substantial quantitative element. Experience in aspects of risk
assessment/mathematical modelling would be valuable.
The posts are in Pay Band D £22,300 - £32,100 per annum. The Civil Service
offers a choice of final salary and stakeholder pensions, giving you the
flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best. Other benefits
include 30 days annual leave, an on-site nursery, flexible working in most
areas and annual pay reviews.
Allications are welcome from all sections of the community irrespective of
race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital status, gender, sexual
orientation, disability or age.
If interested, please click on to the Job Opportunities link on the VLA
website, www.vla.gov.uk. The closing date for application forms is the 19th
May 2006. For further information, please contact Dr. Emma Snary
([log in to unmask]).
Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA)
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