VACANCY: Risk Analyst, Centre for Epidemiology & Risk Analysis, Veterinary
Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey.
• Do you want to put your quantitative 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 and written 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, then why not consider a career
as a Risk Analyst at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency? Using your existing
and newly acquired knowledge you will assist in the development of risk
assessments, write project reports and scientific papers, give oral
presentations and keep up to date with developments in selected areas of the
risk analysis discipline. You must have a degree in a quantitative subject or a
degree that includes a substantial quantitative element. Experience in risk
assessment/mathematical modelling would be desirable but not essential as on
the job training will be provided.
The Civil Service offers a choice of either an Occupational Pension Scheme or
Stakeholder Pension scheme, 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 and annual pay reviews.
Further details and an application form can be obtained from the VLA website
or by writing to: Personnel (JH), Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw,
Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB quoting the reference number ADP 4826. The
closing date for receiving completed application forms is 19th June 2009.
The VLA is an international centre of expertise in animal health science, and
provides a broad range of specialist veterinary services and products to
governments and commercial customers across the world.
The VLA is committed to equality and diversity in the workplace.
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