APHA is a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, because it helps us be more innovative and make better decisions.
We are dedicated to being an inclusive employer, offering equitable opportunities for all individuals. Our goal is to build a diverse workforce, and we hope to attract applications from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups.
Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal and plant health and welfare?
Do you have the ability to influence others and guide your team in a shared strategy?
Would you like to be part of an agency where we value managers responsible for building and maintaining employee morale, helping employees reach their full potential and inspiring employee loyalty?
If so we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for a confident and inspiring Technical Team Leader (TTL) to lead and manage a team of technical staff within APHA, helping to protect animal health, safeguard animal welfare and facilitate International Trade.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day effectiveness of resource management and will prioritise resource and workloads across the team for them to contribute to achieving delivery targets. You will be accountable for ensuing capability to meet performance expectations and your team’s ability to respond to emergencies and disease outbreaks.
This is an exciting, varied, and high-profile role that will also see you regularly liaise with our wider APHA colleagues, Policy colleagues and Operational Partners, as well as create a positive team environment in which everyone can and does contribute. You are expected to be a visible leader and ensure that a clear vision and direction is cascaded to your team.
The role involves a wide range of work including, but not limited to, the following:
* To lead and line manage a team of local and geographically dispersed technical staff, ensuring the effective and efficient deployment to meet delivery requirements.
* To proactively manage the performance, conduct and attendance of your team, reviewing performance on a regular basis and, where necessary, establishing performance improvement plans.
* To maintain a team culture where your team works effectively on a local and Agency-wide basis, by encouraging consistency and best practice nationally.
* To work collaboratively across the Agency and Policy to help influence Tactical and Strategic decision making.
* To ensure your team works effectively with Operational Partners and Stakeholders.
* To work with functional leadership (specifically Resilience & Technical Advisors) to ensure the team are able to meet technical quality standards, procedures and policies which are consistently applied; together with identifying and addressing any development needs.
* Use management information to monitor, analyse and manage outputs against expectations and Horizon scanning to report and take ownership of and resolve delivery risks and issues.
* To contribute to the delivery of agency wide changes that reflect required customer and/or policy differences and provide constructive management and leadership into change discussions and planning.
* To champion high health and safety standards and support staff fulfil their health and safety responsibilities.
* To deputise for their line manager during their absence which will also include the management of the Veterinary Field Delivery Staff.
Please note, the post requires management of a geographically dispersed team which will require travel to multiple sites.
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