Job Description
Brook Street have an exciting new Opportunity!
We are recruiting Executive Support Officers for the Food Standards Agency to work within their NI Operational Policy & Delivery Department .
The Role:
This is an excellent opportunity to work within the Public Sector and develop your career by contributing to the effective delivery of the Agency's Operational Policy and Delivery Team working in Northern Ireland.
You will be responsible for
1. Policy relating to feed, primary production, meat, dairy and egg hygiene.
2. Operation delivery regarding feed, primary production, meat, dairy and egg hygiene.
3. Participating in internal and external meetings, providing secretariat when required.
4. Managing data, including existing databases, to provide reports and implement proposals.
The role requires a basic understanding of the workings of the NI and UK Government and training will be provided to develop:
5. Knowledge of food law and its implementation, and delivery of official controls in Northern Ireland;
6. Being conversant with the requirements of accountability to ministers and Civil Servants, and;
7. Experience in NI legislative procedures.
Person Specification:
As the Executive Support Officer, you will be expected to:
8. Produce consultation documents, Enforcement letters etc, and issue the relevant documentation to Northern Ireland stakeholders in line with FSA protocols and timescales, collating the responses.
9. Prepare Ministerial submissions within the set timescales.
10. Where appropriate, respond directly to enquiries from stakeholders and other Government Departments within the necessary timescales.
11. Liaise with Agency colleagues, local authorities, OGD's and other external stakeholders involved in relevant areas, working collaboratively to gather and disseminate relevant information.
12. Participate in internal and external meetings, providing secretariat when required, disseminating information and building appropriate contacts.
13. Collate, interpret and analyse data, produce reports, implement proposals and ensure that, where relevant, information is published on the FSA website in a timely and accurate manner.
14. Manage existing databases and develop new ones as required in relation to the relevant policy areas.
15. Represent the Agency in Northern Ireland by attendance at seminars, workshops and events as required.
This is not an exhaustive list and there may be a need to flex and change depending on the needs of the business.