At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. That being said, we also know life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We are delighted to share that a unique and exciting position has arisen for a Scientific, and Regulatory Advisor. This office-based role will see the successful candidate being the interface between Tesco and our third party laboratory to manage the administration and organisation of the routine and ad hoc microbiological testing programmes they carry out for Tesco to provide business due diligence and assurance of the control of microbiological risks in food products. Supporting on policy development & scientific risk assessment. This position would suit someone that has a good commercial understanding, Experience of good prioritisation/able to manage competing demands on time with an excellent eye for detail. Knowledge of commercial testing laboratories would be a benefit. Managing the administration and implementation of the Tesco relationship with the external contract microbiological testing laboratory Working closely with third-party external laboratories to design risk-based microbiological testing programmes and managing the timely follow up of test results and associated administration within Tesco Maintaining awareness of emerging microbiological risks to drive the continual improvement of microbiological surveillance and support the team’s horizon scanning activities Support the drafting and delivery horizon scanning reports for the wider business Supporting the review of, and corrective actions arising from, microbiological test results Trend analysing microbiological test results to identify emerging issues and producing summary reports for internal stakeholders Supporting the development and implementation of microbiology and food hygiene related policy Deputising for the Company Microbiologist and supporting incident risk assessment and management where appropriate Providing general support to the Product Safety & Labelling team and Product Regulatory Compliance department as required Prioritisation/able to manage competing demands on time Delivery or work to agreed deadlines Comfortable with spreadsheet and database applications Risk assessment Food Science and/or regulatory experience (preferable not essential) Excellent attention to detail LI - EF1 LI - Hybrid