Surveillance Business Support Administrator; CR

Overview

This role provides professional administrative and secretarial support to the Surveillance Intelligence Unit (SIU). It is part of the SIU Surveillance Management Team that contributes to the smooth running of the SIU and the development, implementation, and delivery of scanning surveillance by APHA and non-APHA partners in Great Britain. The role is part-time, working 14.8 hours a week, with flexibility on the working pattern to be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate.

• Provide support to key administrative and business functions underpinning the smooth running of the SIU, including processing procurement requests and invoice payments, and auditing requests and payments as required.
• Draft and edit reports and documents.
• Organise documentation, ensure papers are available for meetings prior to attendance, mindful of document version control and quality standards.
• Monitor emails and calendars as part of a team rota, and take appropriate measures to ensure all actions are undertaken in a timely manner.
• Interrogate various databases and bespoke information/management systems to support the development, analysis, and delivery of scanning surveillance activities.
• Work with senior managers, colleagues from across APHA, and people from outside APHA.
• Use bespoke APHA surveillance data systems.

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. In certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the official Disability Confident information page.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and works on behalf of the Scottish Government and Welsh Government. Our diverse teams of over 3,000 skilled and committed professionals provide research, advice and support to UK Government for safeguarding animal, public and plant health for the benefit of the environment and economy.

APHA is committed to being an inclusive employer, offering equitable opportunities for all individuals. Our goal is to build a diverse workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups.

The Surveillance Intelligence Unit (SIU) in APHA manages the veterinary scanning surveillance activities in England and Wales to quickly detect, characterise, and manage disease threats in animals. The SIU is part of APHA’s Science Directorate and collaborates with partners to support the surveillance network that informs threat assessment and response.