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UK Chief Plant Health Officer and Deputy Director Plant and Bee Health, Plant Varieties and Seeds
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- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Communication skills
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Chief Executive - North East Regional Care Co-operative
Durham County Council —Durham
- £158,084 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Tax experience
- Annual leave
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Ministry of Justice —Morpeth
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- PMP
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
Associate Product Manager
HM Revenue and Customs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £45,544 - £49,523 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Work from home
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British Engines —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
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Animal and Plant Health Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £56,375 - £62,830 a year
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UK Chief Plant Health Officer and Deputy Director Plant and Bee Health, Plant Varieties and Seeds

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs -
Newcastle upon Tyne

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Permanent | Full-time
£86,000 a year
2 days ago

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

Presentation skills
Leadership
Communication skills
Negotiation

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Reference number

468119

Salary

£86,000

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

Animal and Plant Health and Welfare Directorate

Type of role

Policy

Working pattern

Full-time

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Location

Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York

About the job

Job summary

Head of the UK the National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) and International leadership of UK plant health at the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO).
Head of Profession for the UK Plant Health Service
Deputy Director for policy on plants, trees, bees and plant varieties and seeds.
Lead the assessment of new and emerging risks to plant, tree and bee health and co-ordinate and lead the governments central response to major incursions and outbreaks
Lead and commission a research, evidence and analysis portfolio
External lead and spokesperson on plant, tree and honeybee issues and a wider advisory role to UK government and other stakeholder organisations.
Lead policy, science and analysts c. 73 people and a delegated budget of c. £27m

Job description

Ownership and improvement of a publicly available Plant Health Portal
Ownership and improvement of a publicly available plant health risk register to achieve better risk prioritisation and management
Prioritising items identified by the monthly Plant Health Risk Group (PHRG) for presentation and discussion at the Monthly Biosecurity Meeting with Ministers, alerting Ministers to high profile pests for action
Chair consultation meetings with stakeholders: Tree Health Policy Group and Plant Health Advisory Forum
Chair UK NPPO group with Devolved Governments and UK Coordination Group with Crown Dependencies
International leadership as Head of UK NPPO with EU, EPPO and IPPC
Develop, maintain and test the plant health Contingency plans to ensure a rapid and effective response to pest outbreaks by
Leading emergency response to new or changing pest threats; evidence of new pest outbreak response. Oversee development of pest specific contingency plans via the PHRG
Lead spokesperson for plant and bee health matters for media interviews
Implementing the Plant Biosecurity Strategy and SRO for Plant Health Programme Boards
Policy customer oversight of APHA and Fera delivery of plant health inspection, surveillance and diagnostic activities
Implementation of the tree health resilience strategy as part of 25 year environment plan
Leadership of the Plant Variety and Seeds function through facilitating the breeding of varieties for UK conditions and maintaining the quality of marketed reproductive material, including improved disease resistance and reduced pesticides, and boost UK productivity.
Leadership of honey bee health policy and SRO for the Healthy Bees Plan as part of the National Pollinator strategy.
Written and verbal communication at events, conferences, webinars

Other corporate roles:

Defra lead scientist for plants; lead for plant and tree initiatives across Government and with external stakeholders
SRO for Fera SSCS contract
Member of APHA Steering Board
Member of Forest Research Board
Member of the BBSRC the Food and Animal & Plant Health Programme Board

Person specification

A relevant qualification in a plant related discipline such as, plant pathology, entomology, mycology or a related discipline with clear evidence of professional expertise
Policy Leadership. Experience of policy leadership and sound judgment in a political environment. You will demonstrate clear ability to assimilate a wide range of information, analyse complex problems, identify how best to reconcile the conflicting priorities of different stakeholders and make propositions to ministers.
Leading People. Outstanding people leadership skills, with a track record of leading, motivating and developing large, high performing teams and building a diverse and inclusive culture, while leading people through change and re-prioritisation.
Negotiating and Influencing. Strong proven experience of successfully working collaboratively with and influencing a broad range of Board-level and more senior stakeholders internally and externally, and ideally, in international negotiations and wider representative roles.
Excellent communication skills at all levels with demonstrable experience of communicating clearly and succinctly in all forms (written and oral) to a broad range of stakeholders, adapting the style for the appropriate audience, ensuring that complex issues are set out in a simple and accessible way that is influential and authoritative.
Incident Response. The ability to work at a strategic level in a high-stakes incident or crisis and the flexibility and personal resilience to adapt to rapidly changing and high-risk circumstances.

Desirable criteria:

Be a member of/join the Register of Plant Health Professionals
Media trained or experienced in speaking to the media

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

As part of the application process, candidates are asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement (no more than 1250 words) on how your relevant skills and experience meet the essential criteria. Completed applications must be submitted no later than the closing date of 23:55, Sunday 2nd august 2026.

A sift will be conducted against the key criteria in the essential criteria and will assess your experience. Applications will be assessed by the selection panel and shortlisted. (please note: feedback is not given at the shortlist stage)

This assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, it is designed to support the panels decision-making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.

You will be asked to attend a panel interview, in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the essential criteria for the role. As part of the interview, we may ask you to prepare and present a short presentation or undertake a practical desktop exercise. This will be confirmed in the interview invitation. We will also ask some strengths-based questions.

Interviews will be held face to face in London.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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