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IRC207754 Candidate Information Booklet (Final) Candidate Information Booklet IRC207754 Meat Inspector DAERA, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Completed Application Forms must be returned to HRConnect no later than 12 noon (UK time) on Friday 9 th September 2016 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs A thrivingAnnex andB sustainable economy, 15 environment and rural community. Communic ation between HRConnect and you HRConnect will issue electronically as many competition communications as possible, you should therefore check your email account to make sure that you don’t miss any important communications in relation to this competition. There may, however, still be a necessity to issue some correspondence by hard copy mail. Contents Page Background 3 Job Description 8 Person Specification 14 Selection Process 18 General Information 23 Annex A Nationality 30 Annex B Civil Service Commissioners 31 Annex C Recognised Qualifications 34 BACKGROUND The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has responsibility for food, farming, environmental, fisheries, forestry and sustainability policy and the development of the rural sector in Northern Ireland. The Department assists the sustainable development of the agri- food, environmental, fishing and forestry sectors of the Northern Ireland economy, having regard for the needs of the consumers, the protection of human, animal and plant health, the welfare of animals and the conservation and enhancement of the environment. DAERA provides a business development service for farmers and growers and a veterinary service for administration of animal health and welfare. The Department’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) delivers training and further and higher education courses in the agri-food sector. DAERA is responsible to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in Great Britain for the administration of schemes affecting the whole of the United Kingdom. The Department also oversees the application of European Union agricultural, environmental, fisheries and rural development policy to Northern Ireland. DAERA VISION AND STRATEGIC GOALS Vision “A thriving and sustainable economy, environment and rural community” Strategic Outcomes 1. Sustainable agri-food, fisheries, forestry and industrial sectors. 2. A clean, healthy environment, benefiting people, nature and the economy. 3. A thriving rural economy, contributing to prosperity and wellbeing. How we operate: 4. A well led, high performing organisation focused on outcomes. DAERA Top Management Group comprises:- Central Services and Rural Affairs Group Veterinary Service Animal Health Group Environment Marine and Fisheries Group; and Food and Farming Group 3 DAERA has two Executive Agencies: Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Forest Service The Department also sponsors a number of NDPBs including the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI). The Permanent Secretary of DAERA is Noel Lavery. The Minister with current responsibility for DAERA is Michelle McIlveen MLA. VETERINARY SERVICE ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP Veterinary Service Animal Health Group (VSAHG) is responsible for the development of animal health and welfare policy and the implementation of that policy for DAERA in relation to food animal identification, trade and farm animal welfare. Additionally VSAHG has a policy development and implementation role in relation to exports of animals and animal products to non –EU countries. VSAHG also implements policy for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in relation to veterinary public health and animal feed. VSAHG contributes to DAERA’s strategic goal to: “Develop sustainable agricultural, fisheries and industrial sectors” (Goal 1) by ensuring that the health standards of the farmed animal population are such that the Northern Ireland producers have the maximum access to all markets, European and overseas, and that production costs associated with poor animal health and welfare are minimised. VSAHG supports DAERA through the implementation, delivery and the enforcement of veterinary public health controls, animal welfare policy and agri-food legislation relating to feed and food safety, product certification, marketing standards, labelling, classification and price reporting on behalf of DAERA and Food Standards Agency. VETERINARY SERVICE ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP VISION It is the vision of VSAHG to enable production of the safest food from the healthiest animals in Europe. Our mission is to ensure that animal health, welfare policies and agri-food legislation are delivered and enforced in order to safeguard public and animal health and animal welfare. This vision is delivered through the following aims: • To prevent the entry and maintain preparedness to stamp out important exotic disease. • To control and eradicate key diseases, in accordance with legislation and in partnership with industry. • Implement public health official controls. 4 • To enforce animal welfare legislation. • Achieve compliance with EU standards. • Support current and future trade. • Contribute to the development of animal health and welfare policies. • Implementation of agri-food legislation relating to food and feed safety, classification, price reporting and marketing standards. VETERINARY SERVICE ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES VSAHG’s purpose is to implement policies that aim to prevent, control and/or eradicate animal diseases affecting livestock production and trade, to ensure that meat is safe and wholesome, animal welfare requirements are observed and agri-food legislation relating to feed and food safety is implemented. This will help deliver the Department’s vision of a thriving and sustainable economy, environment and rural community in Northern Ireland. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE VSAHG is working toward a new operating model to allow continuing delivery of high quality services at a time of immense transformational change in Government and significantly curbed budgets. An outline of the current structure is given here but is subject to change. VSAHG is headed by a Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), Unified Grade 3. VSAHG comprises several groups of staff including professional, technical and administrative staff. There are four Grade 5 officers; two Deputy Chief Veterinary Officers, one Programme Director and one Administrative Grade 5 and two Grade 6 officers, one administrative, one veterinary, reporting directly to the CVO heading up the various divisions and sections that make up VSAHG. Chief Veterinary Officer Deputy Deputy Programme Administrative Administrative Veterinary Chief Chief Director Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 6 Veterinary Veterinary Officer Officer Target Surveillance & Epizootic Enzootic NIFAIS Animal Health Operating Antimicrobial Resistance Division Division Division and Welfare Model Project 5 PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT Within the various divisions and sections VSAHG has a number of delivery programmes. The programmes aim to support field operations by coordinating the implementation of new policy, by monitoring standards and by securing and distributing the resources needed to deliver VSAHG programmes. The programme structure also provides professional and technical advice to support policy development. Each programme is headed by a Senior Principal Veterinary Officer (Grade 6). The main programmes are: In the Epizootic Division • Veterinary Public Health and Trade Programme • Programme for Epizootics and Contingency Plan for Epizootic Disease (CPED), Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies & Animal By Products (TSE/ABP), Animal Identification, Registration and Movement recording, Standards & Compliance and Cross Compliance. • This Division includes Agri-food Inspection, lead by a Grade 7 reporting to the DCVO. In the Enzootic Division • Tuberculosis (TB) Policy Advice and Programme Delivery; TB Strategic Partnership Group (TBPSG) Strategic Direction and Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Private Veterinary Practitioner (PVP) Contract Management. • Field Operations Delivery and TB Implementation Team (TBIT). • Field Change Markets, Bio security, Zoonoses, Welfare Enforcement & Portal including Portal Change. In the NIFAIS Division • Programme for Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System Change (NIFAIS) and Animal Public Health Information System (APHIS). VSAHG currently provides a central animal data repository to meet the needs of the Department and the Agri-food industry through the Animal and Public Health Information System (APHIS). The system has been operational from November 1998 and has been subject to on-going development to reflect changing Departmental and industry business priorities. APHIS is due to be replaced and the new system will be called the Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System (NIFAIS). The NIFAIS Programme has been set up to procure a replacement for APHIS. In addition the Surveillance and Antimicrobial Resistance Programme reports directly to the CVO. 6 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Business Management Branch provides central administrative support across all the VSAHG programmes, projects and branches. OPERATIONAL DELIVERY Operational officers are based in various locations across NI including regional offices, ports and airports, approved slaughterhouses and other meat exporting establishments. Their role is to implement and enforce, where appropriate, disease control, animal health, animal welfare and agri-food legislation, through inspection, verification, sampling and auditing as well as supervising Northern Ireland imports and exports
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