Head of Environmental Hazards and Emergencies Department

UK Health Security Agency, Leeds

Head of Environmental Hazards and Emergencies Department

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UK Health Security Agency, Leeds

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 8 Jul | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: a90a21139cd648208969c9fca346c59d

Full Job Description

The Environmental Hazards and Emergencies (EHE) Department provides authoritative scientific advice to government, the NHS and other bodies. EHE's mission is to prepare for and prevent future health security hazards, strengthen capability and to respond to chemical and environmental emergencies, and build the UK's capacity on health security for new and long-term exposure to environmental hazards. The EHE Department comprises of multidisciplinary teams of scientists working across geographically dispersed locations within England and Wales. The department is responsible for providing specialist advice at local, national and international level on the public health impact of acute and chronic non-infectious environmental exposures. Scientists collaborate with academia on research and evidence reviews to underpin this advice, such as via the National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Units (HPRU). Many scientists also sit on cross government and multi-agency expert groups relevant to environmental public health. EHE also provides support to the Department of Health and Social care (DHSC) expert committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP). The post is to head the EHE department leading RCCE's agenda on air quality, noise and the acute and chronic national and frontline support for chemical and environmental hazards and responsibility for RCCE's chemical emergency preparedness, as part of the wider UKHSA arrangements., The postholder will:

  • Provide strategic and Scientific management of a significant area of work at a senior level, autonomously, being responsible for developing strategy/business plans, creating and managing the operational framework to deliver the specified outcomes including a delegated budget.
  • Be responsible both for planning a work programme and maintaining systems and capabilities that anticipate likely future needs, and for ensuring that RCCE preparedness is appropriate both for its lead expert role in an incident/emergency involving chemicals and environmental hazards and for its wider support role in the event of a major infectious disease outbreak.
  • Set the strategic direction, and ensuring through, planning, exercising and training that the Division has an effective, efficient and proportionate response to chemical and environmental incidents and emergencies, with appropriate mechanisms in place to provide the required support to central government and other key stakeholders, in close collaboration with the other parts of UKHSA.
  • Have departmental management duties also include corporate governance, health and safety, quality control, the recruitment and career development of staff.
  • Take full responsibility for: budgetary control, including a negotiated annual income target; the delivery of negotiated annual operational targets; and adherence to all statutory and UKHSA policy requirements.
  • This post involves significant UK travel.

    We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

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