About the VMD
You may not have heard of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), but have you ever:
* eaten meat, eggs, fish or honey
* drunk milk
* owned a pet or animal
* taken antibiotics
If you said yes to any of the above, you are directly affected by what the VMD does.
The VMD is the regulatory and policy lead responsible for issues concerning the authorisation, use, and manufacture of veterinary medicines in the UK.
Our aim is to protect public health, animal health, and the environment, and promote animal welfare by assuring the safety, quality and effectiveness of veterinary medicines.
Find out more at: About us - Veterinary Medicines Directorate - GOV.UK
About the Job
This job puts you at the heart of the VMD’s AMR team as we deliver Defra’s commitments in the UK’s 5 year action plan for antimicrobial resistance, which supports the UK’s 20-year vision for AMR. You will be responsible for leading, advising on, and coordinating international and domestic AMR policy in animal health.
You will :
* Support on maintaining, promoting, and evolving the VMD/Defra AMR policy position - working collaboratively across Defra and with the devolved administrations.
* Oversee, manage and produce high quality AMR policy content for written and oral briefings, submissions, parliamentary questions and ministerial correspondence.
* Work across the VMD, Defra and wider government to ensure a coordinated, One Health approach to the development and delivery of Domestic and International AMR policy.
* Maintain and update an international engagement plan and support delivery of international AMR priorities through bilateral and multilateral engagements, including supporting the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer in her role on the AMR Multi-stakeholder Partnership Platform
* Represent the AMR team at international and domestic meetings, conferences and events. This includes convening and attending key stakeholder meetings.
* Ensure join up with VMD's international capacity building activities and the UK's FAO Reference Centre.
* Oversee development and delivery of AMR communication activities.
* Complying with ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 27001 (information security) standards, and GDPR and Information Management requirements.
* Act corporately – meeting, role-modelling, embedding, and championing the corporate objectives set by the VMD.
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