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The Countermeasures and Preparedness Team (CPT) sits within Commercial, Vaccines and Countermeasures Delivery in UKHSA, reporting to its Chief Operating Officer. The CPT is responsible for ensuring the UK can respond effectively to new and emerging disease threats, pandemics, and emergency response situations. This includes risks to national and wider health security, such as the accidental or malicious release of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agent, and in incidents involving certain venoms and toxins.
The Pandemic Preparedness team within CPT manages vaccines & countermeasures supply against priority pathogens, overseeing the end-to-end design, procurement and operational planning for all products necessary for effective responses to future pandemics. This role is responsible for overseeing the vaccines elements of this important work.
This role specifically leads the effective procurement and supply management for pandemic vaccines. The post holder will collaborate with counterparts in the UKHSA Centre for Pandemic Preparedness, DHSC, and wider HMG to identify the right interventions and investments for short, mid and long-term pandemic resilience.
* Lead the procurement of contractual arrangements that ensure the UK has a pandemic specific vaccine (PSV) when it is needed
* Development of strategies for demand management to prevent shortages of vaccines and work closely with contracted storage & distribution providers to implement in the event of a pandemic
* To lead operational engagement with the devolved administrations and crown dependencies to ensure that a UK wide supply is maintained in the event of a pandemic
* To ensure the procurement of pandemic specific vaccines arrangements are consistent with DHSC policy and support wider pandemic vaccine strategy
* To work closely with the ImmForm team who manage web-based product ordering service, to ensure products are available to customers and appropriately controlled and managed in the event of a pandemic
* To draft correspondence, briefing and other materials on operational and supply issues in addition to keeping senior officials and ministers informed and updated on issues as necessary
* Lead in the drafting of project related sections in associated business cases, utilising subject matter experts to produce robust cases
* Engage with a wide array of stakeholders including clinical, policy, operational and technical experts. Ensure effective communication with project stakeholders and senior sponsors/SROs
* Line management of the HEO Pandemic Vaccines role
Person specification
Essential criteria - you will be assessed on the below 6 essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description Document.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden, unexpected demands and deliver on time.
* Ability to build constructive working and influential relationships internally and externally.
* Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly in complex environments to manage competing priorities effectively.
* Be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to senior managers, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
* Experience in roles which have a high degree of complexity and application of project management discipline, including in an operational or health security context
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability, Experience, Technical skills.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed (6) essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
* Application form (‘Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)
* 1200 word Statement of Suitability.
This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.
Please do not exceed 1200 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.
Stage 2: Interview
You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.
Behaviours, technical, experience, ability and strengths will be tested at interview.
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
* Seeing the Big Picture
* Changing and Improving (Lead behaviour)
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers
For the full job advert which includes the benefits of working for the Civil Service, Civil Service Nationality Rules (CSNR), Security Clearance requirements and other terms and conditions, please click to apply, then you will be redirected to the role on Civil Service Jobs.
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