Job Description
Grade: HSO
Closing date: 11:55 pm Thursday 26th June 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Weybridge Headquarters for the right individual to deliver a key role in quality management within the Bacteriology Department. Your work will underpin the delivery of a wide range of front-line diagnostic testing, surveillance, research and national/international Reference Laboratory functions.
We are looking for individuals with a good grounding in practical laboratory work who will be responsible for ensuring that the Department meets, maintains, and seeks to continually improve, & complies with internal and external quality standards. Candidates should ideally have previous experience in managing quality in a regulated or accredited laboratory & have experience of leading, conducting and reporting on audits.
A full job specification and role requirements can be found by clicking on the apply button.
Inclusion, support and the development of our people matter to us. We aim to support the career and personal wellbeing of everyone in APHA. Our benefits include generous annual leave, a contributory pension, staff bonuses and recognition, salary sacrifice benefit options, and an employee discount scheme. We also offer flexible working.
Other Information
The Weybridge site is a strategically important national asset due to its role as a reference laboratory supporting the Government’s response to national emergencies including disease outbreaks. For this reason all post holders based at the APHA Weybridge site must hold a valid Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) security clearance or above. It is up to each person applying for a post at APHA Weybridge to ensure they meet the CTC residency criteria. Applicants must be currently resident in the UK & have at least 3 years continuous UK residency.