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Geospatial Data Manager

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

You will work on maintaining a fit for purpose live national inventory of the FC estate via the Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB), together with work to support the National Forest Inventory (NFI) database of all GB woodland. This work will include running an analysis and reporting service for internal and external queries, managing developments to the SCDB through their life cycle, supporting the SCDB in Forest Districts and looking after the NFI database.

Logistics Technician

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

2 part time job share positions or 1 full time position

The Logistics Technician will be working in the logistics section of Dstl's Nucleonic Instrumentation Service, which provides a UKAS accredited nuclear instrumentation calibration and repair facility for the MOD and other private customers. The logistics section is key to the smooth functioning of the facility. The post holder's primary role within the section is to carry out the receipt and dispatch of radiation detection and monitoring equipment. Part of the receipting process is a basic check for damage and functionality, and it is expected that the post holder would conduct this to the very high standards expected within a high quality accredited system. The logistics technician would also be responsible for maintaining the stores and ensuring that they are clean, tidy and functional. The post holder would be expected to deliver instruments and other items to various locations throughout the UK and therefore needs a full clean drivers licence.

Agricultural Advisor

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To make more of the agricultural potential of the National Forest Estate (NFE) by providing agricultural and agricultural holdings advice, establishing demonstration projects, co-ordinating agricultural activity(including grazing permissions and agricultural lettings) and managing livestock trading.

HPTO Type Approval Engineer, Product Certification (European Operations)

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Background:

VCA is a specialist technical Agency within the Department for Transport with a particular emphasis on automotive and related technologies. It is the UK EC/ECE Type Approval Authority and Technical Service for automotive approvals, an accredited management systems certification body, and the Enforcement Authority for various related non-automotive Directives.

General Description

The European (EC and ECE) type approval schemes dictate two official bodies in each Member State - the Technical Service, which is responsible for carrying out or witnessing tests to the agreed standards, and the Approval Authority, which is responsible for issuing approval certification based on the technical reports of its Technical Service. VCA is both Approval Authority and Technical Service, but also it has appointed other independent test laboratories to act as its Technical Services in specific cases.

The technical aspects of type approval work break down into three main elements - component testing (i.e. devices that may not be vehicle specific like tyres, lamps, seat belts), vehicle system testing (e.g. brakes, exhaust emissions) and inspection of a productions specification vehicle.

Research Technician

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Situated in Mill Hill, North West London, NIMR is the largest MRC institute, supporting some 70 research groups and 500 bench scientists. The Institute provides excellent training for researchers in a multi-disciplinary environment and is equipped with state of the art facilities.

The lab is interested in host-pathogen interactions of the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. We have identified endogenous CD8 T cell epitopes from Toxoplasma and have generated the corresponding transnuclear T cell receptor-specific mice using somatic cell nuclear transfer.

Career Development Fellow

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We are offering a 3 year Career Development Fellowship, which is a training and development position, for postdoctoral scientists who have either recently completed their doctoral studies, are experienced in the field of cardiac biology or are moving into a new research disipline. This provides an opportunitity to develop research project skills and provides opportunities to develop research project skills and collaborative links with colleagues within the institute and elsewhere.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE UK BORDER AGENCY (SCS PAY BAND 3)

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

As an executive agency of the Home Office, the UK Border Agency employs 25,000 staff and operates on an annual budget of £2.3 billion. It is a truly global operation, responsible for one of the highest profile and most sensitive areas of the Government’s brief, spanning immigration, asylum and border control.

This is not a job for the faint-hearted. As Chief Executive you will be accountable for all operational matters relating to border control and the collection of customs duties at the border. Leading and inspiring a highly dispersed workforce, you will ensure the UK Border Agency delivers on its objectives, underpinned by robust processes and performance management systems.

We are seeking an inspirational leader to join the Home Office Supervisory Board, and who will work corporately with colleagues to support the achievement of wider departmental objectives. These are exceptional times for the Home Office as they are for wider Government, making this role a unique challenge. With the strongest track record of service delivery in roles of similar scale and complexity, you will also need to have substantial experience of driving large scale transformational change. Of course, in a role of this profile, your keen political antennae, eye for risk management, and ability to thrive under real media and parliamentary scrutiny will all be crucial.

In return, this role offers substantial reach and influence, with the chance to lead a major, global public service through a period of unprecedented change.

Relationship Manager - Local Government

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This is an exciting time to join Sport England as a Relationship Manager. The successful candidate will play a key role in creating opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to play sport with a focus on our engagement with local government.

Language and Culture Specialists Rare

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

GCHQ is one of the UK’s intelligence services and helps counter threats which compromise national and global security, by using highly sophisticated technology to intercept communications and electronic signals to produce ‘intelligence’. GCHQ also helps protect Government communications and information systems from attack.

Language and Culture Specialists play a key role in translating and analysing a large and diverse amount of foreign language material, often using their specialist knowledge and expertise to judge which pieces of information are of intelligence value. The work of Language and Culture Specialists is a vital component of GCHQ's intelligence effort.

Head of OneCRM, The British Heart Foundation (18-24 month Secondment or Fixed Term)

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

BHF is seeking a candidate with relational database and successful business change experience to lead the strategic development and delivery of the BHF’s OneCRM programme. (Based on a Blackbaud Enterprise CRM)

Request Fulfilment Coordinator

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This job description is based on the SFIA Framework, Service level Management, level 3.
The planning, implementation and control of service provision, specifically, service and change requests, through the ongoing management of requests to provide the agreed levels of service, seeking continuously and proactively to improve service delivery. Activities include:
• Logging all business service and change requests
• Providing advice to customers.
• Initiating activities required to deliver the business request.
• Retaining ownership of service requests, wherever they are assigned, to manage outcomes in line with business needs (for example, in line with SLA targets).

Enforcement & Competition Policy Manager (Grade 7/6)

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Effective enforcement action forms a key part of our role in protecting consumers. You will assist Ofgem in managing investigations, developing its policy on, and approach to, use of its sectoral, competition law and consumer protection powers within the energy markets.

Learning and Development Coordinator, HEO

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Applications are currently invited for 3 Learning and Development Co-ordinator posts with ScoRDS. There is one full time vacancy and two part time vacancies (21 hours) working with partner agencies in the West of Scotland, Tayside and Central Scotland.

Administrative Officer

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To provide general administrative assistance to the team. To act as the first point of contact for the unit, dealing professionally and courteously with general enquiries and passing to the relevant person or department as and when necessary.

Casework Assistant

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To provide casework and general administrative assistance to prosecution team members. To act as a point of contact for the unit, dealing with enquiries and correspondence in a professional and courteous manner. Preparation of cases for court, ensuring that all case files are accounted for.

Seasonal Bee Inspector

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This vacancy is within National Bee Unit, which is part of the Fera Inspectorates Programme. Bee Health is a Defra responsibility supported by the National Bee Unit and it’s Fera based Bees Inspectorate.

The National Bee Unit (NBU) comprises of specialists concerned with all aspects of the husbandry and protection of bees in the UK. This covers:
• Support to policy groups within the Defra Plant Health Division, Welsh Assembly Government, Department for the Environment, Planning and the Countryside, and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
• Provision of advice and training for the beekeeping industry.
• Research and development on matters concerning the health and husbandry of bees.
• The inspection of colonies for bee diseases and diagnosis of suspect diseased hive samples as well as investigation of poisoning of bees by pesticides.
• The inspection of colonies for exotic bee pests and diagnosis of suspect hive samples
• Services for tests of the toxicity of chemicals to bees and involvement in the development of new protocols for testing.
• Services for the beekeeping industry and appliance manufacturers, e.g. testing potential veterinary medicines.

Plant Health Imports Inspector

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The work of the Plant Health and Seed Inspectorate (PHSI) is to maintain and promote a high plant health status in England and Wales, thereby contributing to Fera’s overarching purpose (as above). The aims are achieved by excluding, containing or eradicating quarantine plant pests, regulating other plant pests to secure high quality planting material, and facilitating trade through the provision of plant health certification services.

Senior Legal Adviser

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The legal services team is a small, friendly and supportive team (currently 8 lawyers) from a mixture of Civil Service and private practice backgrounds. The Directorate is led by Juliet Lazarus, Director of Legal Services, and Jessica Walters, Deputy Director of Legal Services. The team provides legal advice in respect of all ORR’s functions as a combined economic and safety regulator. Members of the team work closely with policy colleagues in ORR’s various directorates, the Department for Transport and a wider range of industry stakeholders such as Network Rail, High Speed 1 and train operators
We have a vacancy in the part of the team that provides advice in respect of ORR’s economic functions.
The post holder will work on a wide range of diverse and demanding work including commercial agreements, licensing and European law. You will advise particularly in relation to competition law and the exercise of ORR’s concurrent functions with the OfT. You will work closely with ORR’s small competition team and be responsible for managing relationships with external lawyers, particularly counsel.

Receptionist/Telephonist

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

About the Institute for Animal Health

The Institute for Animal Health (IAH) is a world-leading centre of excellence for research into viral diseases of farm animals, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

Our mission is to deliver high quality fundamental, strategic and applied science focussed on livestock viral animal diseases, including some that affect people. We use that knowledge to advance veterinary and medical science, and to enhance the sustainability of livestock farming. This includes improvements in animal welfare, safeguarding the supply and safety of food, and protecting public health and the environment. A major facet of the Institute is that we study infectious diseases in the natural, farm animal, hosts. Training of scientists, technicians and veterinarians is an important part of our remit.

System Testing Lead

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The incumbent will manage software testing of projects and changes produced by IMT. They will work with the SPBI Manager to ensure that all changes are thoroughly tested in accordance with the UKHO Software Test Procedure before being released to the customer. They will be responsible for ensuring that the application of this procedure leads to delivery of quality software that meets customer needs. They will identify and recommend activities to meet the strategic business requirements as well as activities to improve and enhance the use and applications of testing across the organisation. The post-holder will be required to make recommendations on the use and development of testing procedures.

The post-holder will be expected to create test plans and reports for the most complex projects and manage testing to ensure software is fully functional and to minimise defects. This entails reviewing and approving scripts before and after they have been run, reviewing defects to ensure they are accurately recorded and ensuring testing represents good value for money when compared with risk

The post-holder will be required to provide guidance and leadership in regard to testing to other members of the test team, project team resources and business users involved in testing.

The incumbent will be the system owner for the UKHO strategic test tool (HPQC/QTP) and produce a strategy for its use throughout the business. This will include all software testing (within the IMT Test Team, other test teams, and more widely throughout the business) and requirements gathering (for instance by Business Analysts in the Programme Office). The incumbent will lead activity to consider extending the test toolset to include load and performance testing tools (e.g. LoadRunner).

The post holder will act as first reporting line manager to the testing team. Conducting team member’s performance appraisals, seeking appropriate input from others.

Bid Manager

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Business and International Development team hold primary responsibility for increasing commercial revenue for Fera. This is a strategic priority and requires the capability to leverage greater value from customer relationships.

Fera customers span a broad range of sectors including many of the world’s largest and most respected brands in food, environmental protection, agriculture and plant health. In all of these sectors larger commercial opportunities are offered to prospective suppliers through formal procurement processes which are subject to critical assessment and review prior to contract award. Service contracts are typically let through an in-house central procurement process with typical objectives to reduce cost, increase value for money and reduce the number of suppliers.

Most government funded contracts are advertised through UK and International procurement channels. Irrespective of whether the contract is let by a private corporation or a government department, the skill required to present a written response to a specification which meets client needs whilst making a positive financial contribution is increasing in importance.

Recognising this trend, Fera established a dedicated bids and tenders team in 2009 to focus on winning an increased share of such contracts. A Bid Manager is now required to complete and lead the team.

GRADUATE - Sensors and Countermeasures Department

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This is a development role to provide a base level contribution to Dstl projects

Facilities Assistant

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ECGD are seeking to appoint two part-time Facilities Assistants, who will report into the Records Management Officer and will play a crucial role in ensuring that ECGD's Records Archive continues to operate and perform in an efficient and responsive manner.

The roles are part-time (20 hours per week) and are fixed term until September 2014.

Office Administrator

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Applications are invited for a number of Fixed Term A3 Office Administrator vacancies currently available in the Scottish Public Pensions Agency and expected over the coming 6 months.

The Agency currently provides a pensions administration service for the National Health Service and Teaching profession in Scotland and administers schemes for the Scottish Legal Aid Board, Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. It is also responsible for the regulation of the five main Scottish public service pension schemes and provides advice to the Scottish Ministers and Scottish Government Departments on pensions issues
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The appointments are initially for a fixed term of 12 months. There may be an opportunity for extension and possibility of becoming permanent. These are pensionable appointments.

Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the appointment will be invited to interview.

Strategic Lead Local Relationships (North)

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To contribute to achieving Sport England's outcomes by building and maintaining effective relationships at a senior level with Local Authorities, County Sports Partnerships and other organisations within community sport.

To provide leadership for Relationship Managers within local outreach teams.

Strategic Development Advisor

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To lead on all strategic planning and development matters across the NFE in Scotland in liaison with the Head of Estates and Lead Area Land Agent. In particular, to maximise financial returns from the commercial development capability of all FCS’s assets and surplus property, with the exception of renewable opportunities.

Caseworkers

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Caseworkers
£36,500 • Manchester

Caseworkers play a key role in our work by gathering evidence to get a better view of what happened, and identifying appropriate ways to address and resolve the issues. You will require specific skills to manage a demanding and varied workload to help provide an independent, high quality and accessible complaints handling service that rights individual wrongs, drives improvements in public services and informs public policy.

Assistant

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This is an exciting opportunity to work with Arts Council England during a time of change and development. The role includes shared regional team tasks, work with relationship managers in Team 2, and support for the Senior Manager Regional Planning around external partnerships work.

Administrator, Cultural Olympiad

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We are looking for an experienced administrator to support the London 2012 Creative Programmer in the North West, to achieve the ambitions of the Cultural Olympiad. The Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are about more than sport. London 2012 is also staging a Cultural Olympiad - a four year series of events and programmes to showcase the UK's arts and culture to the rest of the world and to provide a lasting legacy from the games. It is the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games, designed to give everyone in the UK a chance to be part of London 2012.

Cataloguer, Early Printed Books

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To develop and manage the Library’s collections relating to Library and Information Studies; to assist in the development of selection profiles, to monitor the delivery of acquisitions against selection, and to catalogue as required; to help interpret the collections by using innovative and traditional ways of researching and presenting the collection through events, online resources, exhibitions and updating the catalogue; and to make a personal contribution to the Library’s research and other strategies based on individual specialist knowledge of the collections and particular field(s) of studies.

Cultivation Events Manager

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We now seek a motivated Cultivation Events Manager to support the success of the Museum of London’s cultivation objectives by delivering events which fully engage our guests while meeting our business needs. You will be responsible for all aspects of event management including budgeting, guest list management, operational planning and compliance with licensing regulations.

Trade Union Project Officer

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Salary: £20,074-£27271
Grade MRC-5
Contract Type: Open-Ended

Hours: Full Time

Closing Date:19th April 2011

Interview Date: 9th May 2011

Administrative Officer

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Good administrative staff with excellent customer service skills are vital to the effective operation of the Courts and other offices within the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Most of the staff within MoJ are employed in administrative roles.

Head of Internal Audit & Risk

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) considers complaints that government departments, a range of other public bodies in the UK, and the NHS in England, have not acted properly or fairly or have provided a poor service.

We are looking for a Head of Internal Audit & Risk to play a key part in PHSO’s approach to effective governance, leading the delivery of PHSO’s annual audit and assurance programmes, and ensuring that the organisation manages risk effectively.

Research Technician

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Applications are invited for the permanent post of Research Technician in the Procedural Service Section of the NIMR. The section provides a transgenic production service to the Scientific Divisions, cryopreservation and genotyping of rodent and aquatic lines and associated reproductive techniques.

Veterinary Research Officer (VRO)

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Assessment of clinical efficacy and target species tolerance data for pharmaceutical applications for Marketing Authorisations, Animal Test Certificates (ATCs)and variations to existing authorisations.

Director, Leadership and Organisational Development

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Director ensures that the Arts Council is able to offer the organisations it funds the leadership and organisational development support they need to build their resilience and deliver against our goals.

Please note that the Arts Council is a Non Departmental Public Body with separate terms and benefits from other Civil Service departments; therefore this is not an internal secondment.

Veterinary Research Officer (VRO)

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Assessment of quality, safety and efficacy data for immunological applications for Marketing Authorisations (MAs), Animal Test Certificates (ATCs), variations to existing authorisations and renewals of existing authorisations.

Senior Manager, Regional Arts Planning

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Senior Manager is required to manage a team of specialists to support and develop the arts in the region, working with a range of partners, and to take lead responsibility for the overview in the regional office for regional planning.

Please note that the Arts Council is a Non Departmental Public Body with separate terms and benefits from other Civil Service departments; therefore this is not an internal secondment.

Athlete Investment Officer

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

UK Sport is leading the drive to create British champions, in our role as the nation’s high performance sports agency responsible for investing in our brightest medal hopes through to the London Olympic and Paralympics Games in 2012 and beyond. UK Sport’s investment played a pivotal role in delivering the amazing success achieved by British athletes at the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, and our targets for London are even more ambitious.

We are looking for an Athlete Investment Officer to join our Finance and Investment Team to plan, deliver and monitor UK Sports’ Athlete Personal Award (APA) investment across a portfolio of defined sports.

Team member – IRCM (Infra Red Countermeasures)

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The IRCM Team consists of 16 members of staff who are responsible for the research and development of pyrotechnic materials and devices for the protection of in-service platforms for RAF, Army and Navy. This work has an impact on the front-line operations of our services. Our customers include Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), Air Warfare Centre and MOD CAP TA.

The team’s work covers all aspects of countermeasure development prior to manufacture, including design, modelling, prototyping, laboratory assessment and field assessment on in-service platforms.

GRADUATE - Indoor Dispersion Modeller

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The successful candidate will join a well established productive research team working in chemical and biological defence.

Catering Services Manager

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Having launched the spectacular new £20 million Galleries of Modern London in May 2010 Museum of London is enjoying a surge of interest from the public, the media and the events industry in our main site at London Wall. While we continue to bed in the new operations which include London Wall Bar & Kitchen and two visitor cafes the Museum has also just retendered its catering contract at our second Museum site in Canary Wharf. The outcome of this is that we have just launched a new visitor café and will re-launch our existing bar restaurant currently called 1802 for late Spring 2011.

Relationship Manager, Theatre

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Relationship Manager is needed to support and develop the arts in the region, working with a range of partners.

Commercial Analysts

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Commercial Portfolio Team is part of the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group, reporting through Adrian Kamellard, Executive Director of Commercial, to Ian Watmore. It is responsible for developing government’s commercial portfolio on behalf of the Crown, delivering pan-government requirements for departments, strategic suppliers and contract content. The team provides commercial capability to ensure that complex commercial activities are managed centrally across ERG and wider Cabinet Office in support of Departmental activity.
The team operates in three areas:
• Strategic Supplier and Market Management: Coordinating and managing the relationship with the Crown’s strategically important suppliers, new entrants and Small and Medium size Enterprise’s;
• Strategy and Analysis: Undertaking reviews of high value contracts and recommending actions and further work necessary to increase efficiency; and
• New Commercial Models and Restructuring: managing the Crown’s restructuring opportunities, including the application of mutual joint ventures.

For further information please refer to the person spec

Commercial Analysts

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

For further information please refer to the person spec

Assistant to Area Executive Director

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We are looking for an experienced self starter with excellent communication skills to provide professional secretarial support to a peripatetic Area Executive Director who is responsible for the East and South East regions.

Senior Officer, Artsmark & Arts Award

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Senior Officer required to support the strategic development of the Artsmark scheme and Arts Award.

Please note that the Arts Council is a Non Departmental Public Body with separate terms and benefits from other Civil Service departments; therefore this is not an internal secondment.

Information Office Assistant

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The aim of the Information Office is to promote a better understanding and knowledge of the role and work of the House of Lords as the second chamber of the UK Parliament. The Office provides an enquiry service to Members of the House, the public and press by telephone, e-mail and letter; produces publications about the role and work of the House; manages contacts with the press and media; supports the activities of the Parliamentary Education Service and supports the development of the Lord Speaker’s outreach programme.

PostDoctoral Scientist

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Post-Doctoral fellow mainly work on Avian Influenza Virus group within the AID programme at IAH with a focus towards advancing knowledge that contributes to the development of next generation aptamer-based diagnostics and antiviral therapeutics that aid in the fight against influenza virus infection in poultry, pigs and humans. Avian Influenza research currently carried out at the Compton Laboratory will transfer to Pirbright by around 2013 where high containment facilities for working with highly pathogenic strains come on stream.

Asset and Procurement Manager

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Asset and Configuration Management function comprises a team of seven staff of various grades whose responsibilities will include the following:
• Ownership of the Configuration Management Database
• Ownership of the Definitive Software Library
• Asset Management – Ensuring compliance with software licensing bodies
• Procurement.

Team Leader Range Operations

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The TL Range Operations is the primary point of contact for all trials performed on Porton Range. The technical aspect of this role will be providing advice and support to Dstl, MoD, Other Government Departments and External collaborators for the safe delivery of all trials conducted at Porton Range specifically, booking of trials including detailing costs for each trial, management of documentation, planning, logistics and deployment of appropriate resources to deliver a high quality service to your customers

Team Leader – ISTAR Systems Support

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Team Leader’s primary role is to be responsible for the leadership of the staff within their team. It is a line management role with a roughly equal balance of people management and technical leadership.A Team Leader may be able to fulfil other roles as part of their technical contribution but not to the detriment of their line management responsibilities.A leading technical contribution in one or more of the following areas:
• Operational Analysis (OA)
• ISTAR (Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) Systems
• Systems Engineering
• Through Life Capability Management
This post is based in Land Battlespace Systems Department (LBSD) at Fort Halstead and will involve regular detached duty to other Dstl sites and to customer organisations.
The ISTAR Systems and Capability Support Group provides decision support, analysis, advice and guidance to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Equipment & Support, and wider Government on ISTAR. It comprises cross disciplinary teams of Operational Analysts, System Engineers, Scientists and Project Managers; three teams are based at Portsdown West and one at Fort Halstead. The ISTAR Systems Support Team delivers studies across the breadth of the ISTAR domain including the assessment and optimisation of Land Tactical ISTAR assets and analysis of ISTAR processes within HQ organisations.

Officer, Marketing

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An exciting opportunity to join the Advocacy & Communications department at Arts Council England.

Please note that the Arts Council is a Non Departmental Public Body with separate terms and benefits from other Civil Service departments; therefore this is not an internal secondment.

Associate Project Manager (APM)

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The role of Associate Project Manager is to provide consistent high quality support to projects through the management and coordination of project data throughout the project life cycle.
Naval Systems Department (NSD) is looking for a proactive individual to join a team of three APMs, providing support to several project managers across the Department. Your role will include assisting in the preparation of project documentation and financial monitoring. You will also act as the first point of contact for internal requests relating to the project documentation and will apply corporate standards to the maintenance of project documentation. A well organised and enthusiastic individual is required with excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills. Proven IT skills, including experience of MS Office applications and the ability to use email and the internet, are essential. In addition, the successful candidate will be able to work independently on their own initiative and as a member of a team

Court Usher

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Court Usher acts as an essential first point of contact for all the court users involved in hearings. There will be regular contact with the judiciary, assisting the administrative staff with the smooth flow of court work. You will meet members of the public and their legal representatives; prepare court /hearing rooms, and complete documentation, as well as ensuring the court runs smoothly and efficiently.

Public Affairs Assistant

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman occupies a unique constitutional position enabling her to undertake independent investigations into complaints by the public that government departments and a range of other public bodies in the UK, and the NHS in England have not acted properly or fairly or have provided a poor service.

We use the learning from our high quality complaint handling service to help drive improvements in public services and inform public policy.

We are looking for a Public Affairs Assistant to help develop and deliver the Ombudsman’s stakeholder management and public affairs functions and provide support to the organisation by providing analysis and research that will help it investigate complaints effectively and efficiently. The role will include providing administrative support to the team and contributing to the Communication Division’s day to day work. You will have strong oral and written communication skills and will be customer focused and solution orientated with the ability to build and sustain relationships to achieve results.

Valuing diversity is one of PHSO core organisational values and our vision is a PHSO workforce that includes a diverse range of people reflecting the community we serve and the population around our sites. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic candidates, women and disabled candidates

Chief Executive, Scottish Housing Regulator

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

At present, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR), an executive agency of the Scottish Government is responsible for regulating social landlords in Scotland under provisions in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. Under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, the SHR will become an independent body with functions of its own to act as regulator.

The new body will come into existence on 1 April 2011 for the limited purpose of consulting on how it will perform its regulatory functions under the 2010 Act. During this time, the executive agency will continue to be responsible for regulation under the 2001 Act. Subject to the consultation exercise being completed, we expect the new body to start performing its functions as regulator on 1 April 2012. At that time the executive agency will cease to exist and its staff, including the Chief Executive, (all of whom are and will remain civil servants) will transfer to the new body.

Embedded Communications Support Team Member

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This role will undertake the administration and management of a number of classified communication systems including the communication of information with a range of external organisations.
The Exploitation Coordination and Liaison Team (ECLT) is part of the UK Defence Exploitation Facility based at Fort Halstead. The successful candidate will work in a multi organisational team (the team consists of Dstl, Military, Police and Industrial staff). The team undertakes high tempo work with a considerable throughput.

Embedded Administrative Support Team Member (ECLT)

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The embedded administrative support team member will provide administrative support to the Exploitation Coordination and Liaison Team (ECLT).
The Exploitation Coordination and Liaison Team (ECLT) is part of the UK Defence Exploitation Facility based at Fort Halstead. The successful candidate will work in a multi organisational team (the team consists of Dstl, Military, Police and Industrial staff). The team undertakes high tempo work with a considerable throughput.
This role supports the management of cases including coordinating the work undertaken and the distribution of reporting.

Embedded Administrative Support Team Member ( MFSA)

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Embedded Administrative Support Team Member will provide administrative support to the Multi Source Fusion and Analysis (MFSA) Team.
The MFSA Team is part of the UK Defence Exploitation Facility based at Fort Halstead. The successful candidate will work in a multi organisational team (the team consists of Dstl, Military, Police and Industrial staff). The team undertakes high tempo work with a considerable throughput.

Financial Accountant

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To oversee and take lead responsibility for all financial and systems accounting and reporting in Forestry Commission Wales.

Junior Audio Visual Technician

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is seeking to appoint a Junior Audio Visual Technician for a fixed term of contract of 1 year.

Senior Developer - Open Up! Project

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To deliver Kew’s mission by providing expertise in the field of biodiversity informatics specifically, planning for and delivering a key workpackage of an EU Framework 7 funded project tasked with enhancing / aggregating content in Europeana. The project forms part of the Information Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) and aims to open up the European Natural History Heritage for Europeana, hence the acronym Open Up!

The post holder will be part of the science applications IT team and work with key scientists to deliver the aims and objectives of workpackage 5 – “botanical community content provision, metadata catalogues and quality control”. The tasks assigned to the post holder include the development of a data quality web service (checking and resolution) for botanical names and developing a mechanism for the management of feedback on names from data providers.

In addition, the post holder will be expected to deliver a data quality and enhancement web service including the provision of a service for common names to be supplied by project partners in Vienna.

Field Service Engineers

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Observing and recording the current weather is fundamental to all the services the Met Office provides – from weather prediction, through consultancy services, to climate change. So the set up and maintenance of our instruments, equipment and systems is crucial to meeting service delivery requirements for our customers.
The Met Engineering Services Team is responsible for making this happen via a network of 9 Service Centres throughout the UK, so the flexibility to travel around the UK is a key part of the role. As a Service Engineer no two days are the same – one day rain gauges, the next day you’re working on complex radar equipment!

Commercial Officer

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To provide procurement support to domains and develop effective contractual relationships with external supplier base.

Bioinformatician

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Bioinformatician is required to join the Post-transcriptional Control
Group at the MRC Toxicology Unit to provide significant scientific input
on projects that make use of next generation sequencing technology.

Senior Analyst

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Campaign Development and Analysis Team within Dstl’s Policy and Capability Studies Department is responsible for generating representative campaign plans for high level illustrative scenarios. These campaign plans are then used across Defence to provide an essential context for analysis to support policy and capability related decisions in MoD.

Postdoctoral Scientist

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Project Title: Investigating Th2 cell development and plasticity during helminth infection and allergic reactivity
A position to join a team studying CD4+ T helper 2 immunobiology in response to parasitic helminths and allergic disease has become available. Experience in T cell biology is desirable. The succesful candidate will carry out an initial independent research project (with supervision) to identify the plasticity and molecular signature of Th2 cells from various Th2 associated helminth infections and allergic conditions.

Trainee Trials Conducting Officer

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Evaluation, Trials & Operations Group within Environmental Sciences Department [ESD] at Dstl Porton Down provides a Range Facility, which is used for the research and development of scientific concepts and tests & evaluates equipment for Dstl, MOD and commercial contracts.

Senior Systems Engineer/Architect

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Technical lead for a coherent programme of work investigating and assessing the use of advanced simulation and Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) services for military training (team & collective, joint, combined, coalition).
To mentor junior members of staff in order to develop the technical capability within the team and drive the succession plan for a number of key team members.

Scientific Programmer

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

CCP4 is a large project with the aim of developing and maintaining state of the art analysis software for protein crystallography. The CCP4 Suite is one of the best established and most widely used. It is distributed to over 1000 academic and commercial sites around the world. CCP4 employs scientists and computer programmers who work at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK universities and other research institutions. Since autumn 2009, CCP4 has been based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the newly built Research Complex at Harwell, and is now seeking to expand. The location provides a stimulating environment adjacent to the Diamond Light Source and other developments.

The CCP4 software suite consists of a mixture of over 250 Fortran and C++ programs, as well as a few Java utilities, using a set of central libraries. The suite is essentially cross-platform and provides a uniform usage in Windows, Mac OS X and several Linux operating systems. CCP4’s strategic goals are to modernise the Suite in accordance with modern IT standards and to make it more automated and user-friendly. This includes the development of a new-look GUI, further automation of structure solution process, further cross-platform unification, and modernisation of the release and update mechanisms. Achieving these goals will require creativity, independent thinking, ability to grasp and analyse problems in the current design, and vision for improvement.

For more information on this please view ourwebsite: http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/vacancies or contact Dr. Eugene Krissinel at eugene.krissinel@stfc.ac.uk.

Department Security Liaison Officer

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Security Function seeks a proactive individual with good communication and presentational skills, enabling the DSLO to impart timely and accurate advice and guidance to the business. This post is one of three working within the FHD Security Team. Each one is directly responsible to the Site Security Officer (SSyO) Fort Halstead for the efficient security management and operation of the business groups within their Area of Responsibility (AOR). Responsible for effective and proactive approach to customer relationships. Integration of security functions within the AOR to which he or she is assigned to. Awareness of developments in security and the impact these may have on AOR.

Band 3 HID Specialist Inspectors - Various Disciplines

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Our people come from a variety of backgrounds, but, whatever your background you will need the intellectual ability and stamina to complete our training, and a range of important personal attributes which are vital to your success as a Specialist Inspector.

Your personal qualities are vital and you must have an ability to influence and persuade, be capable of reaching meaningful and balanced judgments, and be able to work collaboratively within a team. You will need to believe in continuous improvement and fresh thinking. Above all, we need people who can demonstrate calm and poise when working under pressure in one of the most demanding jobs in the public sector.

Dstl Graduate

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dstl requires a number of Science, Engineering and Technology graduates to join our 2 year Fixed Term Graduate Development Programme.

Marketing Graduate Trainee

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To support area specific activities to acquire the specific knowledge, skills and experience necessary to
underpin a career in the Met Office

Language Specialist

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We are actively looking for linguists with excellent written and spoken fluency in Persian or Arabic. These are challenging roles which are critical to the success of SIS’s operational work. They are full-time and based in London.