Head of Quality of Biologicals

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the UK.

We have a vacancy for a Grade 6 Head of Quality of Biologicals within VMD’s Authorisations Group.

This exciting and interesting job puts you at the heart of animal health and welfare in authorising biological/immunological veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) including vaccines in the UK. Your work will play a major role in assuring the quality, safety and efficacy of these medicines and will significantly contribute to VMD’s objective of ensuring the availability of appropriate and innovative biological/immunological VMPs including vaccines to protect animal health and welfare.

You will be responsible for leading the assessment of the quality requirements of applications for marketing authorisations for biological/immunological VMPs which are authorised for use in the UK.

The role of the Head of Quality of Biologicals is to lead and manage the assessors involved in the assessment of the quality aspects of biological VMPs as well as associated work processes, to carry out assessments of certain applications as well as to peer review those carried out by other members of the team. You will be responsible for the continued development and training of assessors in these areas. You will lead on formulation of national and international regulatory policies and guidelines for VMPs including novel therapy VMPs and on the provision of scientific and regulatory advice to applicants and stakeholders. You will lead on VMD’s global cooperation initiatives in regulatory affairs, work-sharing across regulatory jurisdictions, and capacity strengthening. You will report to the Head of the Biologicals Section and deputise for them.

How to Apply

If you're interested in applying for this position, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your application via the Civil Service Jobs website where you will find a full job description including salary details.

The closing date for applications is 30 September 2024.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Equal Opportunity employer.

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