About the Role
The Head of Woodchester Park Wildlife Disease Research Unit is a senior, strategic delivery role requiring a person who can successfully lead a geographically dispersed, multi-disciplinary team that delivers a range of wildlife disease research, scientific, technical and field-based services and projects, particularly for Defra and Welsh Government in relation to badgers and TB. This supports the implementation of strategies to tackle TB in cattle. The team at Woodchester Park manages and delivers a well-established scientific study providing fundamental insights into TB epidemiology and badger ecology and maintaining critical key skill sets and expertise.
We are looking for someone with a proven leadership track record who will quickly be able to establish their credibility with staff and stakeholders. You will also have the ability to harness the team around a clear set of goals and priorities. This will include taking and building on the work that has been started in building an exceptional, helpful and sustainable culture.
You will be expected to role model and embed the necessary cultural changes required for the agency to thrive, as APHA moves to a matrix system of management that supports increased flexibility, an agile response and digital ways of working.
About the Organisation
The Animal and Plant Health Agency, formerly known as the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom.