Technical Team Leader

APHA is a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal and plant health and welfare? 

Do you have the ability to influence others and guide your team in a shared strategy? 

Would you like to be part of an agency where we value managers responsible for building and maintaining employee morale, helping employees reach their full potential and inspiring employee loyalty? 

If so, we would love to hear from you! 

We currently have four exciting opportunities as Technical Team Leaders to join our England Field Delivery Team. As a confident and inspiring Technical Team Leader (TTL), you will lead and manage a team of technical staff within APHA helping to protect animal health, safeguard animal welfare and facilitate International Trade.

We are currently offering the following posts:

• 1 Permanent post to be located in Bakewell or Stafford
• 1 Permanent post to be located in Wallingford or Winchester
• 1 Fixed Term Appointment/Loan/Secondment until 31/03/25 to be located in Bury St Edmunds, Chelmsford or Norwich
• 1 Fixed Term Appointment/Loan/Secondment until 31/03/25 to be located in Exeter

Please note: All posts will be offered in merit order by location.

This is an exciting, varied and high-profile role that will also see you regularly liaise with our wider APHA colleagues, Policy colleagues and Operational Partners as well as create a positive team environment in which everyone can and does contribute. You will be a visible leader and ensure that clear vision and direction is cascaded to your team.

The role involves a wide range of work including, but not limited to, the following:

• To lead and line manage a team of local and geographically dispersed technical staff which will require travel to multiple sites, ensuring effective and efficient deployment to meet delivery requirements
• To proactively manage the performance, conduct and attendance of your team, reviewing performance on a regular basis and where necessary, establishing performance improvement plans
• To maintain a team culture to enable your team to work effectively on a local and Agency-wide basis, by encouraging consistency and best practice nationally
• To work collaboratively across the Agency and Policy to help influence Tactical and Strategic decision making
• To ensure your team works effectively with Operational Partners and Stakeholders
• To work with functional leadership (specifically Resilience & Technical Advisors) to ensure the team can meet technical quality standards, procedures and policies, which are consistently applied together with identifying and addressing any development needs
• To use management information to monitor, analyse and manage outputs against expectations and Horizon scanning to report and take ownership of and resolve delivery risks and issues
• To contribute to the delivery of agency wide changes that reflect required customer and/or policy differences and provide constructive management and leadership into change discussions and planning
• To champion high health and safety standards and support staff to fulfil their health and safety responsibilities
• During outbreaks of notifiable disease, participate as directed to contribute to the control and the eradication of the disease including taking part in rosters for detached duty to other parts of Great Britain
• Be responsible for the day-to-day effectiveness of resource management and will prioritise resource and workloads across the team for them to contribute to achieving delivery targets. You will be accountable for ensuing capability to meet performance expectations and your team’s ability to respond to emergencies and disease outbreaks