Non-veterinary positions

MISTEV EXPORT HEALTH CERTIFICATION LTD; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Certification Support Officers to join their dedicated team. This role focuses on assisting Certifying Officers with export health certification of animal products, ensuring compliance with EU and Non-EU regulations. The company prides itself on a supportive culture, encouraging individuals to take responsibility while receiving comprehensive training. Ideal candidates will have a background in export certification or official control, but full training is available for those eager to learn. If you are passionate about contributing to animal health and welfare, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Ideally hold the OCQ(AHP) - CSO qualification; training provided.
• Experience in export certification and official control is valued.

Responsibilities

• Support Certifying Officer in export health certification activities.
• Gather and provide verification evidence for signing certificates.
• Maintain rapport with exporters and stay updated on EHC requirements.

Skills

Export Certification

Official Control

Communication Skills

Verification Evidence Gathering

Education

A Levels in Science or Food Production

OCQ(AHP) - CSO Qualification

Job description

The Company

• Mistev EHC is a company managed by veterinarians with vast experience in the industry as regulators and on certification.
• Due to business needs, the company is always looking for prospective candidates to work as Certification Support Officers in different locations of Great Britain.
• Mistev EHC has a unique culture focused on the individuals, encouraged to take responsibility for the decisions they make, with great level of management support.

The role

• The main purpose of this job is to provide support to an authorised Certifying Officer (CO) in relation to the official activity of export health certification of Products Of Animal Origin (POAO) and animal by-products to EU and Non-EU Countries.

Responsibilities

• Gathering and providing verification evidence to a CO to enable the signing of Official Export Health Certificates (EHCs) or Support Health Attestations (SHAs) by the CO.
• Carrying out factual inspections and verification, collection of evidence and documentation (demonstrating verification has been personally attested by them), as specified by the supervising CO, for the directly related product and certificate.
• Acquainting with EHC requirements (Export Health Certification) and NFG (Notes for Guidance) for each export (for both EU and non-EU countries) in advance and keeping updated with new requirements and/or changes.
• Keeping in touch with the exporter and being able to build rapport with the customers and their representatives.

Skills/Qualifications Required

• Ideally, hold the OCQ(AHP) - CSO (Certification Support Officer) qualification. This is not essential as full training is provided.
• It will be highly valued if the candidate has previous experience on export certification and/or official control.
• UK or EEA citizen with right to work in the UK.
• Mistev EHC is able to sponsor prospective candidates that would need a visa to live and work in Great Britain.
• If the candidate does not have the OCQ(AHP) - CSO (Certification Support Officer) qualification, the minimum entry requirement for the CSO course is three 'A' levels, one of which must be in a science or food production subject.

If you would like to apply for this role, please register your details and upload your Curriculum Vitae.