Safety Assessor

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Addlestone; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency is seeking a Safety Assessor to join the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. The role involves assessing safety data for veterinary medicines and proposing risk mitigation measures. Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree in a relevant life science and have experience in toxicology or pharmacology. A flexible work pattern is available, and the closing date for applications is 13 October 2025.

Benefits

Annual Leave of 25 days

Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

Qualifications

• Must have an undergraduate degree in a relevant life science.
• Experience in toxicology and/or pharmacology.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and regulatory affairs is essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team is critical.
• Strong scientific writing and data analysis skills are needed.
• Must possess good organizational ability.

Responsibilities

• Assess data submitted for applications for variations to marketing authorizations for veterinary medicines.
• Propose risk mitigation measures for the benefit:risk assessment of the product.

Job description

Overview

Salary: GBP38,795 annum + 25 days Annual Leave + Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location: Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS

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 Safety Assessor

This exciting and interesting job puts you at the heart of the VMD\'s Human and Environmental Safety (H&ES) team, within the Pharmaceuticals team of the Authorisations division.

This team is responsible for assessing the human and environmental safety aspects of applications for Marketing Authorisations and Animal Test Certificates for veterinary medicinal products (VMPs).

Your role will be to assess data submitted for applications for variations to marketing authorisations (MAs) for veterinary medicines, and to propose risk mitigation measures where required, contributing to the benefit:risk assessment of the product as a whole.

Experience

• Toxicology and/or pharmacology
• Risk assessment
• Regulatory affairs
• Working as part of a team
• Good scientific writing and/or data analysis
• Good organisational ability.

In addition, you must be able to use Microsoft Office 365, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams, be able to use or learn to use SharePoint, and be prepared to learn to use VMD bespoke databases.

Qualifications

You must have an undergraduate degree in a relevant life science

How to Apply

We are excited to hear from you! To apply for this position, please submit your application through the Civil Service Jobs website. You can find the full job description, including details on salary and location, by following this link Safety Assessor - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK .

The closing date for applications is 13 October 2025.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Equal Opportunity employer

No Recruitment Agency, Newspaper or Publication calls please.