Microbiological Safety Risk Assessment Lead bei Unilever

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Job Title: Microbiological Safety Risk Assessment Lead

Location: Colworth Science Park, UK – Hybrid

JOB PURPOSE
As the Microbiology Risk Assessment Lead in our Safety, Environmental & Regulatory (SERS) team, you will take the lead on the Microbiology team capability build and management of their resource to ensure delivery of the Work programme and the development of the team in line with Unilever and SERS needs. You will also be providing your microbiological risk assessment expertise to lead/support the delivery of complex and novel and their applications to assure the microbiological safety of Unilever’s innovations and products (Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Home Care & Foods).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Line management responsibilities for 7 individuals.
• Work with Programme/Project Leads to identify core and future skills needs and, capacity issues and strategies to address these.
• Use the above to define and evolve the Microbiology skills and expertise development plans as well as resourcing strategy to meet the need short and long-term needs of the organisation.
• Create opportunities and encourage team members to share their expertise and skills with others.
• Ensure new science and novel tools are confidently and effectively deployed.
• Provide support and development mechanisms to ensure the rigour and robustness of assessments.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key stakeholders internal and external to Unilever, e.g. business partners, academic partners.
• As a microbiology expert, deliver transparent, well-documented microbiological risk assessments to SERS project teams (including more complex ones such as AMR/microbiome) to enable robust decision-making and communicate the outcomes internally and to business partners, providing guidance on risk management where necessary.

ALL ABOUT YOU

• You’ll need to be able to work effectively and with impact in cross-disciplinary teams and in multi-cultural environments, be flexible and willing to adapt within a fast-changing business environment.

We would expect the successful candidate to have:

• Extensive experience of delivering complex safety microbiological risk assessments in SERS.
• Experience of managing people and team and motivating others, preferably as Line Manager.
• Proven experience in leading scientific research projects/sub-project.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• High self-motivation, with the ability to collaborate effectively in interdisciplinary teams.

NOTES

About Unilever 

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’  

What We Offer 

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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