Head of Operational Excellence

FSA Operations has a diverse remit, being responsible for the delivery of official controls in FSA approved meat establishments, undertaking milk hygiene inspections, and ensuring the application of EU wine regulations in England and Wales as well as leading on food safety incident responses and tackling fraud and criminality in the food system.

As part of our plans in Operations to improve how we lead on performance, planning, risk, efficiency and quality of delivery, we are developing a central Operational Excellence function to provide senior leaders across Operations with the tools and evidence they need to deliver a truly excellent service to the public. We are looking for a Head of Operational Excellence who can work alongside our Director of Operations and his senior team and continue to develop, embed and lead this function that is critical to our delivery ambitions.

As a talented communicator, and someone who can demonstrate leadership beyond your own team, you’ll work closely with our operational leaders and across the organisation to define future operational strategy and business delivery planning, improving our performance and our capability as a large-scale operation.

We’re looking for an engaging leader, who can get people enthusiastic about working together creatively in improving our important work, and drive understanding across FSA Operations of what Operational Excellence is and why it is so important to ensuring food is safe.

Closing date for applications: 23:55 on 2 March 2025.