Location: Northern Ireland
Job description: Are you looking for a paid placement as a Environmental health Intern?
The FSA has an internship programme for those in the Environmental Health professions currently undertaking the professional qualifications required by FSA's Food Law Codes of Practice to deliver official food controls in local authorities.
As an intern within the FSA you will be placed within one of the delivery teams that will implement aspects of our 2015-20 Strategy to put consumers first in everything we do, so that food is safe and what it says it is, that we have access to an affordable healthy diet, and can make informed choices about what we eat, now and in the future.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is an independent government department responsible for food safety and other interests of consumers in relation to food across the England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The FSA works with businesses to help them produce safe food, and with local authorities enforcing regulations relating to food hygiene, standards and animal feeding stuffs.
The role will provide an exciting opportunity for you to experience what it is like to work for the FSA, supporting policy delivery teams, enforcement experts, scientists and front line inspectors. As a forward-thinking organisation we’re looking for people who can help us rise to the challenges ahead. You will be expected to assist in scoping research projects, undertake information gathering and analysis activities and produce reports. A requirement of the post will also be to provide comments on policy documents and other proposals, and engage with stakeholders, such as local authority enforcement officers, business operators and consumers. It is anticipated that some time will be spent shadowing local authority enforcement officers and with the food industry.
Sift will take place on 5 July 2016
Interviews will be held on 2 August 2016
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