Deployment & Readiness Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Other main duties:

• Support the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives by providing administrative and logistical support for cross-functional workshops and reviews.
• Prepare summary reports and dashboards to highlight readiness status, risks, and dependencies for internal teams and external partners.
• Assist in the coordination of updates to critical deployment materials, such as the Green Book and training content, ensuring alignment with campaign deadlines.
• Provide logistical support for meetings, including preparing materials, capturing actions, and following up on progress with relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including vaccine programme leads and deployment partners, to ensure timely data sharing and issue resolution.
• Liaise with 3PL partners and other stakeholders to monitor operational readiness and escalate any potential risks or issues to senior team members.
• Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan. Attending internal / external training events
• To participate in all mandatory training as required, i.e. fire safety, information governance and all other mandatory training.

Essential Criteria:

• Organisational and Coordination Skills: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities, and track progress against deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Data Management and Reporting: Experience in maintaining accurate records, preparing reports, and creating dashboards to support operational decision-making.
• Stakeholder Support and Communication: Strong communication skills to liaise effectively with internal teams, external partners, and senior colleagues, providing timely updates and escalating issues when needed.

Selection ProcessDetails:

This vacancy is using SuccessProfiles andwill assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Stage 1:Application& Sift

You willbe requiredto complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 3 essentialcriteriaand this will be in the form ofa:

• Application form(Employer/ Activity history section on the application)

• 500 word Statement of Suitability.

This should outline how your skills,experience,andknowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

Statement of Suitability and Application form will be scored together.

Longlisting:

In the event ofa large number ofapplications we willlonglistinto 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria

• Meets some essential criteria

• Meets no essential criteria

In order to be shortlisted you must meet all essential criteria and some essential criteria.

Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:

• Organisational and Coordination Skills: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities, and track progress against deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment

Please do not exceed 500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)

You will be invited to a remote interview.

Behaviours will be tested at interview.

The Behaviours will tested during the interview stage.

The Behaviours will be:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decision
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (includingby definition internalapplicants).

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Person Specification

Application Form & Statement of Suitability

Essential

• Application Form & Statement of Suitability

Behaviours

Essential

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and London

10 South Colonnade

London

E14 5EA

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)