Safety Assessor

Full Job Description

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.

We’re looking for you to have experience, awareness of, or a demonstrable ability to quickly get up to speed in the following areas:

• 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.

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.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £38,795.00 per year

Work Location: In person