Assistant Director Veterinary Medicines

About this role

Reporting to the Director Veterinary Medicines, the Assistant Director plays a key leadership role within Veterinary Medicines Team 2, which is responsible for veterinary immunobiologicals and permit applications. Leading a small team of Risk Managers, you will apply scientific knowledge, sound judgement and risk-based decision-making to evaluate applications for the registration, variation and permitting of veterinary medicines under the National Registration Scheme. Working within established legislative and policy frameworks, you will provide technical leadership across a diverse veterinary medicines portfolio, mentor and develop team capability, and engage with internal and external stakeholders to support robust, evidence-based regulatory decisions that protect animal health, public health and Australian agriculture. Based in Armidale NSW or Canberra ACT, this ongoing full-time role offers flexible work arrangements. For the right candidate, interstate and remote working arrangements will also be considered. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an assessment by AGSVA to obtain Baseline security clearance and to maintain the required level of clearance while in this role. • Support the Veterinary Medicines Directors and provide leadership in mentoring staff and developing the capabilities of the veterinary medicines risk management team to meet its program objectives • Managing workloads and assessment timeframes, including managing the allocation of applications, project work and completion of tasks within legislated timeframes • Analysing and evaluating scientific and/or technical information and applying risk assessment and risk management principles to assess/approve applications for registration, variations and permits of veterinary chemical products. • Considering scientific advice, the legislative framework and agency guidelines to make recommendations to the decision maker on registration or permits of veterinary medicines or act in the capacity of the decision maker. • Preparing high quality written communications incorporating scientific, regulatory and technical considerations into briefs to decision makers, ministerial correspondence and other corporate documents. • Building and sustaining positive and collaborative relationships with team members of the veterinary medicines branch and colleagues across the APVMA, registrants and other stakeholders involved in the veterinary sector. • Ensuring regulatory issues that arise during pre- and post-registration are resolved in an appropriate and timely manner after appropriate consultation within the APVMA and communication to registrants and stakeholders.