New Standards Engagement Advisor (1929)

RSPCA Assured is celebrating 30 years of improving the lives of farmed animals.

In that time, we're proud to have worked with thousands of farmers - and all of the UK's biggest supermarkets - to help make the lives of millions of animals better.

Every year, we inspect almost 4,000 farms and other scheme members to ensure they meet strict RSPCA animal welfare standards - ensuring a better life for farm animals.

So when you see an RSPCA Assured label on meat, fish, eggs or milk products, it means the animal was cared for according to the RSPCA's standards from birth to slaughter.

Our vision is a world where all farmed animals are respected and treated with kindness and compassion - and that's what we work towards every day.

We are looking for a New Standards Engagement Advisor to join our team. 

• Permanent
• Working hours: 35 hours per week; Monday to Friday
• Location: Field Worker- Home and national travel as necessary. 

We offer a wide range of benefits to recognise your contributions at RSPCA.

• 35 hour week 
• Great Annual Leave benefits - 25 days annual leave on joining increasing each year to a maximum of 31 days (pro rata for part-time)
• Additional Society day around Christmas.
• Flexibility in hours - with the introduction of Core Hours staff can work their 35 hours flexibly across Monday to Friday. Core hours are 10.00am - 15.00 (please note this isn't available for our frontline animal care roles) 
• Generous pension scheme 
• Career development through our in-house Learning & Development training 
• Charity worker discounts: Access to hundreds of discounts across many retailers, travel, insurance & cinema tickets.
• Dog friendly offices at our London & South East Hub! (Subject to eligibility criteria) 
   

The role of New Standards Engagement Advisor is a crucial role in shaping RSPCA farm welfare standards, by working closely with RSPCA Farm Animal Department during standards development to ensure that new and revised standards are developed through meaningful engagement with key stakeholders in the farming and food sectors.

In this role, you'll have the authority to evaluate and recommend improvements to standards, ensuring they are both practical and effective.

Here's a summary of what you will be doing; for a full description, please refer to the attached role profile.

• Evaluate and Influence: Ensure timely analysis of new and revised standards and their impact on existing farming practices. 
• Engage Stakeholders: Experience in stakeholder engagement, particularly in gathering and analysing feedback to inform decision-making. Experience of holding working groups and collaborating with producers.
• Drive Research and Innovation: Recommend research initiatives and trials to advance our understanding of animal welfare and inform future standards.
• Support Implementation: Work closely with farmers to guide them through the adoption of new standards, addressing challenges and providing practical solutions.

Analyze and Report: Collect and analyze data to inform decision-making and produce insightful reports.

To succeed within this role, it is important that the post holder has:

• Commitment to animal welfare and a passion for improving industry standards on-farm
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to manage projects and meet deadlines
• Experience in the farming or animal welfare sector, with commercial farming experience.
• Understanding of the impact of standards on operational practices
• A proven ability to collaborate with farmers, producers, NGOs, and government bodies to gather feedback and build consensus.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders

If you're passionate about animal welfare and want to make a difference, we would love to receive your application.

Interviews will be held on the 27th of January.

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA

Due to high interest in some of our roles, we review applications as they are received. This can occasionally result in positions closing earlier than advertised. Therefore, we strongly recommend submitting applications early. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications after the posted closing date.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk / 0300 123 0685.

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect