Field Operations Co-ordinator - Area 3 (3752)

Job summary

Do you have a passion for supporting people and leading teams to deliver operational excellence in a field-based environment? Would you value the opportunity to shape, support, and coordinate a team of Meat Hygiene Inspectors across Scotland? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Food Standards Scotland’s Operations Division is seeking a Field Operations Coordinator to support the delivery of Official Controls in meat premises across Central and South West Scotland. This is one of two Field Operations Coordinator roles, working collaboratively to ensure consistent, high‑quality regulatory services across the region.

As a key member of the Field Operations team, you will be responsible for coordinating the deployment of Meat Hygiene Inspectors across your area, as well as providing business and administrative support to the Operations Manager. Working closely with the area management team — including the Operations Manager, fellow Field Operations Coordinator, and Veterinary Advisor — you will play a central role in staff scheduling, operational planning, and day‑to‑day support to ensure effective service delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to public health outcomes while supporting and leading teams in a challenging and rewarding operational environment.

Job description

• Provide essential support to the operational teams within the field, enabling FSS to deliver efficiency and effectiveness of Official Controls and Export Certification within a defined region and driving business compliance and operational performance in accordance with the Field Operations Business Plan and KPI framework.
• Coordinate Health and Safety requirements as laid out in the FSS Health and Safety Manual system, ensuring important documentation such as Inspection Point Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Works and other protocols are kept up to date and cascaded to all staff.
• Lead and manage staff within your span of control to improve culture and employee engagement through positive leadership and effective management of operational changes.
• Coordinate operations relating to staff scheduling, planning and support across approved meat establishments. The role will combine elements of coordination of activities directly related to human resources including coordination of new staff inductions, learning and development for the field staff and chairing regular plant team meetings.
• Maintain your technical competency by regular review of policy, guidance and technical instructions coupled to occasional working within the inspection team for observation and monitoring purposes.

Person specification

Technical / Professional Skills:

• Operational Leadership and Management – Working Level
• Connections and communications – Working Level

You can find out more about the skills required, here: Core ODP Skills - Operational Delivery ProfessionExperience:

• Previous experience of coordinating staff and resources within a frontline, field‑based regulatory environment, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational effectiveness.

Behaviours:

• Working together – Level 3
• Managing a Quality Service - Level 3

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Operational Leadership and Management – Working Level
• Connections and communications – Working Level

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,767, Scottish Government contributes £11,520 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an MS Teams interview and presentation. Assessments are scheduled for w/c 8 June 2026 however this may be subject to change.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Jeimmy Suarez-Martinez
• Email : Jeimmy.Suarez-Martinez@fss.scot

Recruitment team

• Email : scottishgovernmentrecruitment@gov.scot