Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Assessor (Inspections)


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£47,557 to £47,557 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	KT15 3LS
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	2 Nov 2026

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Summary

About the VMD

The VMD is the regulatory and policy lead responsible for issues concerning the authorisation, use, and manufacture of veterinary medicines in the UK.  

Our aim is to protect public health, animal health, and the environment, and promote animal welfare by assuring the safety, quality and effectiveness of veterinary medicines. 

Find out more at: About us - Veterinary Medicines Directorate - GOV.UK 

About the Job

This exciting and interesting role puts you at the heart of UK veterinary medicine post-authorisation pharmacovigilance activities. The Pharmacovigilance team safeguards health through the detection and assessment of safety signals, regular benefit-risk reviews of veterinary medicinal products (VMPs), inspection of Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs), evidence-based regulatory decision making and effective communication with stakeholders.

You will be a pharmacovigilance assessor within the Authorisations Division contributing to each of these areas but with a focus on supporting inspections of MAHs. Your work will ensure that VMPs remain safe and effective for use in the UK and will significantly contribute to the VMD meeting its published standards.

Your main duties will be to:

Support the lead inspector during routine and targeted inspections of MAH pharmacovigilance systems and provide veterinary pharmacovigilance assessment expertise in key areas.
Assess adverse event reports, periodic reports, variations and rapid alerts for authorised veterinary medicines and assist in assessment applications for new marketing authorisations.
Perform signal detection, evaluation and benefit-risk assessment for veterinary medicines and propose appropriate regulatory action where needed.
Peer-review assessments and other communications prepared by other assessors or compliance officers within the team.
Provide regulatory and scientific technical advice to internal and external stakeholders.
Respond to internal and external enquiries and contribute to Gov.uk publications.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of the team's quality management system.
Maintain awareness of current developments, legislation and guidance affecting veterinary medicines within National and International context.
Collaborate with other teams within the Authorisations Division to achieve the Division's overall objectives.
Contribute to wider VMD initiatives, such as training and education, publicity programmes, R&D programme.
Act corporately - meeting, role-modelling, embedding, and championing the corporate objectives set by the VMD.
Comply with ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 27001 (information security) standards, and GDPR and Information Management requirements.

You may also be asked to:

Manage and develop other assessors in the team and build capability through provision of relevant training and mentoring.
Represent the work of the pharmacovigilance team and the VMD in national and international committees.
Participate in external stakeholder and international regulatory collaborative meetings.
Collaborate in the continuous improvement and review of the pharmacovigilance IT system.

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