Agricultural Officer - The Scottish Government, Dumfries

Responsibilities:

• Conducting site verification of land use and area to meet regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring the accuracy of claims, including capital items purchased to meet regulatory requirements.
• Inspecting for livestock traceability, to meet regulatory requirements.
• Conducting plant health inspections to meet regulatory requirements.
• Encourage engagement and communicate with land managers about the importance of addressing climate and biodiversity crises and influencing a positive behaviour change to achieve net zero and biodiversity targets along with sustainable food production.
• Engagement with customers to enable them to understand changes to support of Scottish agriculture.

The Company:

The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.
We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.
As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

The Candidate:

Qualifications

• Valid driving licence which enables you to drive in the UK. Please confirm in your CV or Personal Statement that you hold this qualification.

Success profile

• Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.
  • Technical / Professional Skills: Delivery and decision making at speed - Working You can find out more about the skills required Here
  • Experience: Previous practical experience of working within UK agricultural or rural sector and the ability to demonstrate an understanding of the wider farming practices in Scotland. Demonstrate a knowledge of the schemes and support that RPID have available to help the farming sector, including those which assist the Scottish Government meet its Net Zero target.
  • Behaviours: Communicating and influencing – Level 2 Working together - Level 2

You can find out more about Success Profiles here: Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot

How to apply

Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. Assessments are scheduled for w/c 10 November 2025 however this may be subject to change.

For more information about this vacancy contact: michael.slaney@gov.scot