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At Unilever, we are committed to developing safe and sustainable products for our consumers. As a Human Safety Scientist within our Safety, Environmental & Regulatory Sciences (SERS) team, you will provide scientific expertise to help assure the safety of Unilever ingredients for both consumers and the workers who make our products. You will be part of a supportive team of safety scientists, where you will continue to develop your own expertise while contributing to the development of others through informal mentoring, knowledge sharing, and collaborative problem-solving. You will work within multidisciplinary teams, including biologists, bioinformaticians, computational chemists, and mathematical modellers, to apply novel and mechanistic approaches to exposure and safety assessment. You will play a key role in bringing robust, cutting-edge science into our safety assessments, ensuring they meet both current and future business needs.
Job Responsibility:
Assess human safety risks associated with ingredients with an emphasis on applying novel (non-animal) approaches
Deliver transparent, well documented, exposure-based risk assessments to enable robust decision-making
Contribute to the evolution of our approach to exposure-driven risk assessment including working with external groups
Build an understanding of the wider issues surrounding the use of ingredients and products
Be part of a team making an impact internally & externally on the way in which safety risk assessments are conducted and communicated
Work closely with other SERS and Unilever scientists, as well as external collaborators, to provide expert scientific advice on new scientific approaches to non-animal safety assessment
Promote the acceptance and adoption of new scientific approaches external to Unilever through interactions with key opinion formers
Requirements:
A degree (BSc, MSc, or equivalent) in Toxicology or a related scientific discipline relevant to assessing the safety of human chemical exposure
Experience of toxicology/consumer safety risk assessment and its application in an industrial context (FMCG, healthcare setting)
Awareness of novel, non-animal approaches to safety assessment and their potential application for decision-making
Excellent written & verbal communication skills including ability to convey scientific subject matter in a simple manner
Evidence of a creative, problem-solving mindset
A high level of self-motivation, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively in interdisciplinary teams
Ability to work with scientists from other disciplines as part of multidisciplinary teams
Strong team-working skills, with the ability to contribute effectively both as a leader and as a team member
Nice to have:
Post graduate experience or a higher degree/ qualification (e.g., PhD)
Knowledge/Experience of product safety regulations
Project leadership experience
Understanding of computational approaches applied to consumer safety risk assessment/Toxicology
What we offer:
competitive salary and pension scheme
annual bonus
subsidised gym membership
discounted staff shop
shares
flexible and hybrid working environment
variety of wellbeing support including hubs, programmes and development opportunities