# Director of Science — Safefood

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- **Company:** Safefood
- **Location:** Cork
- **Work setup:** On-site
- **Region:** 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- **Category:** Nutritionist
- **Employment:** Full-time
- **Seniority:** Director
- **Registration:** None / unspecified
- **Education:** Not stated
- **Setting:** Foodservice & catering, Community & public health
- **Salary:** £102.7k/yr
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15
- **Last verified in source feed:** 2026-10-15

## Description

The Director of Science will provide strategic leadership for Safefood’s scientific and evidence functions across food safety, nutrition, public health, emerging food system challenges and other technical disciplines. The Director of Science will lead the development and application of high-quality scientific evidence to inform policy, programmes, communications and public health interventions across the island of Ireland. They will foster collaboration between scientific, policy, communications and operational functions to ensure that Safefood maintains its position as a trusted, evidence…

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