Deadline: 06 January 2023
The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of in Food Safety and Quality Officer in Nairobi, Kenya. The duration of this post is 6 months.
World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Food Safety and Quality Officer will perform the following functions:
- Mapping of Aflatoxin Innovations
- Map out the technological innovations on aflatoxins control and management in the region, their status, successes, lessons learnt, challenges and potential for scale up.
- Support the publishing of a report for wider dissemination, to bring understanding of existing innovations that could help reduce the impact of high aflatoxin levels
- Implementation of Aflatoxin Control innovations
- Work with RBN countries to identify and select strategic approaches that will build their capacity to tackle aflatoxin challenges.
- Support RBN countries to assess the piloted innovations and report on successes, challenges, lessons learned and recommendations for scaling, adaptation and/or termination
- Information Sharing and Awareness
- Provide support in organizing Aflatoxin Regional Learning Workshops to share knowledge across the region on experiences and lessons learnt from successful and failed aflatoxin interventions.
- Closely work with Communications and Knowledge Management Units to develop and deploy tools and other materials to assist with implementation of aflatoxins control and management interventions.
- Create strategic partnerships to share knowledge widely, influence, build capacity and advocate for policies to promote aflatoxins risk mitigation.
- Implementation of Regional aflatoxins control and management strategy
- Support the COs to implement the regional aflatoxins control and management strategy through Country Implementation Plans.
- Align the RBN projects and programs- Home grown school feeding program (HGSF), Small and Medium Scale (SAMS) etc with the regional aflatoxins control and management strategy.
- Work with Partnerships and Program Units to develop fundraising proposals to support the roll out of Aflatoxin Control interventions in RBN countries.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant must have:
- Advanced University degree in Agriculture Management, Development Studies, Project Planning and Management or related fields, or A First University degree with additional relevant years of work experience in Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Value Chain/ Market Development or related fields.
- Additional professional courses in related fields are also a plus.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant postgraduate/professional experience
- At least 10 years of of meaningful and progressive work experience in food trade business, regional bodies in the grain value chain, Agribusiness, and/or value chain/ market development.
- Experience working in the EAC region and/or a multicultural and fast-paced environment is an added value.
- Good strategic understanding of Food Systems and Food Value Chains in the region.
- Good understanding and expertise in aflatoxins control as a food safety risk, regional interventions and opportunities.
- Excellent project management and analytical skills.
- Strong network of relevant contacts (regional bodies working on related initiatives within the grain value chain, private sector, academia, government authorities etc.).
- Excellent communication and engagement skills (ability to understand and be understood, diplomatic skills, writing skills).
- Strong interpersonal and coordination skills, ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds externally and internally.
- Capacity to act upon problems (intellectual / problem solving and judgement skills).
- Ability to pro-actively prioritize, plan, organize, coordinate, monitor, excellently report and follow up.
- Ability to organize work and deliver results with minimal supervision, under time pressure and with strict deadlines.
- Understanding of WFP operations in the region is an advantage.
- Fluency (level C) in English language.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit applications through online process.
For more information, visit WFP.
