Food Safety and Quality Assistant

Job Description

Title: Food Safety and Quality Assistant

Company Name: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Vacancy: 1

Location: Cox's Bazar

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):Development Agency

Published: 22 Jan 2025

Education:
∎ Completion of University Degree (Bachelors) in Food Technology, Health Sciences, Food Control, Nutrition or any relevant subject.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of work experience in Food Technology, Food Assistance Programs or any related experience.
∎ Fluency in spoken and written both in English and Bangla language.
∎ At least 5 years of work experience in Food Technology, Food Assistance Programs or any related experience.
∎ Fluency in spoken and written both in English and Bangla language.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Collate and analyse data and contribute to the preparation of reports relating to food quality and safety, to inform risk management and mitigation and contribute to a WFP wide view of food technology activities.
∎ Prepare evidenced based recommendations for senior staff on control measures to combat and reduce food commodity losses and food quality and safety issues.
∎ Prepare evidenced based recommendations for senior staff on tools to enable rapid response to situations with food safety concerns.
∎ In the event of food safety incidents, support investigation exercises to enable lessons learned to be documented and shared, to reduce re-occurrence of the incident.
∎ Support project teams on the food technology aspects of food assistance programs, ensuring compliance with WFP food and safety regulations.
∎ Contribute towards the development and/or implementation of protocols and tools relating to food technology issues, ensuring alignment with WFP procurement and supply chain strategy, policies and plans.
∎ Support the capacity building of WFP staff and partners for efficient and effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries (e.g. through the design and review of training materials and partner warehouse management).
∎ Identify and build productive relationships with supply chain colleagues and staff within the area of assignment to support an integrated approach to food assistance.
∎ Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
∎ Follow emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP are able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
∎ Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
∎ Other as required.
∎ To collect, analyse and report on information as a basis for maximizing the efficiency of food technology activities and enhancing food risk assessment
∎ and management in Cox’s Bazar operations.
∎ KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
∎ Collate and analyse data and contribute to the preparation of reports relating to food quality and safety, to inform risk management and mitigation and contribute to a WFP wide view of food technology activities.
∎ Prepare evidenced based recommendations for senior staff on control measures to combat and reduce food commodity losses and food quality and safety issues.
∎ Prepare evidenced based recommendations for senior staff on tools to enable rapid response to situations with food safety concerns.
∎ In the event of food safety incidents, support investigation exercises to enable lessons learned to be documented and shared, to reduce re-occurrence of the incident.
∎ Support project teams on the food technology aspects of food assistance programs, ensuring compliance with WFP food and safety regulations.
∎ Contribute towards the development and/or implementation of protocols and tools relating to food technology issues, ensuring alignment with WFP procurement and supply chain strategy, policies and plans.
∎ Support the capacity building of WFP staff and partners for efficient and effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries (e.g. through the design and review of training materials and partner warehouse management).
∎ Identify and build productive relationships with supply chain colleagues and staff within the area of assignment to support an integrated approach to food assistance.
∎ Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
∎ Follow emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP are able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
∎ Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
∎ Other as required.
∎ Type of contract: Service Contract
∎ Duration: 12 months

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

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Company Information:
∎ United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
∎ UN Offices, IDB Bhaban, E/8-A, Rokeya Sharani, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, GPO Box 2488, Dhaka-1000

Address::
∎ UN Offices, IDB Bhaban, E/8-A, Rokeya Sharani, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, GPO Box 2488, Dhaka-1000

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Application Deadline: 4 Feb 2025

Category: NGO/Development