Logistics Assistant (Food Safety and Quality)
Country Afghanistan Province Herat,
Categories Supply Chain, Type Full Time
Post Date 2024-02-20 Close Date 2024-03-03
Vacancy No 831191 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration 12 Months
Education Completion of secondary school education. Experience At least 5 years of progressive relevant work experience out of which at least 2 years in food safety and food quality.
Organization Opportunities for you Salary Competitive Remuneration Package

About Company

About United Nations World Food Programme: WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability. ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE

To deliver FSQ-related support to the Area Office/Country Office supply chain and program team.

 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  1. Implement and monitor application of protocols to ensure that food quality and safety principles are followed across the supply chain.
  2. Visit producers/traders contracted by WFP to oversee the production operation ensuring compliance with WFP requirements.
  3. Perform WHS (Warehouse) inspection to potential vendor as part of their technical assessment before inclusion in WFP roster.
  4. Conduct regular warehouse inspection in WFP facilities making sure that commodity management principles are followed.
  5. Conduct unannounced visits to suppliers production sites to verify the inspection activities of inspection company as per daily inspection reports/checklists.
  6. Visit FDPs/CPs (Final Delivery Point/Cooperating Partner) making sure that indoor food management/handling processes follow WFP Expectations/standards.
  7. Act as focal point for food incident management support in case of any query or support needed from SC (Supply Chain) or programme unit.
  8. Consolidate technical recommendations reports and follow up with supplier to implement these improvements within set time frame.
  9. Provide a set of standard business support activities, where required, to contribute to the effective functioning of business operations. 

Job Requirement

Education:  

  • Completion of secondary school education.

Higher education in lieu of work experience

Relevant, completed university degrees may be considered in lieu of experience with the following conversions: 

  • Completed Master’s degree: Equal to 1 year of work experience.
  • Completed Bachelor’s degree: Equal to 2 year’s work experience.
  • For female applicants, 1 or 2 years’ experience may be granted for partly completed studies prior to 2022. 

Experience:

  • At least 5 years of progressive relevant work experience out of which at least 2 years in food safety and food quality.

     

    Desired Experiences:

     

    • Experience in analysing Food safety and food quality technical inputs (Assessment, Audit reports) 
    • Experience in drafting technical reports following assessment/audits. 
    • Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs. 
    • Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.  

    Knowledge and Skills:

    • Prior knowledge in food processing/production particularly milling.
    • Prior knowledge in HACCP/GMP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points/Good Manufacturing Practices) implementation in food processing units.
    • Basic knowledge in ISO 22000 requirements/GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) requirements. 

    Language:

    • Fluency (level C) in English, Dari and Pashto.

    Submission Guideline

    This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

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