The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs). In COs job holders report to the Deputy Country Director or the designate, in RBs job holders report to the Regional Procurement Officer or Nutritionist, and in HQ job holders report to the Division Director or the designate. Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, may provide technical support to specific food processing initiatives, and are involved in day–to-day activities and analytical work.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Develop, implement and monitor procedures, standards and tools aimed at meeting WFP’s food quality goals, and mitigate risks associated with food quality and safety issues;
- Ensure that food commodities procured by WFP for the Kenya CO, GCMF and other WFO Operations in Kenya meets standards set by both WFP and Kenyan regulatory authorities for cargo to be in transit and to be distributed in Kenya Operations;
- WFP managed warehouses and third-party storage facilities to establish current status and work towards implementing best practices in food safety and quality
- Capacity building of the milling facilities supported by WFP and any other suppliers to WFP in establishing a robust Food Safety and Quality Management System in meeting WFP objective of delivering safe, quality and nutritious foods to its beneficiaries.
- Facilitate linkages between relevant government agencies, private sector, and International agencies in the country that promote and build awareness on Food Safety and Quality
- Support Country Office on the food technology aspects of food assistance programs, ensuring compliance with WFP food quality and safety regulations;
- Review program monitoring data and provide assistance to Country Office on routine data to inform and modify program design
- Establish risk based control measures to combat and reduce food commodity losses and, food quality and safety incidents.
- Support the capacity building of national and county government agencies dealing with FSQ matters
- Collate and analyze data that will contribute to the preparation of reports relating to food quality and safety, to inform risk management and mitigation plans
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
- Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
- Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
- Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
- Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
People
- Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
- Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
- Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
- Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance
- Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
- Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
- Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
- Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
Partnership
- Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
- Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
- Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
- Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree in food science and technology or related disciplines
- At least 7 years’ experience in food quality assurance in managerial/supervisory role, with progressively increasing responsibilities in the field of food fortification and food technology
- Hands on experience in Quality and Food Safety Management systems implementation and systems audit.
- Experience in Laboratory operations including training on test methods, grain grading, Quality and Food Safety management systems, Food handling best practices
- Strong analytical, networking, and coordination skills with excellent written and oral communication.
- Ability to negotiate with a variety of actors from the government, private sector and other international agencies
- Experience in coaching and mentoring junior staff.
- Leadership, ability to work within and lead a team, strong drive for results, cultural sensitivity
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
| Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
| Food Quality Management | Provides guidance to team on the appropriate handling, storage, and preservation of food types to optimize use of resources. |
| Research & Development | Coordinates research on food properties and local needs using awareness of available resources (e.g., literature and research on public health). |
| Commodity Knowledge | Demonstrates thorough knowledge of food safety and quality and product optimization concepts and principles to implement protocols and tools to relating to food technology issues. |
| Incidence & Risk Communication Management | Demonstrates understanding of when to handle minor risks and/or escalate larger issues to appropriate authorities. |
| Ethics & Compliance | Demonstrates ability to collect, collate and report records relating to ethics and compliance to assist in the analysis of audit findings. |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications ONLY.
Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply.
WFP does not charge fees at any stage during the recruitment process.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
The deadline for receiving applications is 26 November 2019.
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