Ethiopia: Food Technologist

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking to fill the position of Food Technologist at the P2 level, based in our Country Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Deputy Country Director of Ethiopia and with a functional reporting line to the Head of Food Quality based in Headquarters (Rome, Italy), the Food Technologist will be responsible for the following key duties:

 Keep abreast of latest food technology issues and development of new food

products;

 Establish relationships with key institutions and organizations working in the area

of food safety and quality;

 Support the development and implementation of an integrated Food Safety and

Quality Management System across all operations;

 Provide technical advice and guidance to WFP management on food processing and

means to optimize existing products used for humanitarian purposes;

 Support the food safety and quality management software that supports the

defined business process that ensure food safety and quality;

 Audit suppliers and develop corrective action / preventive action plans on

implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical

Control Point (HACCP);

 Participate in the technical review of services provided by external contractors and

ensure that their performance can be tracked by the food safety and quality

management software;

 Establish and maintain collaboration with laboratories in order to improve test

methods for analysis of humanitarian food aid commodities, such as premix,

biscuits, and fortified blended foods;

 Assess the feasibility of local production of humanitarian foods and determine

whether a realistic business model exist that would provide a sound basis for

proceeding for industrial investments;

 Collate and analyse data related to food quality and safety, and formulate control measures to

reduce commodity losses and food quality and safety issues;

 Support the implementation of the food incident management system and

participate in the response of food incidents;

 Contribute to the preparation of reports related to food quality and safety issues;

 Develop training tools on food technology issues, food quality control, loss

prevention and mitigation, and provide training to WFP staff, local authorities,

stakeholders and food processors;

 Perform other duties as required.

Application Procedures:

Go to: http://i-recruitment.wfp.org/vacancies/15-0018100

Step 1: Register and create your online CV.

Step 2: Click on “Description” to read the position requirements and “Apply” to submit

your application.

NOTE: You must complete Step 1 and 2 in order for your application to be considered for

this vacancy.

Deadline for applications: 14 September 2015