Food Technologist NOB, Regional Bureau in Cairo

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB TITLE:	Food Technologist
TYPE & LEVEL OF CONTRACT:	National Officer (NOB)
UNIT/DIVISION:	Supply Chain
DUTY STATION (City, Country):	Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC), Egypt
REPORT TO:	Food Safety and Quality Assurance Officer
DURATION OF CONTRACT:	1 Year (renewal)

Note: Only Egyptian nationals/citizens are eligible to apply. This vacancy will also be used to build a roster of prequalified candidate at same/lower grades in WFP Regional Bureau Cairo.

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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.

WFP’s Regional Bureau for the Middle East and Northern Africa (RBC), based in Cairo, Egypt, provides strategic guidance, policy/technical support and direction to WFP operations and activities in 16 countries: Algeria, Armenia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, State of Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and Yemen. These country offices aim to assist roughly one-third of all of WFP’s beneficiaries (approx. 30 million) in some of the most critical humanitarian emergencies of our time. RBC is also active in the ‘Changing Lives’ side of WFP’s mandate, helping national governments and local communities improve nutrition, livelihoods, school feeding, social protection, climate and disaster risk reduction and other programmes that build resilience and support development.

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JOB PURPOSE

The current state of humanitarian response in the Regional Bureau for the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe (RBC) is characterized by increasingly complex and protracted conflict-driven crisis involving a multiplicity of challenges related to food safety and quality. As a result, WFP is working to increase the presence of a Regional Food Safety and Quality Assurance, following a risk-based approach, including direct support on to Country Offices.

The Regional Bureau Cairo (RBC) is therefore seeking a Food Technologist to support Supply Chain activities with responsibilities and expected qualifications described below. This profile will work to support FSQ activities assuring that they are embedded in all WFP’s assistance modalities and processes in the Region, in a particularly challenging operational context.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Operations:

• Implement and monitor established protocols and tools relating to food technology issues and food safety and quality, ensuring alignment with global and regional WFP supply chain strategy, policies and plans.
• Provide operational and technical support on upstream food safety and quality activities, including approval and monitoring of suppliers, management of audits in the region, testing and Q&Q Inspection.
• Provide technical and operational support on developing and updating food specifications specific for the region and countries, that are aligned with global and local food standards.
• Provide operational and technical support on downstream food safety and quality activities, including advice on procedures for mitigating and documenting food quality and safety issues during food transit and storage in warehouses. This includes, but it’s not limited to Good Distribution Practices, pest control, fumigation, and traceability.
• Implement and monitor established protocols and tools in RBC that enable rapid response to situations with food safety and quality concerns, include Food Incident Management (FIM) protocols.
• Provide technical guidance and input to RBC and country offices in the design and implementation of medium scale and/or relatively straight forward food assistance programmes, ensuring compliance with WFP food and safety and quality guidelines.
• Build relationships and collaborate with counterparts in key supply chain functions to establish standard operation procedures, protocols and tools that maintain, monitor, and verify food safety and quality along the WFP supply chain.
• Keep current on emerging developments and cutting-edge research on the areas of food safety and quality and/or food product optimization to leverage the opportunities to incorporate industry best practices.
• Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.

Reporting:

• Prepare accurate and timely reports that inform food risk assessment and management and contribute to a WFP wide view of food technology activities, enabling informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.

Institutional Capacity Strengthening:

• Develop and deliver training modules to WFP staff and external stakeholders on the key areas of food technology, such as quality control, food processing, loss prevention and mitigation, food incident management (FIM) to build local capacity in the processing and/or production of specialized nutritious foods.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Advanced university degree in Food Technology, Health Sciences, Food Control, Nutrition or other related field, or First University degree with an additional years of related work experience and/or training courses.

Work Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience working with counterparts in Supply Chain function and experience monitoring and assessing food safety and quality issues is required
• Experience building strong external relationships is required.
• Experience on capacity strengthening/training is required.
• Experience in emergency response capacity and on developing food assistance programmes is desirable.

Competencies:

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan in line with operational requirements.
• Ability to guide team on the principles of matching food types with local needs and capabilities across the supply chain (e.g., storage capacity) to optimize impact of WFP resources.
• Knowledge of food product optimization, food fortification and broad knowledge of food regulations, best practices, techniques, and processes to provide technical guidance to country offices in design of food assistance programmes.
• Ability to educate unit/region on the appropriate procedures for handling and communicating risks as they emerge in a timely and safe manner.
• Willingness to work in challenging environments / field locations. Use of MS Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint and data collecting and management tools.

Languages:

Fluency (level C) in English and Arabic languages both spoken and written.

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.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline to apply for this position is Wednesday, 1 January 2023 (11:59 PM Cairo Time).

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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