Overview
This role focuses on strengthening food safety systems, food control frameworks, surveillance mechanisms, and emergency preparedness in Pacific Island countries through a One Health approach. It involves supporting assessments, capacity building, and the development of food safety and nutrition initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess and strengthen sub-regional and national food control systems, surveillance, and regulatory frameworks, and prepare technical reports.
- Deliver training, capacity-building workshops, study tours, and provide laboratory strengthening guidance.
- Support MACG establishment and develop the National Food Safety Emergency Response Plan (NFSER).
- Provide technical guidance on emergency preparedness, risk classification, and One Health initiatives.
- Support the development and review of food safety legislation, standards, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
- Facilitate multi-sectoral coordination among public health, agriculture, livestock, environment, quarantine, and border control authorities.
- Support hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk communication related to food safety hazards.
- Provide technical support for the design and implementation of foodborne disease surveillance, data collection, analysis, and reporting systems.
- Contribute to the development of inspection, audit, and compliance monitoring tools.
- Support the preparation of technical briefs, policy notes, and recommendations.
- Plan project activities, procurement and staffing over a project timeframe.
- Facilitate and support all aspects of the project implementation.
- Ensure the preparation, monitoring and updating of workplans.
- Ensure that relevant data is collected for effective monitoring against a performance measurement framework.
- Develop Terms of Reference and Letters of Agreement for project affiliate personnel and service providers.
- Participate in interview panels for the recruitment of affiliate personnel.
- Liaise, and maintain positive working relations with stakeholders.
- Develop a Project Task Force (PTF) and liaise with, provide reports to and receive guidance from the PTF.
- Identify, mitigate and manage potential risks, report and escalate issues when necessary.
- Monitor the progress and quality of deliverables from contracted experts.
- Draft concept notes, project proposals, and funding applications.
- Complete the food safety relevant tasks assigned
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in food safety, nutrition, food systems, food science, or public health.
- Familiarity with the Asian and Pacific context.
- Established relationships with relevant institutions in one or more of the project countries / region.
- Proven experience of managing a global team of researchers and / or consultants.
Qualifications
- Advanced University degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in Food Safety, Food Science, Nutrition, Public Health, Agriculture, or related field.
- Consultants with bachelor's degree need two additional years of relevant professional experience.
