Job responsibilities
Development and maintenance of national standards in the area of agricultural products
1. Carry out standards need assessment for identification of priority standards to be developed
2. Map the priority topics with already existing relevant international, regional, or other national or foreign standards 3. Prepare yearly standardization work programs
4. Prepare preliminary draft standards
5. Convene and conduct Working Group, Subcommittees, and Technical committee meetings and act as secretary to the Committees
6. Prepare Committee drafts, Rwanda Draft Standards, and Final Draft Rwanda standards 7. Participate in regional/ international standardization activities related to Agriculture and Agriculture products
8. Propose and providing working draft for regional/international technical committee consideration as new work items
9. Consider and approve proposals from member States as new items
10. Convene and conduct National Consultation meetings or Mirror Committee meetings and act as secretary to the committees
11. Represent RSB in Regional/international technical committee meetings (ISO, CODEX Alimentalius, ARSO, COMESA, EAC, etc.) and represent Rwandan interests Act as Secretary of the regional/international technical committee for which Rwanda hosts the secretariat
Conduct training, standards awareness, and certification audits
1. Prepare training materials
2. Conduct training, seminars, and workshops for Stakeholders 3. Conduct certification audits and assessments of companies to determine standards compliance level
Minimum qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology
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2. Bachelor’s Degree in Food Sciences
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3. Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Sciences
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Required competencies and key technical skills
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1. Integrity
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2. Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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3. Inclusiveness
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4. Accountability
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5. Communication
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6. Teamwork
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7.Client/citizen focus
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8. Professionalism
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9. Commitment to continuous learning
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10. Resource management skills
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11. Analytical skills
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12. Problem solving skills
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13. Decision making skills
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14. Time management skills
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15. Risk management skills
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16. Results oriented
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17. Digital literacy skills
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18. Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
