JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Food Quality and Processing Expert (f/m)
Enabel is a Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa, and the Middle East.
Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity.
The EU Action document “Transformational climate-smart and inclusive agriculture in Rwanda”, of which this intervention is a part, has as an Overall Objective ‘to consolidate the sustainable agricultural transformation in Rwanda’ and as specific Objectives: 1) to foster Rwanda’s agricultural transition to socially and environmentally inclusive food systems and 2) to ensure Rwanda’s environmental and climate sustainability.
The ”KWIHAZA – Transformation towards sustainable food systems” intervention contributes directly to Specific Objective 1.
For this intervention, the following overall and specific objectives have been defined:
The overall objective: To contribute to the transition towards socially and environmentally inclusive food systems with the development of the value chains in the aquaculture, fishery, and horticultural sectors.
The specific objective: To increase in a sustainable way the production, per capita consumption, and income generated by fish, aquaculture, and horticulture quality products, with a focus on women and youth
In view of the further development of its activities, Enabel is currently looking for a (f/m) Food Quality and Processing for the intervention “KWIHAZA – Transformation towards sustainable food systems”
Location: Kigali, Rwanda.
Duration of the contract: Open-ended employment contract – local contract according to the Rwandan labor law
Expected starting date: January 2023
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 6: Sector Thematic Expert): From 3.351.622RWF gross salary depending on the number of years of relevant experience.
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the Intervention manager, the Food quality and processing expert will be coordinating and supporting the activities in the field of food processing and quality management, in the horticultural and aquacultural sectors. As such, s/he will support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of food quality and processing-related activities.
He/she will work in close collaboration with and support the relevant public (RAB, NAEB, RICA, RSB..) and private actors.
The Expert will also support the Intervention Manager in coordinating and facilitating capacity-building activities as well as the capitalization process of the project’s interventions, ensuring the documentation of best practices and the effective dissemination of that knowledge with relevant national and regional research institutes.
In line with the expected outputs, he/she will:
- Enhance the capacities of smallholder organizations, active in the targeted value chains, to efficiently improve quality and quantity of produce and access to markets, minimising post-harvest losses and improving profitability
- Support the selection of supported value chains in the horticulture sector;
- Support the organizational scan and the selection of cooperatives and producer groups in aquaculture, fisheries, and horticulture value chains in relation to processing and quality management;
- Contribute to the development and implementation of practical training programmes and the production of training material for horticulture, pond and cage-farming fishing, in relation to post-harvest processing and quality management, in close collaboration with selected partners;
- Support the roll-up of technical capacity strengthening in the field of food quality and processing of cooperatives and producer groups through FFS and extension services, in close collaboration with RAB and specialized partners;
- Support the acquisition of assets in line with processing needs and quality management while developing a strong focus on minimizing post-harvest losses;
The factual elaboration and the implementation of the capacity development plans and the setting up of FFS and extension services will be done through grants with organizations (NGO, private,..) with expertise in the areas if aquaculture and fisheries VC.
- Strengthen SMEs and aspiring young entrepreneurs active at the different levels of the targeted value chains to operate in an inclusive and sustainable way, create decent jobs and contribute to more sustainable food systems
- Provide support SME´s in terms of capacity building in quality managements, standard and certifications;
- Contribute to the development of service provision/business development services in the field of food quality and food processing;
- Contribute to quality development and certification processes to improve access to high-value markets;
- Support the organisation of exchange visits, trade missions for these SME’s.
- Strengthen a conducive environment for inclusive value chains development and sustainable Food Systems
- Analyse the availability of public agro-food infrastructure, and advice on improving quality and management;
- Support the development of standards in collaboration through RSB;
- Contribute to the development of quality assurance and food safety service through RICA;
- Contribute to the communication / the promotion of healthy and sustainable produced local food;
- Support the development of innovation and knowledge generation for sustainable food systems;
Profile:
qualification and experience
- Allowed to work in Rwanda
- Master’s degree in agriculture, biosystem engineering, food-technology, food quality management or related field
- Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience with food processing, food safety, and food quality management, and/or food logistics;
- Experience with multi-actor processes and the monitoring/management of multiple implementing partners;
- Experience working on projects focused on value chain development, particularly in relation to aspects of product flows and distribution will be an asset
- Experience in the horticultural and / or aquaculture sector will be an asset;
- Previous experience and knowledge of international cooperation projects in an asset;
technical skills
- Knowledge of the framework and actors related to food standards, regulations, and certifications
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop collaborative relationships, especially in a multi-component project with multiple implementation partners.
- Excellent analytical and personal communication skills;
- Experience in capacity development and training.
- Knowledge of results-based management (logical framework, monitoring, and evaluation);
- Proficient in Kinyarwanda and English. Working knowledge of French is an asset;
attitude
- Results and customer-oriented
- Mature and team player
- Proactive, engaged, and a self-starter.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with others inside and outside the organization.
- Decisiveness
- Takes Initiative/Spotting Opportunity/Pushing Strategy
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities
Interested?
Applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Job in Rwanda “Appy” button below by “filling out the application form carefully” including a detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter, and a copy of the University degree(s). Past and current service certificates also need to be attached to the application (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Submit the full file no later than 12th December 2022.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment processes.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, November 29th, 2022
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
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