The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) would like to recruit self-motivated and qualified candidates to fill the following position.

Responsibilities or duties

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Quality Assurance and Regulatory Division Manager, the Coffee Quality Assurance and Regulation Specialist will perform the following duties:

• Supporting in establishing and executing NAEB’s coffee quality procedures, guidelines governing coffee export and quality control requirements, Supporting and conducting training programs on coffee safety, phytosanitary and regulatory compliance.
• Assessing the functionality of new and existing equipment for coffee quality analysis and put in place plan for proper maintenance
• Collaborating with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement coffee standards;
• Supporting in investigations and troubleshooting of quality, safety and regulatory issues arising from coffee producers up to the exporters’ gates;
• Compiling and reporting data on coffee quality metrics
• Establishing regulatory tools to facilitate executing standards and regulatory compliance and ensure capacity building of professionals in coffee value chain in Rwanda.

Qualifications or requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Food science and technology, chemistry, Microbiology and chemistry with minimum of five (5) years working experience in food industry, food regulation sector or food quality control sector
• Or
• MSc in Food Science and technology, chemistry, Microbiology and chemistry with minimum of three (3) years working experience in food industry, food regulation sector or food quality control sector
• Knowledge of challenges that affect the quality of coffee from the field up to the cup;
• Having skills in data analysis
• Good communication skills both verbal and writing of Kinyarwanda, English and French;
• Fluent in English and/or French

Experience needed

• Minimum of five (5) years working experience in food industry, food regulation sector or food quality control sector (for Bachelor's degree holders)
• Minimum of three (3) years working experience in food industry, food regulation sector or food quality control sector (for MSc holders)
• Previous work with the coffee value chain will be an added value;

• Team work spirit;

• Supporting in establishing and executing NAEB’s coffee quality procedures, guidelines governing coffee export and quality control requirements, Supporting and conducting training programs on coffee safety, phytosanitary and regulatory compliance.
• Assessing the functionality of new and existing equipment for coffee quality analysis and put in place plan for proper maintenance
• Collaborating with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement coffee standards;
• Supporting in investigations and troubleshooting of quality, safety and regulatory issues arising from coffee producers up to the exporters’ gates;
• Compiling and reporting data on coffee quality metrics
• Establishing regulatory tools to facilitate executing standards and regulatory compliance and ensure capacity building of professionals in coffee value chain in Rwanda.

• Data analysis
• Good communication skills both verbal and writing of Kinyarwanda, English and French
• Team work spirit
• Fluent in English and/or French

• Bachelor’s degree in Food science and technology, chemistry, Microbiology and chemistry
• MSc in Food Science and technology, chemistry, Microbiology and chemistry
• Knowledge of challenges that affect the quality of coffee from the field up to the cup