Vacancy title:
Laboratory Specialist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, May 16 2025

Duty Station:
Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 6 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Program Description

CNFA is currently seeking applications from qualified candidates for the position of Laboratory Specialist to support a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) program in Rwanda, dubbed Haranira Ubuziranenge. Haranira Ubuziranenge, which translates to “ensuring or striving for safety” in Kinyarwanda, aims to strengthen the capacities of public and private stakeholders in Rwanda to develop, enforce, and adopt international science-based food safety standards. To achieve this goal, the Project will implement interventions across three key components: 1) Strengthening Food Safety Frameworks and Government Institutions; 2) Enhanced Laboratory Technical Capacity in Testing, Inspection, and Certification; and 3) Increased Food Safety Awareness and Capacity Building of Producers.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Food Safety Director, the Laboratory Specialist will coordinate and support implementation of the laboratory capacity building initiative, to ensure the planned activities are executed in an efficient and timely manner. This position is based in Kigali.

The Key Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Facilitating Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) to develop the capacity building action plan
• Facilitating AOAC to conduct the gap assessment for food testing laboratories assessing capabilities, standards, and performance in line with good laboratory practices (GLP)
• Facilitating RSB and AOAC to conduct the Laboratory Performance Benchmarking Program (LPBP) and the Laboratory Proficiency Testing (PT) Program
• Facilitating RSB and the AOAC Consultant to implement the Laboratory training and coaching activities, including tailored training programs informed by the gap assessment
• Organizing the food safety capacity building initiatives for SMEs
• Carrying out any other duties as assigned by CNFA

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, or other relevant field, with five (5) years relevant work experience or Advanced Degree Food Science, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, or other relevant field, with at least one (1) year relevant work experience.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Oral and written fluency in English is required, fluency in Kinyarwanda is preferred, French is an asset.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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