Food Safety and Quality Assurance Expert (SSA, L10)–National School Meals Programme

Overview

Provide specialist advice, analytics and contributions to integrated supply chain operations for the design of an effective and integrated supply chain approach to inform the transition from snack-based school feeding to a national hot/fresh school meals programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical inputs to national school and infrastructure mapping by identifying food safety risks.
• Analyze food safety and quality implications of different delivery modalities.
• Support the classification of schools and delivery options from a food safety perspective.
• Provide technical guidance on compliance with national food safety regulations and standards.
• Define food safety and quality requirements for procurement and contracting processes.
• Advise on the design of food safety assurance systems across the supply chain.
• Provide food-safety-related inputs to costing and financial models.
• Draft or review food safety and hygiene components of the National School Meals Operational Manual.
• Identify food safety capacity gaps and propose capacity-strengthening measures.
• Assess food safety readiness for phased implementation.
• Develop training materials and deliver Training of Trainers (ToT) sessions.
• Contribute to the development of a risk management note.
• Provide technical backstopping during the launch of the pilot phase.

Required Experience

At least 8–10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in food safety system design, implementation, and quality assurance, including a minimum of 5 years in senior technical, advisory, or food safety management roles within large-scale catering, institutional feeding, hospitality, airline catering, industrial catering, school feeding programmes, or comparable food service operations. Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and implementing food safety management systems for large-scale catering operations. Proven experience managing or advising on high-risk food safety environments. Demonstrated experience providing senior-level technical advice to government counterparts, regulatory authorities and/or international organizations. Experience working with the Egyptian food safety regulatory environment, including engagement with the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) and food service regulatory requirements, is strongly preferred. Prior experience working with UN agencies, governments or large public-sector programmes is strongly desirable.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree in Food Science, Food Safety, Nutrition, Supply Chain Management, Public Health, or a related field. A first-level degree with additional relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.

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