Food Safety and Quality Assurance Officer (Reference 293/2013)

Advertiser: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Location: Pretoria

Directorate: Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Salary: R170 799 per annum

Requirements:
Applicants must be in possession of a National diploma or Bachelor’s degree with Plant Production, Agronomy and/or Plant Protection as a major subject(s) or a National diploma/degree in Food Technology and/or Food Science (you are required to furnish a credit certificate and/or statement of results). Knowledge of and experience in the field of quality and food safety management systems which encompass good agricultural practice/post-harvest treatment/Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)/handling of grains, vegetables, fruits, animal and processed products. Address meetings and gatherings with related industries. Good communication (verbal and written) skills. Computer skills in MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access) and the ability to work independently and effectively under pressure and supervision. Prepared to travel. A valid driver’s licence or must be obtained within a period of six months of appointment.

Duties:
The incumbent will be responsible to draft, develop, amend, administer and interpret as well as implement subordinate legislations related to grains, vegetables, fruits, animals and/or processed products as promulgated under the Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act 119 of 1990). Communicate and advise stakeholders and the farming community with regards to the implementation and compliance with quality and food safety and standards pertaining to grain, vegetables, fruits, animal and/or processed products. Liaise Nationally and Internationally in order to develop norms and standards for grain, vegetables, animals and/or processed products that are informed and up to date.

Enquiries: Mr M. Mosome, tel. 012 319 6334

It is the Department’s intention to promote equity through the filling of posts, according to the set Employment Equity targets. To facilitate this process successfully, an indication of race, gender and disability status is required.

Applications:
Applications may be posted to URS Response Handling, P O Box 11506, Tierpoort, 0056 or submitted electronically via email: daff@ursonline.co.za or via fax: 086 654 1824 or online: www.ursonline.co.za or deposited in the URS Response Handling boxes at any one of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ offices indicated below. Enquiries: URS Response Handling, tel. 012 811 1900
Pretoria: Reception, Agriculture Place, 20 Steve Biko Street (formerly Beatrix Street), Arcadia, Pretoria, Gauteng.
Cape Town: Reception (Ground Floor), Foretrust Building, 3 Martin Hammerschlag Way, Foreshore, Cape Town, Western Cape.
Stellenbosch: Reception (Support Building), Quarantine Station, Polkadraai Road, Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
Pietermaritzburg: Reception (5th Floor), Old Mutual Building, 185 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
King William’s Town: Reception (Ground Floor), Old SABC Building, 2 Hargreaves Avenue, King William’s Town, Eastern Cape.
Nelspruit: Reception (2nd Floor), 27 Brown Street, (Building), Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.
Makhado: Reception (Ground Floor), Magistrates Building, 103 Landros street, Makhado, Limpopo
Mthatha: Reception (3rd Floor), PRD Building, 2 Sutherland Street, Mthatha, Eastern Cape

Note:
Applications must be submitted on a Z83 form (click to download pdf form), obtainable from any Public Service department which must be signed (an unsigned form will disqualify an application) and should be accompanied by a recently updated, comprehensive CV as well as copies of all qualification(s) [Matric certificate must also be attached] and ID-document and Driver’s licence [where applicable]. Non-RSA Citizens / Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of his / her Permanent Residence Permit to his/her application. Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Failure to submit all the requested documents will result in the application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to short listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within three (3) months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record check, citizenship verification, financial/asset record check, qualification/study verification and previous employment verification). Successful candidates will also be subjected to security clearance processes. Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. Successful candidates will be appointed on a probation period of twelve (12) months. The Department reserves the right not to make appointment(s) to the advertised post(s). Applications submitted via email, fax or online must include the post title and reference number in the subject line and a scanned, signed Z83 form (an unsigned Z83 form will disqualify an application) together with all relevant documents as indicated above. Persons with disability are encouraged to apply.

Reference number: 293/2013

Closing date: 30 August 2013