Job Title: Quality Assurance Officer (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: BRAC Social Enterprises (BSE) Uganda Limited
Duty Station: Nakaseke, Uganda
About Organisation:
BRAC Social Enterprises (BSE) Uganda Limited was established in 2010 as a not-for-profit venture to produce and distribute quality seeds, planting and stock material to vulnerable communities. BSE operates under BRAC International Enterprises B.V., a fully-owned subsidiary of Stichting BRAC International. BRAC International Enterprises B.V. (BIEBV) is a socially responsible for-profit organization dedicated to scaling impactful and sustainable social enterprises that contribute to the organization’s social mission while generating profits that further support scale and impact. In 2014, BSE transitioned to a fully-fledged commercial enterprise and expanded its services to field crop seeds research and certified seed processing, packaging, sales, marketing and distribution. In support of its social objective to improve employment opportunities, promote good agronomic behaviors and increase income among vulnerable communities, BSE works with smallholder farmers as contract growers (about 45% are women and youth) to produce and multiply quality seeds.
Job Summary: As a Quality Assurance Officer for our Seed Farm in Nakasake, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the high-quality standards of our seed and plant materials. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in quality assurance, seed production, with a focus on maintaining the highest standards of product quality.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Quality Control: Implement and monitor quality control measures to ensure that all seeds produced meet industry standards and customer expectations.
- Crop Inspection: Regularly inspect crops for signs of disease, pest infestations, and other quality-related factors, and take appropriate action.
- Sampling and Testing: Collect samples from seed lots for germination and purity testing, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Environmental Compliance: Ensure that farming operations in the seed farm comply with relevant environmental regulations, health and safety standards, and industry best practices.
- Training: Train farm and lab staff on quality control and assurance procedures to maintain high-quality standards.
- Documentation: Prepare quality assurance reports, summarising findings, test results, and compliance with quality standards.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for improvement and work with teams to develop and implement quality enhancement strategies.
- Safeguarding:
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the enterprise’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
- Establish a safeguarding culture across all levels of the enterprise by implementing BRAC International’s Safeguarding Policy, in collaboration with BRAC International’s Gender and Safeguarding team.
- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A qualifying candidate for this position should have Bachelor’s degree of Agriculture, Biology, Plant Science, or a related field,
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in quality assurance and quality control, with a focus on seed production,
- Strong knowledge of seed production, and quality control practices,
- Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills,
- Proficiency in using quality control tools and templates,
- Knowledge of relevant agricultural and environmental regulations and best practices,
- Ability to work effectively in the seed farm,
- A strong foundational understanding of agricultural sciences, including crop biology, seed production, pest and disease management, and soil science,
- In-depth knowledge of seed quality standards and quality assurance processes (sampling, testing, and documentation), industry best practices, relevant agricultural and environmental regulations, and certifications in Uganda.
- Persons with disabilities and women are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their application, CV and academic documents as one document addressed to the Head Human Resource of BRAC Uganda on bimcf.uganda@brac.net
The subject must be the name of the position applied for strictly when submitting. Only complete applications will be accepted, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 3rd January 2025.
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