JOB PURPOSE

To provide technical backstop support to Sanitary and Phytosanitary, Technical Barriers to Trade (SPS/TBT) issues that arise during implementation of the COMESA Free Trade Area to ensure that risk based, harmonized SPS measures and technical standards are implemented to facilitate safe regional and international trade. Through the SPS/TBT programme, COMESA aims to enhance the SPS/TBT capacity of the public and private sectors of member states in order to gain and maintain regional and international market access for food, agricultural and manufactured products.

C. MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

i. Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Food Science/Technology; Agricultural Sciences; Veterinary Sciences; Plant Health/Crop Sciences; Quality Management; Engineering; and Physical/Chemical/Biological Sciences.

ii. A Post Graduate qualification in any of the above fields will be an added advantage.