Improvement of food safety control system in Ukraine (CIB Programme for Ukraine)

Qualifications and skills

•     Degree in veterinary public health or public health or similar;
•     Postgraduate qualification in quality assurance and/or food safety management and/or auditing would be an asset, e.g. IS022000, IS09000, HACCP;
•     Experience of co-operalion at highest levels of government;
•     Fluency in written and spoken English;
•     Working knowledge of Ukrainian and/or Russian language would be an asset.

General professional experience

•     At least 15 years of general professional experience;
•     3 years of consulting experience in one or more candidate countries and/or potential candidate countries and/or countries that now are part of the European Neighbourhood or Eastern Partnership will be an advantage;

Specific professional experience

•     At least 7 years of professional experience in a high-level position within the field of State controls "from farm to fork" in the State food safety service of an EU Member State;
•     At least 5 year experience of leading a multidisciplinary food safety team in an EU-funded technical assistance project with similar objectives and for a similar length of time to the project hereunder consideration in a candidate country and/or a potential candidate country and/or a country that is now part of the European Neighbourhood or Eastern Partnership will be im advantage
•     Experience of preparing EU-funded supply contract tender dossiers will be an advantage.