State Service of Food Safety
TITLE: Deputy Chief of State Service of Food Safety, Strategic
Development
LOCATION: Yerevan, Armenia
JOB DESCRIPTION: Deputy Chief of State Service of Food Safety in
Strategic Development will develop, improve, implement and enforce
national legislative base for sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary
legislation in compliance with EU and international standards and
requirements to ensure control and perform inspection procedures during
the import/ export/ transit to/from/via Armenia.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Build capacity for upgrading food safety services delivery nationwide
and significant enforcement of the state veterinary, sanitary,
phytosanitary and food safety laboratory network;
– Build capacity for improvement of import/ export/ transit certification
of food products in compliance with the EU requirements;
– Build capacity for imposing food safety control at the border and
performing official checks of animal and plant origin food (and other
products subject to veterinary and phytosanitary control) during the
import to/ export from/ transit via territory of Armenia;
– Carry out registration of producers and importers.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
– Masters degree in Agricultural Economics, Law, Veterinary, Natural
Sciences or Food Hygiene fields;
– Familiarity with aspects of EU Acquis Communitaire and international
legislation and standards on sanitary and phytosanitary regulations;
– Strong work experience in project management;
– Practical professional experience in dealing with questions of sanitary
and phyto-sanitary regulations;
– Strong experience with national legislation, familiarity with
approximation of legislation;
– Experience in institutional capacity building;
– Familiarity with international accreditation rules and requirements;
– Knowledge of EU policies and programmes;
– Awareness and understanding of the process of the partner countries’
integration with the EU in the framework of the ENP and Eastern
Partnership;
– Excellent writing and communication skills;
– Fluency in English language; knowledge of Russian would be an
advantage;
– Computer literacy;
– Proven relevant work experience.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Required documents to be submitted by the citizens of RA:
1) Application as in below attached form;
2) Extract from the Work Record Book;
3) Autobiography in English and Armenian;
4) Copy of Passport.
The candidates are requested to submit their applications through:ani.barkhudaryan@… . Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
to come to Republic Square, Government House 1, Yerevan.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of
this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its
website – www.careercenter.am, Thanks.
OPENING DATE: 22 February 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 14 March 2011, 17:00
ATTACHMENTS:
The following attachment(s) to this announcement can be downloaded from:http://www.careercenter.am/ccdspann.php?id=12597
1. Application – dimum2.doc (33K)
2. Announcement in Armenian – Foodsafety.1.doc (38K)
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State Service of Food Safety
Yerevan, Armenia
– Build capacity for upgrading food safety services delivery nationwide
and significant enforcement of the state veterinary, sanitary,
phytosanitary and food safety laboratory network;
– Build capacity for improvement of import/ export/ transit certification
of food products in compliance with the EU requirements;
– Build capacity for imposing food safety control at the border and
performing official checks of animal and plant origin food (and other
products subject to veterinary and phytosanitary control) during the
import to/ export from/ transit via territory of Armenia;
– Carry out registration of producers and importers.
Deputy Chief of State Service of Food Safety in
Strategic Development will develop, improve, implement and enforce
national legislative base for sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary
legislation in compliance with EU and international standards and
requirements to ensure control and perform inspection procedures during
the import/ export/ transit to/from/via Armenia.
