The African Union - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) is a specialized technical office reporting to the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the AU Commission. The Institution is mandated to support and coordinate the improvement of livestock as a resource for human well-being in the member states of the African Union and contribute to economic development, particularly in rural areas.
The African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) requests CVs for the below list of expertise for its PAN-SPSO project.
A - For Animal Health Standards
- Diseases control, eradication and surveillance
- Animal welfare
- Animal diseases investigation and laboratory diagnostic tests
- Microbiology investigation and analysis
- Animal diseases pathology
- Animal parasitology
- Wild life diseases
- Veterinary drugs
- Meat Hygiene and Inspection
- OIE standard setting process
- Aquatic diseases
- Veterinary public health
- Animal diseases epidemiology
- Entomologist and vector-borne diseases
- Animal trypanomosis
B- For Food Safety
- Codex standard setting process
- Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses
- Food Safety in Fish and Fishery Products
- Food Safety in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
- Food Safety in Spices and Culinary Herbs
- Contaminants in Food, particularly mycotoxins, phycotoxins and heavy metals
- Food additives
- Pesticide Residues in Food
- Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food
- Food Hygiene
- Food labeling
- Methods of Analysis and Sampling for Contaminants in Food
- General Principles and Policy in Food Standards Development
- Food Imports and Exports Inspection and Certification Systems
- Food Safety Surveillance Systems
- Food Microbiology and Chemistry Laboratory experts
- Food Safety Early warning and Rapid Alert Systems
- Food Safety Risk Analysis
- National Food Control Systems
- Regional Food Safety Frameworks
- Food safety Policy and Institutional Frameworks
- Food Safety awareness creation and Consumer Protection
- Agriculture, Public Health and Trade Policy coherence for food safety
- Public-Private Partnerships in Food safety management
- Private food safety standards
C- For World Trade Organization sanitary and phytosanitary issues
- Trade specialist
- Legal specialist
- The Agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and provisions (SPS Agreement)
- Specialist on trade dispute negotiations
Qualifications and Competencies
Some general qualification and competencies for all the consultants.
Education: University degree or advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Minimum 7 years working experience in areas associated with this consultancy,
- Experience in workshop facilitation
- Fluency in spoken and written English or French.
- Proven working experience on the specific area of the consultancy is an advantage
- Proven knowledge of the specific SPS area for which the consultancy is needed
- Experience in dealing with senior government and international organization officials
- Good networking skills and ability to maintain positive and constructive dialogue and relationships with key institutions operating on the continent;
- Self-starter with the ability to strategically plan own work;
- Very strong writing, analytical and communication skills are necessary.
HOW TO APPLY:
Applications should be sent to applications@au-ibar.org with mention "IBAR PAN-SPSO Consultants database" not later than 31 December 2014 at 15h00 (Nairobi time).
The successful candidates will be placed on AU-IBAR database of individual consultancies.
