Short-term Consultants for SAFEGRO Project

Safe Food for Growth (SAFEGRO) Project

Recruitment of Short-term consultants

The SAFEGRO project is a Canadian TA funded Project for improvement of the food safety management system of Vietnam. Key partners on this project include the Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development (MARD), the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and other Vietnamese Academic Institutes. The objective of the project is to improve the performance of central and local governments in enforcing food safety regulations; increase the competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products domestically and internationally; and increasing consumer demand for safe agricultural products in Vietnam. The 5 year project (2021-2025) will work across the entire agro-food value chain by engaging and enhancing the capacities of three key target groups: the public sector (facilitation), the private sector (supply side) and consumers (demand side).

In partnership with the University of Guelph (Canada), Alinea International is Project Implementation Agency that will work with national and regional governments to improve food safety regulations, private sector suppliers to increase the competitiveness of Vietnamese food products domestically and internationally, and consumers to improve demand for safe food in Vietnam.

SAFEGRO is currently seeking candidates to fill the following positions to conduct project activities:

1. National Short Term Consultants (STC) team for Developing policy, regulation documents and training leadership for food safety
2. National Short Term Consultants (STC) team for Information Change Technology applied in laboratory management and food safety management platform
3. National Short Term Consultants (STC) team for Develop the competency-based training program for government agencies and relevant private stakeholders in FS management on risk-based approach; including: inspectors, laboratory staffs and FS managers
4. National Short Term Consultants (STC) team for Risk assessment: improve the risk assessment capacity and coordination mechanisms of relevant authorities
5. National Short Term Consultants (STC) team for Value Chain development and value chain capacity
6. National Short Term Consultants (STC) team for Market linkage, brand promotion, trade facilitation and communication strategy

For firm or group of those who are interested in applying for these activities, please send your application package (letter of interest and CV with details on qualifications and experiences) with at least 3 referees by email to[email protected] and copy to: [email protected], or send a hard copy to project office address at P. 301 B3, 298 Kim Ma, Ha Noi. Please include the job title in your email subject line.

Application form: Prefer via email.

Deadline: Before 8:30am Oct 24^th, 2022.