Deputy Director, Animal Health Risk, NAFSA Islamabad

Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is recruiting on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA), a new national body for agri-trade regulation, facilitation and food safety. The selected candidate joins NAFSA's founding team. This Deputy Director, Animal Health Risk works on animal health risk assessment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of scientific animal health risk assessments for imports, exports and inter-regional movement of animals and animal products
• Apply internationally accepted risk analysis approaches (hazard identification, likelihood and consequence assessment)
• Maintain and periodically update animal health risk profiles and pathways for priority commodities and trading partners
• Ensure that all risks impacting Pakistan’s market access for animals and animals based products exports are timely identified and tracked
• Ensure that all risks impacting animal health and quarantine in imports and inter provincial trade are timely identified and tracked
• Provide technical inputs for decisions to regulate, prohibit or restrict trade consignments likely to introduce harmful organisms, invasive species or diseases
• Support the preparation and review of national crisis management plans for animal health emergencies, including triggers
• Provide input for development of required regulations and standards in the SAPW

Requirements

• Minimum of sixteen years of education (Master’s Degree) in Veterinary Health, Epidemiology, Animal Health, Food Safety
• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in animal health/SPS
• regulation, veterinary public health, quarantine, or international trade compliance
• including at least 3 years in a supervisory role
• Strong knowledge of SPS measures and international standards (WTO-SPS
• WOAH/OIE standards, Codex where applicable) and experience in applying them in

Location and schedule

• Islamabad
• Contract

Salary and benefits

The posting does not give a salary figure.

How to apply

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