The Statutory Operations Department has a vacancy for a Lead Assessor (LA) – in Durban- to ensure the correct application of standards and protocols within the PPECB’s legislative mandate. The LA position is a specialist role aimed at transfer of skills and monitoring of consistent technical competence within the legislative framework of the PPECB. The position offers the ideal opportunity for individuals to gain experience of supervision within a small team environment. The LA has the specific deliverable of ensuring compliance to all relevant procedures, protocols and Service Level Agreements within a defined geographical area. The position also offers the opportunity to influence business processes and practices within the Service Centre in which he/she is operating. The successful candidate will be required to be semi-functional which includes conducting services and participate in the annual relief duty plan.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Supervisory roles in cold chain, Food Safety and cold chain certification related to the specified geographical area.
- Ensuring adequate competency levels of staff within the L/D framework.
- Inspection and certification of perishable products.
- Inspection of the handling, storage and transport of perishable products.
- Coordinating compliance to prescribed processes, procedures and protocols within the framework of the Agricultural Product Standards Act.
- Coordinating compliance to prescribed processes, procedures and protocols within the framework of the Perishable Products Export Control Act.
- Ensure correct application of quality management systems, procedures and work instructions.
- Ensure adherence to Service Level agreements.
- Ensuring effective two way communication internal and external.
- Performance management of sub-ordinates within the framework of the PPECB performance management system.
- Administrative tasks and reporting related to the execution of services.
- Accept the responsibility of continuous self improvement in their area of responsibility according to the PPECB performance system.
- Participating in the relief duty roster