Livestock Certification Officer

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a professional to facilitate, monitor, and ensure certification processes, manage documentation, and provide follow-up on inspections and clients. Key Highlights: 1. Experience in certification and knowledge of livestock farming and meat supply chain. 2. Comprehensive management of the certification and post-certification process. 3. Training of auditors and monitoring of opportunities and risks. **Requirements:** \- Degree in Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural Engineering, or related fields. \- Minimum Three (2\) years of experience in positions of equal or similar responsibility level. \- Minimum 1 year as a Certification Officer (Desirable) \- Field knowledge related to livestock farming or similar. \- Knowledge of the meat product value chain. \- Knowledge of the certification process within the specific scheme. \- Knowledge of customers’ products, processes, and organization (as per program manual). \- English proficiency: Advanced (written and spoken). \- Office software proficiency: Intermediate. **Responsibilities:** \- Facilitate, monitor, and ensure a correct certification process: \- Implement new or updated documents, internally and externally; \- Plan inspections and follow up on scheduled inspections; \- Conduct follow-up on inspections, delivery of reports, and nonconformities; \- Review inspection documents, draft, sign, and send reports; \- Review reports and other documents supporting certification decision-making; \- Make certification decisions, sign and issue certificates, archive certificates; \- Review and approve logo usage according to the scheme; \- Manage the post-certification stage: inspection planning, billing, decisions regarding suspension, withdrawal, extension, or reduction of certification and corresponding client communication; archive documentation; \- Maintain an updated list of clients and their certification status; archive documentation; \- Perform information traceability actions; archive documentation; \- Assist in handling complaints and make decisions on appeals, including improvement actions; \- Monitor senior auditors; \- Train senior auditors and assistants; identify and propose auditor/auditor training needs; \- Monitor opportunities, identify risks, interpretations, and technical content; \- Assist in handling complaints; investigate, manage, and follow up on complaints. **Benefits:** \- Formal payroll with all statutory benefits. \- EPS health insurance covered at 85%. \- Training opportunities. \- Career growth opportunities. Employment Type: Full-time Work Location: On-site employment Salary: S/.1\.00 \- S/.2\.00 per hour Work Location: On-site employment