Seed Quality Controller

Reports to: Quality Assurance Lead

Duty Station: Nalweyo Kakumiro District

About the role:

To execute field inspections, seed certification, tracking seed quality, and ensuring compliance with seed quality standards and regulatory requirements throughout the seed production cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Organizing planting returns from Out grower supervisor to be submitted to MAAIF
• Field inspection: Conduct inspections of the out-grower fields and commercial seed farms  in accordance with quality assurance standards and protocols.
• Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results
• Field certification; Certify crops in the field in according to internal and external seed field standards.
• Seed sampling: Collect and prepare samples for testing, grow out planting, and evaluation during pre-harvest or harvest inspections
• Reporting:Collect data on field performance, maintain records of results obtained during the inspections to ensure traceability of the final results.
• Train the out-grower farmers on best agronomic practices.
• Identify and report quality problems in processes to the Quality System.
• Manage relations with Ministry of Agriculture inspectors.

Minimum Qualification and Experience

Education: Bachelor Science in Agriculture /crop science, seed technology or related field

Professional Experience: Must have at least a minimum of 2 years in Seed Inspection and Analysis in the field

Competence: Must have a vast knowledge of seed certification regulations, seed law

enforcement standards, familiarity with diseases, and weeds found in

crops. Quick at decision making, Ability to ride a motorcycle, Communication skills, A high level of accuracy is required, with special attention to details, Interpersonal skills, Ability to read and comprehend labels and instructions. Must be a dependable and reliable and follow instructions independently, with little or no supervision.