Assistant Director (SDC - Plant)

About the role

Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is recruiting on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA). NAFSA is being set up as a national initiative to strengthen Pakistan's agri-trade ecosystem through better regulation, facilitation and modernisation of food safety and trade processes. The selected person will join NAFSA's founding team and help build its systems, processes and institutional capacity. The workplace is on site.

Key responsibilities

• Help manage plant pest surveillance programmes, including survey planning support, data compilation and reporting.
• Support diagnostic coordination through sample tracking, dispatch follow-up and keeping diagnostic records.
• Help administer business registration and approval systems for plant-related operators and facilities.
• Support coordination between surveillance, diagnostics, ITC operations and market access units through information exchange and meeting documentation.
• Monitor compliance inputs and consolidate surveillance and laboratory findings for supervisory review.
• Support pest status updates and technical inputs for PRA and market access processes.
• Assist in surveys, inspections and monitoring of facilities and pest-free areas, zones and sites as assigned.
• Carry out other duties assigned by the reporting officer.

Required profile

• B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture (minimum sixteen years) with specialisation in Entomology, Plant Protection, Plant Pathology, Weed Science or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in surveillance, diagnostics support or plant protection/biosecurity operations.
• Strong coordination and field support capability.

Required skills

• Proficiency in computer applications and reporting.

To apply, candidates should submit their application through Pakistan Single Window.