• Application Deadline: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: EOI-Regulatory Compliance Consultant


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 - 35 years


• Location Bauchi


• Job Field Safety and Environment / HSE 
  

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: REGULATORY COMPLAINCE CONSULTANT

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

MEDA is an international economic development organization; whose mission is to create innovative business solutions to poverty. Founded in 1953 by a group of compassionate business professionals, we partner with the economically active poor to start or grow small and medium-sized businesses in developing regions of the world. Our expertise includes a full range of economic development tools: financial services, gender responsive and environmentally sustainable technology, business training, access to market information, better access to markets and equity investment. Our work most often focuses on women, youth and the rural poor and agricultural development. We believe that all people deserve the opportunity to earn a livelihood and that unleashing entrepreneurship is a powerful way to alleviate poverty.

NIGERIA WAY PROJECT SUMMARY

MEDA’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Women’s Empowerment in Northern Nigeria project (Nigeria WAY) in Bauchi state is a seven-year (2017-2024) project aimed at assisting poor, economically active women, and youth to increase their income, specifically, those who are involved in Agro-processing in the rice, soybean, and groundnut value chains. Using a private sector approach, MEDA Nigeria works with small scale businesses particularly those led by women and youth, to ensure they are included in market systems, supporting Agro-processing with smart incentives. Additionally, the project works with communities and families to improve the environment where girls grow up and join the market economy. The overall objective of the Nigeria WAY project is to increase the contribution by entrepreneurs and small-scale businesses particularly those owned by women and youth to Nigeria’s Economic Growth.

OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

The Nigeria WAY project seeks the services of a regulatory compliance expert to support with Technical Assistance to women/youth entrepreneurs and Small-Scale Businesses in the MEDA target value chains.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Nigeria WAY project through its Smart Incentive and Technical Assistance program has supported women with Business Development Services trainings as well as incentives to support the acquisition of agro-processing technologies to increase the performance of their businesses.  To sustain this business growth, the regulatory compliance expert will support these clients with trainings on Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Regulatory Compliance Trainings (specifically Standards Organization of Nigeria -SON) and National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC)) as it relates to the target MEDA value chain.  

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE EXPERT

The expert must have good knowledge in the following technical areas:

• Occupational Health and Safety Administration.


• Nigerian Industrial Standards affiliated to the MEDA target value chains.


• NAFDAC regulatory requirements and processes.


• Working knowledge of International Standards specifically (ISO14001, ISO9001 and ISO45001)


• Must be willing to travel to MEDA Project Local Government Areas (Bauchi, Toro, Dass, Jama’are, Katagum, Warji and Ganjuwa)


• Must be fluent in speaking Hausa


• Having geographical and cultural knowledge of Bauchi context will be an added advantage.


• An individual or firm can apply for the consultancy.  


• Must have experience dealing with rural women agro-processors.