Tupande Controls, Health & Safety Specialist (Fixed-Term)

## **About One Acre Fund**

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions.

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Our Kenya program, founded in 2006, operates under the local brand Tupande. Close to 500 staff in our Kakamega headquarters support 1,747 field staff and serve more than 1 million farmers. In Nairobi, around 50 staff support global functions like procurement, recruitment, government relations, and communications.

## **About the Role**

Seeking a risk and controls professional with 3-5+ year experience to lead internal controls design as well as managing health and safety for Tupande factories in Kenya.

## **Responsibilities**

Food Safety & Product Integrity

- Build the Standards: Help set up and run food safety systems (like HACCP, FSSC 22000, and GlobalG.A.P.) and create tracking metrics (KPIs) for them.
- Inspect Operations: Regularly check the factory to make sure it meets safety and legal rules. This includes:
- Running swab tests, chemical checks, and moisture tests to double-check the factory lab's accuracy.
- Testing the recall system unexpectedly to prove the team can track any product from farm to bag in under 4 hours.
- Doing surprise checks on cleaning, allergen controls, and germ prevention.
- Fix Issues: Investigate food safety problems, figure out what went wrong, and help the factory team fix it.

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