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Tupande Quality Assurance Officer (Fixed-Term)
One Acre Fund Kenya
Posted 4 months agoNairobi, Kenya
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Mid-Level
Category
Marketing
Job Description
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.
Why
Work
Here blog post.
Our
Kenya program, founded in 2006, operates under the local brand
Tupande.
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
The
Quality
Assurance
Officer supports the execution of quality control, food safety, and compliance activities across all stages of dried fruit production.
The role focuses on inspection, sampling, testing, documentation, and hygiene verification to ensure products meet internal specifications and customer requirements.
The
Assistant works under the guidance of the QA Supervisor to maintain audit readiness and production quality standards.
This requires the QC assistant to be on the ground, monitoring QC along each step in the dried fruit processing line.
Drying Operations Support Monitor Critical Control Points (CCPs), including: Drying temperature Drying time Conduct moisture content and water activity testing.
Finished Product Testing Test dried fruit for: Moisture content Water activity Visual and organoleptic quality Support batch approval processes.
For this role specifically, you will have: Minimum academic Qualification: Bachelor's/Diploma/certificate in chemistry, food science, agriculture or equivalent qualifications from a recognised University/college.
Knowledge and experience in the Food Safety Management System, HACCP, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace.
Analytical skills: Have the ability to identify a problem, investigate to find out relevant facts, and find a logical
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Requirements
- Qualifications Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for.
- Work Experience: 1+ years of working experience in food processing companies in the quality department/ lab technician.
- Attention to detail: Ensures all your tasks are completed to the processing needs.
- Time management: Ensures you have adequate time to complete your tasks to the desired output and quality standards.
- Application Deadline 11 June 2026.
- One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process.
- Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address.
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization's mission and purpose.
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities Receiving Inspect incoming fruit for visible defects, pest damage, contamination, and ripeness.
- Support sampling activities for intake quality checks.
- Measure and record basic parameters (e.g., Brix, defects, size compliance)
- Document supplier quality issues and escalate deviations.
- Storage & Ripening Monitoring Monitor fruit storage and ripening conditions.
- Record temperature, humidity, and ripening stages.
- Conduct firmness checks and visual ripeness assessments.
- Report over-ripening, spoilage, or deviations.
- Sorting, Peeling & Slicing Quality Verify grading and reject thresholds during sorting.
- Inspect peeling and slicing alignment to product specifications.
- Flag foreign matter, defects, or non-uniform cuts.
- Verify tray loading hygiene and practices.
- Segregate and label non-conforming product.
- Escalate non-conformities/ conduct RCAs.
- Storage Quality Monitoring Monitor finished goods storage conditions.
- Support FIFO / FEFO inventory checks.
- Record lab results in quality logs.
- Maintain cleanliness and order of lab areas.
- Support equipment calibration schedules.
- Process Water & Environmental Monitoring Test and record chlorine levels in wash water.
- Support routine water quality checks.
- Document results and report deviations.
- Assist with wastewater sampling coordination.
- Food Safety & Compliance Follow all SHEQ and FSSC/BRC food safety procedures.
- Support FSMS documentation and record keeping.
- Participate in FSSC/BRC audits as required and ensure all QA documentation is ready for audit.
- Maintain hygiene and GMP.
- Learn more, please see our
- Close to 500 staff in our
- Inspect for mould, pest activity, or oxidation Laboratory Testing & Sampling Execute sampling plans for raw, in-process, and finished goods.
Benefits
- Career Growth and Development We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people.
- We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
- You'll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.
- Benefits Health insurance, paid time off Contract Duration 1 Year.
