National specialist for establishing of traceability system

• Country: Ukraine
• Organization: FAO
• Deadline:  2023-11-22
• No of Vacancies: N/A

Tasks and responsibilities

The traceability system ensures technical capabilities for traceability of the origin of water biological resources and products from them during industrial fishing and aquaculture (harvesting, landing, accounting, movement, marking, sale (including export-import operations, re-export), removal from circulation and disposal. In this context, the national specialist is expected to:

•    Based on the report on the institutional and legal capacity of the authorized state authorities provided by the State Agency of Land Reclamation and Fisheries of Ukraine, improves and finalizes the terms of reference considering the amendments of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and the final version of the regulatory documents;
•    Participates in the development of by-laws and regulations to the draft law on ensuring the traceability of aquatic bioresources and/or products made from aquatic bioresources in terms of describing the technical component of the system;
•    Monitors compliance with the technical requirements for the electronic traceability system module during the software development by the service provider;
•    Participates in functional testing of the electronic traceability system and other components of the E-fish and prepares an expert opinion on the possibility of transferring subsystems from test to trial operation;
•    Submits proposals to the authorized bodies on the development of the E-fish system and the development of an implementation plan;
•    Participates in the organization and training of system users, and civil servants on the use of the electronic traceability system software and other E-fish modules;
•    Provides consultations and recommendations on the creation and implementation of the electronic traceability system and other subsystems, E-Fish modules to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the State Fisheries Agency;
•    If necessary, provide proposals for ensuring cyber security of subsystems and modules of E-Fish;
•    Together with the employees of the State Agency for Fisheries creates requirements for the information portal of the State Agency for Fisheries (website), taking into account the requirements of the legislation of Ukraine;
•    Participates in testing the functionality of the information portal for compliance with the requirements;
•    Provides proposals for improving the functions of the information portal (website);
•    Prepares a conclusion on the compliance of the information portal (website) functionality with the established requirements;
•    Assists the State Fisheries Agency in the implementation of all IT products;
•    Prepares and provides reports about work progress, either compliance of the result of work to the EU regulations and FAO/RFMO recommendations
•    Other duties as deemed appropriate.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•    University degree in engineering, economics, IT, radio engineering
•    At least 3 years of experience in Software Development in the agriculture field
•    Working knowledge of English and the official language of the country (Ukrainian)
•    National or permanent resident of Ukraine

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