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05 January 2023
Farm Assurance Assessors
Food Integrity Assurance (FIA) is delighted to have been awarded the contracts to deliver assessment and certification services on behalf of Quality Meat Scotland, Scottish Quality Crops and Wildlife Estates Scotland, which will support over 13,500 agricultural businesses throughout Scotland.
We are seeking to employ farm assurance assessors in key locations, with demonstrable experience within the livestock and crops sectors and/or the certification industry, to join our expanding team in managing the delivery of certification requirements for the Schemes owned by Quality Meat Scotland and Scottish Quality Crops.
Reporting into a regional Team Leader, you will have excellent interpersonal skills with a positive and proactive work ethic to manage key relationships including Scheme Members, the internal certification team and external clients. A full training program will be provided for the role which is a full-time position commanding a very competitive salary and pension, in combination with a car allowance, expenses, laptop and mobile phone.
Key responsibilities will include:
You will join a very enthusiastic, experienced and supportive team with a real passion for the food sector and have the opportunity to develop your career and our services through your own input whilst working closely with a variety of stakeholders.
Salary dependent on experience, for more details please contact:
stephen.sanderson@foodassurance.co.uk
Closing date 31st January 2023