Deputy Director (ITC Plant Exports) | NAFSA

This position is being recruited by Pakistan Single Window (PSW) on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA). NAFSA is being established as a strategic national initiative to strengthen Pakistan's agri-trade ecosystem through enhanced regulatory oversight, facilitation, and modernization of food safety and trade processes. The selected candidate will be part of NAFSA's foundational team, contributing to the development of systems, processes, and institutional capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage plant export compliance operations, ensuring consignments meet importing-country phytosanitary requirements prior to certification
• Supervise export inspection, sampling, and verification processes, including compliance with export SOPs and importing-country protocols
• Coordinate with exporters, treatment providers, and relevant stakeholders to ensure compliances with related SPS and adherence with respective market access requirements
• Ensure implementation and verification of required phytosanitary treatments and approved measures for exports
• Maintain export compliance records including certifications, rejections, interceptions, suspensions, and reinstatements
• Coordinate with IPPC Contact Point/MAIC on export compliance issues, including responses to interceptions and verification requests from importing countries
• Support verification missions and audits conducted by importing countries and prepare evidence and reports
• Prepare periodic export compliance and performance reports for management review
• Perform any other responsibilities assigned by the reporting officer in support of NAFSA's mandate.
  
  

Requirements

Education:

• M.Sc. (Hons.) / MPhil (minimum eighteen years of education) in Agriculture with specialisation in Entomology, Plant Protection, Plant Pathology, Weed Science or related field.
  
  

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in plant quarantine, phytosanitary certification, export compliance, or SPS operations
• Strong knowledge of phytosanitary certification requirements, ISPMs, and importing-country compliance frameworks
• Experience coordinating with exporters and border agencies and handling non-compliance cases
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.