Food Security / Agricultural Export Promotion Consultant - SPPS II
Abacus ELS (Private) Limited
Islamabad , Pakistan
Posted Jul 11, 2025 656 views
Our Client The Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MNFSR) seeks to engage a highly qualified and experienced professional as Food Security & Agri Export Promotion Consultant under the SPPS-II program. The Consultant will be responsible for enhancing Pakistan’s agricultural trade competitiveness, improving food security, and aligning domestic agricultural exports with international safety and quality standards (such as Codex Alimentarius, WTO-SPS, and WOAH).
The Consultant will support export policy formulation, trade facilitation, market access, stakeholder capacity-building, and promotion of compliance with international regulations.
REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, International Trade, or a related discipline from an HEC-recognized national or international university.
- Additional certification or short course training in SPS measures, food safety, international trade, or Codex Alimentarius, MBA will be considered an asset.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 15 years of professional experience in the agri-export, agri-supply chain, value addition, agri-management, or agricultural trade development sector.
- Experience in policy development, legislative implementation, and regulatory affairs within the agriculture sector is essential
- Strong knowledge of internationally recognized food safety and phytosanitary standards, including Codex Alimentarius, WTO-SPS, ISPMs, and WOAH.
- Experience in supporting market access, export promotion, and coordination with international trade bodies is desirable.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills are essential.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- The Food Security & Agri Export Promotion Consultant will:
- Conduct comprehensive reviews of national and international agricultural trade policies,regulations, and compliance frameworks.
- Guide the diversification of exportable commodities with a focus on high-end markets.
- Identify production bottlenecks and value chain inefficiencies that hinder trade competitiveness.
- Develop and recommend policies for alignment with SPS, Codex, ISPM, and WTO frameworks.
- Map sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures of importing countries and provide export guidance.
- Support training and capacity-building programs for farmers, regulators, and exporters to comply with food safety standards.
- Coordinate stakeholder engagement with federal/provincial authorities, private exporters, and international organizations.
- Facilitate pre-feasibility studies and private sector investment in agricultural export development.
- Provide technical input in trade-related dialogues, negotiations, and policy processes.
- Prepare and disseminate trade-related data, policy briefs, and market intelligence reports.
- Support the implementation of traceability and compliance mechanisms for exportable commodities.
- Any other assignment given by the Ministry.
DELIVERABLES:
- Develop and approve a trade policy and SPS compliance status report within the first 4 months.
- Develop and approve at least 4 policy documents or strategic frameworks developed annually on agri-export or food security.
- Develop and approve proposals for new markets, commodities, and trade linkages.
- Develop and approve at least 10 training programs conducted for farmers and value chain sactors on GAP, Codex, and SPS standards.
- Develop and approve two annual analytical reports on trade trends, policy gaps, and strategic recommendations.
- Develop and approve documentation of stakeholder consultations, market studies, and implementation progress.
JOB TENURE:
- Initial one-year contract, extendable subject to performance and organizational requirements under the SPPS Policy.
Job Details
Abacus ELS (Private) Limited
For almost 30 years, Abacus has been offering cutting-edge business solutions helping organizations to transform their visions into realities through a combination of latest business methodologies and technological tools. The business value offered by Abacus has a deep scale, is industry focused and technology driven with a world class delivery capability. We help to transform the businesses of clients who want to be leaders in their industry. Abacus is founded on one simple belief, that change is the only constant in our world and that as enterprises and individuals, we must all respond to change with vision, courage and integrity. We are passionate about being partners to our clients, as advisers, consultants, technology specialists, systems integrators and outsourcers. For the people at Abacus, fulfillment is seeing our clients transform into truly great organizations. Abacus has facilitated clients in harnessing the power of transformational HR that effectively improve business performance. Today, we are one of the country’s most transformative HR Outsourcing Services providers powered by flexible delivery models that reduce complexity while improve precision, agility and personalization for a more satisfying employee experience Our Services include: 1. Recruitment Process Outsourcing 2. Digital and AI Assessment Solution 3. Antecedent Verification 4. Payroll Outsourcing Services 5. Manpower Outsourcing 6. HR as a Service
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