Quality Assurance Officer Job
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
Attractive
Job Deadline: 22 May 2026
Number of Jobs: 01
Hiring Entity: Yalelo Uganda
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| Yalelo Uganda |
Location: In Uganda
Job Details:
Job Title: Quality Assurance Officer
Department: Security, Risk and Compliance
Location: Kampala
Reporting to: Quality Assurance Team Lead
Key Relationships: Processing, Dispatch, Hygiene and H&S teams, Commercial and Sales Team
Job Grade: M1
Role Summary and Purpose: The Quality Assurance Officer will ensure that Quality and Food Safety Standards are upheld as per Internal and National Standards, MAAIF and Yalelo Standards
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
- Enforce compliance to food safety and Quality standards such as HACCP, GMP, SSOP, ISO 22000 and BAP, Local regulatory guidelines (MAAIF, EU export requirements)
- Ensuring the fish meets specifications, safety requirements and Export Quality by inspecting incoming fish, verifying traceability and monitoring processing steps.
- Ensuring Microbial and Chemical Safety by conducting and coordinating microbiological sampling.
- Ensures high hygiene and housekeeping standards across all outlets by verify implementation of SSOPs.
- Enforcing proper Documentation and Record Keeping such as HACCP logs, CCP monitoring sheets, Temperature Records, Non-conformance reports.
- Ensuring Staff training and awareness by training of all staff on hygiene, GMP and food safety.
- Conducting monthly food safety internal audits.
Key Qualifications and Work Experience required for the role:
- Bachelor’s degree in food science and technology and Fisheries, Aquaculture.
- At least 2 years of experience working in food processing facility.
Skills and Ability needed for the Role:
- Competent in MS Office and Computer skills
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and minimal supervision.
- Good communication skills and able to work well with cross functional teams.
- Problem solving and Analytical Thinking
Working hours:
- 48hrs per week
Application procedure
Please send the application, CV & academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug, clearly specifying the job position in the subject line
Posting Date: 2026-05-15
