Fortify Health

Fortifies wheat flour with essential micronutrients

Quality Officer

Inspection & TestUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeIndia₹79.2k /mo

About the Job

Requirements

Willingness to travel up to 50% of working days.
Fluency in Hindi and professional fluency in English.
Experience in the food technology and/or milling technology sectors.
A Bachelor's degree or higher in food technology, milling engineering, or a related field.
Strong organisational skills and the ability to oversee the quality assurance process from mill to laboratory.
Attention to detail and results.
Ability to maintain professional interpersonal relationships with empathy and work as part of a team.
Strong written and verbal communication skills to relay quality assurance findings accessibly.
Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to learn and execute best practices or innovate where they do not exist.
Eagerness to learn from adversity and setbacks and use those insights to improve work.

Responsibilities

Perform rapid quantitative iron testing in fortified wheat flour using iCheck Iron at partner mills; prior iCheck Iron experience is not required.
Conduct quality control of fortification premix, maintain relevant quality-control documents, and help the operations team with vendor quality audits.
Manage communications and plan fieldwork among stakeholders involved in the quality assurance process.
Analyse data, interpret results, and communicate outcomes to team members.
Coordinate with external testing laboratory partners for sample testing and reports.
Consolidate quality data and prepare periodic reports for internal use and for external stakeholders such as mill partners and funders.
Support exploration of future opportunities for study design and execution.

Desired Qualifications

Experience working with remote team members.
Experience in fortification.
Experience working independently.
Experience working in an NGO or the development sector.

About the role

The Quality Officer will collaborate with flour mills to ensure that the atta they produce is adequately fortified and adheres to regulatory standards. As part of their role, the Quality Officer will collect and analyse data, and provide guidance and advice to millers. Therefore, the work the Quality Officer does is key to our ability to provide our beneficiaries with a high quality product that meets all safety standards. They will closely work with other teams across Fortify Health and manage communications with external laboratory partners.

We are hiring for four positions across Ranchi, Rajkot, Rudrapur, and Indore based on requirements.
Please note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as early as possible.

The Quality Officer will be responsible for the following activities:

Sampling and data gathering
- Performing rapid quantitative iron testing in fortified wheat flour (using iCheck Iron, no prior experience of using iCheck Iron required) for all partner mills
- Conducting quality control of fortification premix, maintaining the relevant QC documents, helping the operations team with vendor quality audits
- Manage communication and plan fieldwork between all stakeholders involved in the quality assurance process.
Data analysis and reporting
- Analysing the data, interpreting the results and communicating the outcomes to respective team members
- Coordinating with external testing laboratory partners for testing of the samples and reports
Supporting mid and long-term research activities
- Consolidate quality data and prepare periodic reports for internal use, sharing with external stakeholders like mill partners and funders.
- Support exploration of future opportunities for study design and execution.

Please note that this job description is a guide to the work you will initially be required to undertake, but does not cover all of the duties the post holder may have to perform. Responsibilities will evolve over time, in discussion with the Senior Quality Officer.

Requirements

Willingness to travel up to 50% of working days.
Fluency in Hindi, professional fluency in English.
Expertise:
- Experience in the food technology and/or milling technology sectors.
- Bachelors or higher degree in food technology, milling engineering, or a related field.
Execution:
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to oversee the quality assurance process from mill to lab.
- Excellent attention to both detail and results.
Collaboration:
- Proven ability to maintain professional interpersonal relationships with empathy, and work as part of a team.
Communication:
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) to relay important quality assurance findings in an accessible way.
Problem-solving:
- Strong creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to efficiently learn and execute best practices where they exist and to innovate where they do not.
Growth Mindset:
- Eager to learn from adversity and setbacks and use those insights to improve their work.

Desirable attributes

Experience working with remote team members.
Experience in fortification.
Experience working independently.
Experience working in an NGO or in the development sector.
Enthusiasm about our opportunity to improve people’s lives.

About the Company

Fortify Health

Fortifies wheat flour with essential micronutrients

Fortify Health works to reduce micronutrient deficiencies by fortifying wheat flour with iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12. It collaborates with experts, millers, and government to implement flour fortification through guidelines, technical support, quality control, and policy alignment, making fortified flour safe and affordable. The approach focuses on large-scale, government-aligned programs that translate policy into real fortified flour. The goal is to improve population health, especially for women of reproductive age and children, by eliminating hidden hunger.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Australia
Founded: 2003

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