Background Information

Warehouse Receipt System Council (WRSC) is a State Corporation in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and cooperatives established by the Warehouse Receipt System Act No. 8 0f 2019. Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) is a process where owners of commodities (Farmers or Aggregators) deposit their commodities in a certified warehouse and are issued with a warehouse receipt as proof of deposit.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Implementing policies, strategies, guidelines, standards, frameworks and regulations on compliance and quality assurance.
• Ensuring the operations of the Warehouse operator promote efficiency, effectiveness and integrity.
• Enforcing commodity standards, quantity and quality assurance for the warehouse receipting system.
• Issuance, suspension or revocation of registration or licenses issued under the Act.
• Levying fees and other charges, payable for the examination, inspection, issuance and renewal of registrations and licenses under the Act are paid.
• Undertaking inspection of warehouse operators using the standard approved system and inspection tools.
• Preparing guidelines on the minimum qualifications and competencies required of graders and weighers.
• Ensuring effective warehouse operators service delivery to the depositors.
• Maintaining the list of names for publication of warehouse operators and collateral managers who have been issued with licenses and those whose licenses have been suspended.
• Preparing the list for Gazettement of warehouse receipt system inspectors.
• Undertaking inspection of Warehouse operators for compliance.
• Preparing compliance and quality assurance reports in a timely manner.
• Preparing Programmes for incorporation in the division's work-plans.
• Mentoring and coaching staff under supervision.
• Ensuring compliance with principles of good governance, transparency, accountability, ethics and integrity.
• Ensuring full implementation of operational and technical manuals by the stakeholders.
• Preparing guidelines and qualifications for appointment of warehouse inspectors.

Person Specifications

Mandatory requirements:

• Have served for cumulative six (6) years, three (3) of which must have been in the grade of a Compliance and Quality Officer I or equivalent qualification in a comparable institution.
• Have a Bachelor degree in any of the following disciplines: Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Food Science and Technology, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Commerce, Management Information Sciences or its equivalent qualification.
• Be a Member to a relevant professional body where applicable and in good standing.
• Be Proficient in computer applications.
• Have shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

• Implementing policies, strategies, guidelines, standards, frameworks and regulations on compliance and quality assurance.
• Ensuring the operations of the Warehouse operator promote efficiency, effectiveness and integrity.
• Enforcing commodity standards, quantity and quality assurance for the warehouse receipting system.
• Issuance, suspension or revocation of registration or licenses issued under the Act.
• Levying fees and other charges, payable for the examination, inspection, issuance and renewal of registrations and licenses under the Act are paid.
• Undertaking inspection of warehouse operators using the standard approved system and inspection tools.
• Preparing guidelines on the minimum qualifications and competencies required of graders and weighers.
• Ensuring effective warehouse operators service delivery to the depositors.
• Maintaining the list of names for publication of warehouse operators and collateral managers who have been issued with licenses and those whose licenses have been suspended.
• Preparing the list for Gazettement of warehouse receipt system inspectors.
• Undertaking inspection of Warehouse operators for compliance.
• Preparing compliance and quality assurance reports in a timely manner.
• Preparing Programmes for incorporation in the division's work-plans.
• Mentoring and coaching staff under supervision.
• Ensuring compliance with principles of good governance, transparency, accountability, ethics and integrity.
• Ensuring full implementation of operational and technical manuals by the stakeholders.
• Preparing guidelines and qualifications for appointment of warehouse inspectors.

• Proficient in computer applications

• Have a Bachelor degree in any of the following disciplines: Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Food Science and Technology, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Commerce, Management Information Sciences or its equivalent qualification
• Be a Member to a relevant professional body where applicable and in good standing