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Natural Extracts Industries Ltd

Natural Extracts Industries Ltd

NEI Ltd, a new social enterprise, aims to establish a sustainable vanilla industry in Tanzania, working in all areas from cultivation, to curing, to flavour processing and to international marketing. Our supply chain involves over 400 farmers on Mount Kilimanjaro and 700 farmers on the Lake Victoria highlands. USAID has funded NEI due to our large socioeconomic impact on smallholder farmers.

Food Scientist

Come develop the flavours of Mount Kilimanjaro for the world to taste!

  • Moshi, Tanzania
  • Opportunity has expired
  • Specialist / Expert
  • Contract / Short-term
  • Remote Working
  • Entrepreneurial Work
  • Exotic Location
  • Social Impact
  • Mid Level
  • Consumer
ABOUT
Food scientist needed to dream up flavours in Tanzania.  We are a start-up social enterprise at the front line of the nascent flavours industry in this beautiful country.  We specialise in vanilla and our work across the value chain delivers significant social impact to smallholder farmers and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the food industry, bolstering the local economy in many ways.

We are looking for a volunteer who is passionate about natural flavours and keen to do good at the same time.  The candidate would be a Master’s degree student, recent graduate or ideally an experienced scientist looking for a short break from the norm.  Your work would initially be based in your home town where you will have far better access to laboratory equipment, and after 1-2 months of research and development you would implement your findings during a 2-week trip to our factory, located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

The objectives of your work would be to refine our natural vanilla flavour and solvent extraction process to compete with artificial imports and to develop at least one other natural flavour from a locally grown crop, such as orange, coffee, cocoa or mango.  In the process, you would train a scientist or two at local organizations we are partnering with, to ensure the sustainability of your work.