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Job Requirements

Job Responsibilities 01:   Program Management and staff Management :

• Staff capacity building in animal health and welfare.
• Facilitate establish livestock owners groups in each target community.
• Provide technical support to VFUs in the districts.
• Provide leader ship and bookkeeping training to project staff.
• Market assessment to determine viable livelihood activities for livestock owner groups.
• Staff capacity building on livelihoods.
• Facilitate distribution of livelihood inputs to livestock owner groups.
• Facilitate meetings with traders and private stakeholders at the district and provincial level
• Provide support to parvet vet on community’s mobilization in line with project objectives at the target.
• communities to identify eligible project livestock owner groups.
• Facilitate inter and intra-provincial learning opportunities to LOG members (exposure visits)
• To coordinate and supervise livestock related project activities and in close collaboration with par vet vet and enterprise officer in 2 target districts to ensure a smooth implementation according to a project work plan and achieving planned results.
• Advise and assist the project coordinator in planning, implementation and further development of livestock and enterprise components to ensure that they are technically sound, cost-effective, and relevant to the target
• Build capacity of Parvet vet and enterprise officers on elected committee members through training in bookkeeping, compliance, and leadership training.
• Conduct five-day technical training on appropriate animal health and welfare practices to project staff, VFUs, and DAIL staff on animal handling, housing and feeding, identifying the disease, and seeking treatment.
• Instruct farvet vet on medicine usages, the benefit of vaccine, and administration of the vaccine for livestock disease prevention.
• Facilitate meetings and strengthen linkages between LOGs and DAIL district extension Officers, livestock producer associations, and livestock marketing co-operatives.
• Follow up with the para vet and VFUs vaccination seasons.
• Facilitate meetings with traders and private stakeholders at the district and provincial level
• Conduct regular monitoring of project activities.
• Collect necessary data and information to keep track of changes in attitudes and practices of target livestock owner groups
• Maintain good relations with the government, NGOs, and VFUs.
• Prepare annual, quarterly, and monthly plans for effective execution of the project activities as stipulated in the project document.
• In collaboration with the field team, develop technical training materials, and training plans.
• Visit regularly both district’s project sites, to assess the performance of staff and provide information, encouragement, and technical advice as required.
• Submission field reports, monthly, and quarterly to the project coordinator on time.

Job Responsibilities 02:   Monitoring & Impact Assessment:

• Ensure that doctor veterinary produces 1 – 2 success stories during every quarter of the project;
• Document key challenges faced and lessons learned every quarter.

Job Responsibilities 03:   Reporting & Communication:

Prepare and submit to Project Manager monthly progress reports, quarterly and annual against work plan based on donor and head office requirement deadline.

Job Specification:

Education &Training:  

Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science, Livestock Development, Animal Health, Dairy Science/ Technology.

experiencesces :

• •   At least 5 years of professional experience in areas of dairy process and equine animal health service.
  • High-level computer literacy skill
  • Knowledge of Dari and Pashtu languages will be an added value.
  • Good communication, reporting, and English skill.
  • Committed and honest in his/her work.

Technical Skills : 

• Computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook) essential
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Writing skills in English /Dari
• Excellent reporting and communication skills