Responsibilities:

• Conduct technical training on appropriate animal health and welfare practices to livestock owner groups members in each district (including: animal handling, housing and feeding, identifying disease, seeking treatment).
• Livestock owner group’s members receive awareness raising education sessions on animal health and welfare and the benefits of investing in animal health, conducted jointly by project staff, DAIL staff, and VFUs Paravets.
• Distribution of basic dairy processing equipment to women livestock groups.
• Establish livestock owner’s groups in each target community.

Following are the key areas of responsibility of this position:

1. Project Planning and Implementation:

• Mobilize communities in line with project objectives, conduct surveys and need assessments at the target communities to identify eligible project livestock owner groups.
• Facilitate inter and intra-provincial learning opportunities to LOG members (exposure visits)
• With support Doctor (DVM) build capacity of LOG elected committee members through training in bookkeeping, compliance, and leadership training (plus refresher trainings)
• Instruct livestock owner groups on medicine usages, benefit of vaccine and administration of vaccine for livestock disease prevention.
• With support doctor (DVM) facilitate meetings and strengthen linkages between LOGs and DAIL District Extension Officers, livestock producer associations and livestock marketing co-operatives.
•  Follow up vaccination seasons and keep livestock owner groups knowledge updated.
• Instruct men/women on personal and environmental hygiene, housing, water sanitation, dairy processing and health care issues.
• Conduct regular monitoring of livestock production, status stables and livestock treatment process.
• Collect necessary data and information to keep track of change in attitudes and practices of target livestock owner groups
• Maintain good relation with the communities, area representatives and VFUs paravets.
• Conduct regular Meetings with target livestock owner group and ensure proper coordination network is established.
• Assist to prepare, quarterly and monthly plans for effective execution of the project activities as stipulated in the project document.
• With support doctor (DVM) conduct equine and cattle animal’s health camps, vaccination camps etc in close coordination with DAIL, VFUs.
• Assist the doctor (DVM) on submission field reports, monthly, quarterly to project coordinator in a timely manner.
• Provide dairy processing training including ( fresh milk , making yogurt , Cheese, butter , dry qorut)   to the female farmers .

2. Networking and Representation

• Maintain regular contact with key district departments such as DAIL, and other NGOs working in livestock area.
• Develop and maintain relationships with VFUs in districts of Badakhshan, Samangan, Ghor and Daikundi provinces

3. Budget and Logistics Management

• Provide support project Manager on supply requests and service requests ensuring those are properly documented and carry the correct accounts code, donor code and donor budget code.
• Provide support to project Manager on prepare monthly expenditure plans for scheduled activities in Badakhshan, Samangan, Ghor and Daikundi province.
• Provide support to project Manager on training programmes, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.

4. Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Ensure that Livestock officer produces 1 – 2 success stories during every quarter of the project;
• Document key challenges faced and lessons learnt on a quarterly basis.

5. Reporting

• Prepare and submit to project Manager monthly progress reports against work plan by the 10th of the following month.

6. Staff Capacity Development:

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Education & Professional Qualification

• Bachelor or institute degree in relevant animal health and livestock managements.

Work Experience

• At least 3 years of professional experience in areas of livestock and equine animal’s health service

Professional Skills, Competencies, Values and Attitudes

(To be added by Hiring Manager, a template is highlighted below)

1. Proficiency in computer software MS Office etc.
2. Reporting writing skills
3. Ability to deal with difficult, often challenging work situations.
4. Behavioural role model for peers and fellow team members.
5. Competent to work with significant levels of autonomy and able to meet tight deadlines.
6. Sensitivity to gender issues.
7. Fluent in Dari, Pashto and good English (written and oral).
8. Personal integrity, sense of humour, intuitive and self-motivation
9. Knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, active listener

Specifically, the holder of this position should also demonstrate the following:

Key Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Highly developed reporting, budget monitoring, and management skills.
• Excellent knowledge of community development and social mobilisation.
• Proven management ability and strong interpersonal skills – team player.
• Problem solving and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in the most common computer software including word processing, and excel spreadsheets.
• Ability to deal with difficult, often frustrating work situations.
• A willingness to live, travel and work in isolated and possibly dangerous locations.
• Gender sensitivity.
• Sensitivity to the Islamic culture.
• Commitment to support/develop the capacity of the national staff and of rural communities.
• Personal integrity and a sense of humour.
• Knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities in personal workload.
• Knowledge of exit strategies and sustainability issues.

Desirable

(To be added by Hiring Manager, a template is highlighted below)

• Good computer literacy skill
• Good Dari reporting writing skills
• Committed and honest in his/her work