Field Officer at Ikore International Development Limited

About the project

• Ikore is implementing a one-year project in Kaduna and Adamawa States focused on strengthening livestock vaccine markets, improving last-mile delivery, enhancing veterinary service systems, and supporting commercially viable access to quality-assured livestock vaccines for smallholder livestock producers.
• The project aims to demonstrate a 40% vaccination improvement within one year in at least three diseases (PPR, CBPP, LSD) across selected exemplar areas.

About the Role

• The Field Officer will lead day-to-day implementation of the livestock vaccine market strengthening project at the LGA level.
• The role is responsible for coordinating community engagement, supporting vaccination campaigns, strengthening last-mile veterinary service delivery, supervising field actors, and ensuring accurate data reporting.
• The Field Officer will work closely with community leaders, agrovets,paravets, Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs), and commercial partners to improve vaccine access and uptake, contributing to theproject’starget of a 40% improvement in vaccination rates for PPR, CBPP, and LSD.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities
Field Implementation & Support:

• Coordinatefield-level activities.level activities within the assigned LGA
• Develop community-level implementation plans aligned with project objectives.
• Provide regular field updates and reports to the State Lead.

Stakeholder Engagement & Local Coordination:

• Engage community leaders, livestock associations, agrovets,paravets, and CAHWs.
• Lead onboarding of agrovets and support formation/strengthening of livestock cooperatives.
• Support LGA-level advocacy and vaccination activation campaigns
• Facilitate partnership between commercial partners and their distributors with selected Agrovets in the LGA.

Last MileVeterinary Service DeliveryMile Veterinary Service Delivery:

• Identify priority communities for vaccination campaigns.
• Supervise service delivery agents and support disease surveillance activities.
• Monitor vaccination activities and ensure timely submission of vaccination records.
• Provide weekly updates on vaccination progress within the LGA

Technology & Farmer Engagement:

• Train field actors on digital reporting tools.
• Support farmer onboarding onto project technology platforms.
• Monitor deployment and effective use of mobile reporting systems.

Monitoring & Evaluation:

• Ensure monthly delivery of vaccination recordsby agrovets and field actors.
• Supervise enumerators and support baseline and field assessments.
• Ensure accurate collection, verification, and submission of field data.
• Track vaccination coverage, agrovet performance, and community engagement indicators.

Communication:

• Properly document and archive field activities, reports, and engagement records.
• Support visibility and impact documentation as required.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong field coordination and communitymobilisationskills.
• Good understanding of livestock systems and rural veterinary service delivery.
• Ability to engage traditional leaders, farmer groups, and private sector actors.
• Basic data collection, verification, and reporting skills.
• Familiarity with digital data tools (e.g., Kobo, ODK) is an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English Language; Hausa proficiency required
• Ability to work independently in rural and security-sensitive environments.
• High level of integrity, accountability, and adaptability.

Qualifications & Experience

• A Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND)in Animal Science, Veterinary Technology, Agricultural Extension, Livestock Production, or a related field.
• 2–3years of field-level experience in livestock, agriculture, or rural development projects.
• Experience supporting vaccination campaigns or animal health interventions is highly desirable.
• Prior experience working with agrovets, CAHWs,paravets, or livestock cooperatives is an advantage.
• Experience working in Kaduna or Adamawa State is preferred.

Eligibility Requirement:

• Candidates must be resident in the selected LGAs in Kaduna (Kubau,IgabiorKachiaLGAs) or Adamawa (Ganye, Mayo-Belwa, or Mubi).
• Demonstrated understanding of the local livestock systems, community dynamics, and key stakeholders within the LGA is required.