Livestock Officer at Sahel Capital

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the general supervision of the Productivity Improvement Manager and the immediate supervision of the Livestock Coordinator, the Livestock Production Officer will contribute to activities related to livestock production components of the ALDDN program. In particular, the incumbent will:

• Participate in the design and implementation of the livestock production activities that support development of feed and fodder production, delivery of animal health services and breeding improvement
• Assist the Livestock Coordinator in developing training curriculum, calendar and modules (including infographic brochures, demo videos, radio program and extension agents training guide in local languages for dissemination) for good dairy farming practices
• Assist the Livestock Coordinator in facilitating training sessions for Program Officers and Extension Officers
• Work with the Program Officers in collecting and reporting data on training beneficiaries
• Work with the monitoring and evaluation team in drafting questionnaires for training effectiveness, administration of the questionnaires and analysis of the findings
• Contribute to the work and participate in field activities to promote interdisciplinary program interventions that relate to animal production and nutrition, dairy production and feed safety;
• Keep up-to-date and informed on relevant developments; design and conduct analytical studies on specific technical and policy issues affecting dairy farming, production and development
• Plan, organize and participate in both scientific and technical meetings and also prepare and edit reports, manuals, guidelines and other publications concerning livestock sector and ALDDN program;
• Facilitate data collection and analyses that contributes to the ALDDN program implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, HND qualification.
• 2 - 5 years Experience.