National Livestock Specialist
Job Description
Title: National Livestock Specialist
Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Animal husbandry, Food Science and Technology or related field;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide technical assessment to map the gaps/challenges facing the livestock farmers, quality of production and linkages with the markets (to conduct the technical assessment,, the consultant will make reference to the FAO's baseline report on resilience programme in Cox's Bazar, resilience strategies, UN-led joint response plan (2019), UN-SDG, 7th five year plan of Government of Bangladesh, National livestock Policy, Master Plan for Southern Region of Bangladesh and FAO's recent studies on livestock sector in Bangladesh and south Asian countries and other relevant strategic documents);
∎ Develop a Livestock Sub-sector Strategy document for FAO Cox's Bazar;
∎ Elaborate an Implementation Plan for the Livestock Sub-sector Strategy based on available funds;
∎ In coordination with the Emergency Programme Manager, develop proposals for the further development of the livestock sub-sector component of the Emergency Response Programme;
∎ Elaborate activities appropriate to sectoral support at both individual household and farmer group levels;
∎ For programme design, the National Consultant will undertake the following analysis: farmers' adoption of the government introduced improved technologies i.e. artificial insemination, deworming, vaccination and improved breed; farmers' engagement in practicing fodder cultivation and its contribution in households' income; the potentiality of farmers' access to global market through livestock food processing and export of quality products; data on farm level planning process for dairy and poultry production in order to determine the best ways to manage farm with the climatic impacts; farmers' potentiality for livestock entrepreneurship, especially for the women; and livestock farm production data and provide a synthesis of the result with a forecast on cows, goat and poultry production trend and farmers' adoption of technologies for resilience in livestock farming;
∎ Identify sustainable improvements in productivity of milk, meat and egg production including processing and value addition;
∎ Identify opportunities to strengthen private sector participation and investments in livestock production, livestock services, market development, and export of livestock products and by-products.
∎ Develop a capacity building plan for Department of Livestock Services at the District and sub-district levels; and
∎ Any other duties as instructed by Head of Sub-Office.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of Seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional work experiences with the United Nations, international and national development organizations, or relevant government institutions on sustainable livestock and poultry production, animal health management, market linkage development and environmental conservation.
∎ Working knowledge of English is essential
∎ Experiences in working for value-added livestock and poultry products, services, and recommendations to partners and stakeholders;
∎ Knowledge in working for farm trials, demonstrations and research projects on climate adaptive livestock and poultry production technologies;
∎ Proven track record of successful teamwork, good presentation/facilitation skills;
∎ Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Bengali is required;
∎ Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision;
∎ Self-motivation, willingness to learn and strong work ethics in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Application Deadline: 11 Feb 2021
Company Information:
∎ 7 Feb 2021
∎ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
∎ Business : UN Organization
Category: NGO/Development
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