AMREF USAID/APHIAPLUS NAL Program
Livestock Specialist
Location: Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Moyale, Mandera, Isiolo
Job Summary:
As part of the AMREF APHIAPlus NAL consortium team implementing the
USAID-funded APHIAplus program in the northern arid lands of Kenya, the
Livestock Specialist will work to support the consortium’s activities to
improve the livestock-based livelihoods of marginalized, poor and underserved
populations, including people living with HIV (PLHIV) in their assigned county.Livestock Specialist
Location: Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Moyale, Mandera, Isiolo
Job Summary:
The Livestock Specialist will directly train targeted households in increasing their income and improving their food security through livestock production, value addition, and marketing.
The Livestock Specialist will also provide TOT training of local partner organizations in economic
strengthening and livelihood development activities.
Duty or Area of Responsibility
Under the guidance and supervision of the Livelihoods Advisor
- Provide
leadership in identifying livestock-related household economic
strengthening activities for vulnerable households in NAL
- Provide
technical leadership in improving access, adoption, and utilization of
such household economic strengthening activities for targeted households
and communities.
- Maintain
strong relationships with groups, associations and government partners
supporting people living with HIV (PLHIV) and orphans and vulnerable
children to participate in the Aphia+NAL program.
- Work
with target beneficiaries to provide opportunities to participate in
entrepreneurial and vocational job readiness training, as well as other
market based opportunities by linking with other programs and implementers
conducting economic, livestock and nutrition development programs.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
degree in livestock development, community development, agriculture, or
related fields.
- At
least 2 years, work experience in household economic strengthening,
livelihoods or food security programs.
- Experience
working with vulnerable populations and PLHIV, particularly engaging them
in economic strengthening interventions.
- Previous
experience working with and building capacity of community-based
organizations
- Strong
written/verbal English communication skills.
- Willingness
to work and be based in the Northern Arid Lands
- Working
knowledge of one/some of the languages spoken in Kenya’s Northern Arid
Lands.
- Previous
experience in U.S. Government grants, agreements and/or contracts
preferred.
Livelihoods Advisor
Location: Wajir & Lodwar
Job Summary:
As part of the AMREF APHIAPlus NAL consortium technical team implementing the USAID-funded APHIAplus program in Kenya’s Northern Arid Lands, the Livelihoods Advisor will lead a regional multi-disciplinary team implementing interventions that improve the social determinants of health and improve the livelihoods of marginalized, poor and underserved populations.
S/He will also serve as the project’s livestock technical specialists.
Duty or Area of Responsibility
Location: Wajir & Lodwar
Job Summary:
As part of the AMREF APHIAPlus NAL consortium technical team implementing the USAID-funded APHIAplus program in Kenya’s Northern Arid Lands, the Livelihoods Advisor will lead a regional multi-disciplinary team implementing interventions that improve the social determinants of health and improve the livelihoods of marginalized, poor and underserved populations.
S/He will also serve as the project’s livestock technical specialists.
Duty or Area of Responsibility
- Provide
technical direction, leadership and training to consortium partners in
pastoral Livestock livelihoods, income generation and food security
programming;
- Conduct
value chain analyses to identify market opportunities and private sector
linkages suited to target beneficiaries;
- Provide
target beneficiaries with opportunities to participate in entrepreneurship
and vocational and job-readiness training as well value-chain and other
market-based opportunities by coordinating and linking with other programs
and implementers conducting economic, agricultural, livestock, and
nutrition development programs;
- Develop
and implement strategies to build the capacity of local partners,
government, and households to provide economic strengthening support to
target beneficiaries;
- Supervise
a team of field officers in day to day operations.
Required Qualifications:
- Masters
degree in livestock development, community development, agriculture and/or
related fields.
- At
least 5 years of field experience implementing livestock or economic
development programs in Kenya required, preferably in hardship areas like
NAL.
- At
least 3 years, recent management-level work experience in USAID-funded
economic strengthening, livestock development livelihoods or food security
programs.
- Experience
working with vulnerable populations and PLHIV, particularly engaging them
in economic strengthening interventions.
- Previous
experience working with and building capacity of community-based
organizations.
- Strong
English language skills: written and verbal.
Deadline to Submit
Application (via Email): 6pm 11th April, 2012
Submit to: recruit.kenya@idd.landolakes.com. State the position being applied for in the subject line.
Application (via Email): 6pm 11th April, 2012
Submit to: recruit.kenya@idd.landolakes.com. State the position being applied for in the subject line.