Heifer International is a
humanitarian development organization dedicated to ending hunger and poverty
and caring for the Earth by empowering small holder farm families around the
globe to become self-reliant and attain sustainable livelihood through economically
viable agricultural enterprises.
Heifer international Kenya seeks to fill the position below to support its country programs.
Based in the Country Office in
Nairobi and working in close collaboration with all Project Coordinators and
their respective Livestock Production Officers, The Animal Well—Being Manager
will be responsible for ensuring that all Heifer project participants have
knowledge and skills to humanely maximize their animals’ productivity and will
ensure successful, innovative, efficient, and effective functioning of all
Livestock based enterprise hubs in the program.
Heifer international Kenya seeks to fill the position below to support its country programs.
Animal Well Being Manager
Reporting to the Director of
Programmes you will be responsible for:
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Facilitating the wellbeing of all
livestock through the adoption of improved animal management and productivity
practices in health care, husbandry and quality assurance standards by
beneficiaries in all projects and programs.
·
Designing and updating training
curriculum and developing training materials on animal health, husbandry,
Fodder production and conservation and animal-related issues and arranging
trainings for project partners and participants.
·
Build innovation in animal production
for smallholder farmers, cooperatives / producer associations, etc., to
increase efficiency and effectiveness and with the Director of Programmes and
Project Coordinators develop business hubs of cooperatives that have backward
and forward linkages into the total value chain.
Minimum Requirements
·
A Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary
Science, Animal Production or equivalent plus five years of job-related
experience is required.
·
Knowledge of and experience in
working with livestock programs.
·
Knowledge of and experience working
with farmer business organizations in developing sustainable extension delivery
processes.
·
Strong background and experience in
developing training content and delivering animal health trainings.
Project
Coordinator – Food for All Project
Based in Nairobi and reporting to the
Director of Programmes, you will assume responsibility for the management and
coordination of the Heifer Kenya component of the Food For All Project.
This is five year Euros 5,352,986
project funded by Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) implemented in
partnership with Solidaridad East and Central Expertise Centre, Meru Greens
Horticulture, Soil Cares and the Horticultural Crops Development Authority in
Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Makueni and Machakos in which Heifer International will
work to strengthen 5 dairy cooperatives and 10,000 dairy farmers.
The Project
Coordinator will:
·
Coordinate the project
implementation, annual budgeting, planning and reporting processes for the
project including generating annual and quarterly budgets, work plans and
progress reports.
·
Develop and manage the delivery of a
comprehensive capacity building programme to develop the 5 project target
producer cooperatives into strong entities through training ¡n business,
strategic planning, governance and financial management.
·
Coordinate the establishment of an
effective extension system in each of the 5 dairy organizations that will
deliver training and services to the 10,000 dairy farmers and increase
production and productivity.
Minimum
Requirements:
·
Master’s Degree or equivalent in the
fields of Agriculture Economics, Business Administration, Rural Development,
Enterprise Development or other related field, plus five (5) years in a mix of
economic growth/trade, value chain competitiveness, investment promotion, or
agriculture development.
·
Minimum of three (5) years’
management level work experience is essential and significant experience in
building public/private partnerships, preferably in the dairy sector.
·
Strong business skills, leadership,
strategic and innovation skills and demonstrated knowledge of the latest
developments in advancing best practices in value chain development.
How to Apply
To apply for these positions please
visit www.heifer.org/careers
Closing date for all applications is
Wednesday 21 March, 2018.