Livestock Production Officer
Assistant Livestock Production Officer III
Livestock Production Assistant II
Veterinary Officer
Animal Health Officer
Animal Health Assistant II
Laboratory Technologist
Leather Development Officer
Leather Development Assistant II
JG “K”
Responsibilities
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Providing technical advice in Animal
Production, Livestock Marketing, range management and apiculture to promote
economic livestock farming and
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Assisting in organizing extension
activities including field days, field demonstrations, farmer field schools and
farm visits.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
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Be a Kenyan Citizen
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Be in possession of a Bachelor of
Science degree in any of the following disciplines: Animal Science/Animal
Production, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Food Science and Technology, Agriculture
and Home Economics, Range Management/ Natural Resource Management,
Livestock/Agricultural Economics and Dairy Technology, Agricultural Education
and Extension, Animal Health and Management or any other relevant and
equivalent qualifications from a recognized Institution.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Assistant Livestock Production Officer III
JG “H”
Responsibilities
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Assisting in organizing and executing
livestock extension duties at this level;
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Assisting in designing livestock
enterprise plans, and
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Assisting in training ward staff and
farmers.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan Citizen
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Be in possession of a Diploma in any
of the following fields; Animal husbandry, Dairy Science and Technology,
Agriculture and Home Economics, Animal Health and Production and range
management/farm management from recognized institution
·
Have a Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education (KCSE) mean grade of C (Plain) or its Equivalent.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Livestock Production Assistant II
JG “G”
Responsibilities
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Assisting in the dissemination of
Livestock Production technologies, such as construction of livestock housing
and structures, clean milk production, pasture and fodder production and
conservation, farm planning, gross margin analysis, on farm feed formulation
and
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Participating in ward development
action plans and collection of livestock data and information within the
sub-location.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan Citizen
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Have attained a two (2) year
certificate in any of the following fields; Animal Husbandry, Dairy Science and
Technology, Agriculture and Home Economics, Animal Health and Production and
range management/farm management from recognize institutions.
·
Have a Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education (KCSE) mean grade of C- (Minus) or it’s Equivalent.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Veterinary Officer
JG “L”
Responsibilities
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Undertaking disease control
activities such as disease search, vaccination and enforcement of livestock
movement regulations;
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Participating in the training of
stakeholders in vector control programmes;
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Treating sick animals;
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Advising on good veterinary
practices;
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Collecting’ data and preparing
reports on animal health, products and markets;
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Providing advise on animal breeding
and welfare;
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Undertaking postmortem examination
and other diagnostic tests; and
·
Any other lawful duties that may be
assigned from time to time.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan citizen.
·
Be in possession of a Bachelor of
Veterinary Medicine (BVM) Degree from a recognized institution.
·
Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary
Board.
·
Have a Certificate in computer
applications from a recognized institution.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Animal Health Officer
JG “K”
Responsibilities
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Overseeing construction and
maintenance of farm structures;
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Giving advice on dip designing,
siting and appraising construction and inspection and verification of imports
and export of consignments;
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Training and advising on milking
techniques and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying
and ·dusting;
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Carrying out vaccination, closed
castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking,
de-beaking and hoof trimming;
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Carrying out simple treatment of
animals;
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Participating in disease search,
collecting and collating data and writing technical reports; keeping records on
animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house
daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits;
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Maintaining dairy units;
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Participating in animal health field
demonstrations and agricultural shows and any other lawful duties that may be
assigned from time to time.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan citizen.
·
Be in possession of a Bachelor’s
degree in any of the following disciplines: – Animal Health Management; Animal
Production, Animal Production and Health Management, Environmental Health
Sciences, Livestock Economics or Health Extension from a recognized
institution;
·
Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary
Board; and
·
Have a Certificate in computer
applications from a recognized institution.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Animal Health Assistant II
JG “G”
Responsibilities
·
Carrying out simple treatment of
animals;
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Participating in disease search and
reporting;
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Demonstrating on milking techniques
and external parasite control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting;
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Carrying out meat inspection;
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Carrying out vaccination; and
·
Undertaking closed castration,
dehorning, de-worming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan Citizen
·
Have a Certificate lasting not less
than two (2) years in any of the following disciplines: Animal Health
Environmental Health, Animal Health and Production from a recognized
institution:
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Be registered by the Kenya Veterinary
Board; and
·
Have a Certificate in computer
applications from a recognized institution.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Laboratory Technologist
JG “G”
Responsibilities
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Operationalizing the veterinary
laboratory under the supervision of the veterinary officer;
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Field sampling of suspected animals’
samples and Laboratory examination;
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Packaging of infected materials for
submission to regional or national veterinary Laboratories and
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Compiling reports.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan Citizen
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Have a two (2) year certificate in
laboratory Technology
·
Have a Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education (KCSE) mean grade of C (Plain) or its Equivalent.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Leather Development Officer
JG “K”
Responsibilities
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Monitoring the production trends of
leather and leather Products;
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Undertaking relevant training and
demonstrations on best practices to stakeholders for production of high quality
hides, skin and leather products;
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Collecting and Collating data on
hides and skins;
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Undertaking hides and skins and
leather projects activities and
·
Undertaking inspection of curing
premises and stores for issuance of registration of premises disposal from
tanneries and hides and skins curing premises.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan Citizen;
·
Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the
following fields:- Leather Technology, Footwear Technology, Materials
Technology (Leather) or Leather Goods Design and Development from a recognized
institution;
OR
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Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental
Science or Animal Science from a recognized University with a basic two year
certificate or Diploma or at least one year post graduate training in Hides and
Skins or Leather Technology from a recognized institution;
·
Have a Certificate in Computer
Applications from a recognized institution.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Leather Development Assistant II
JG “G”
Responsibilities
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Demonstrating to traders and skin
flayers on the appropriate methods of flaying, cleaning, curing and storage of
hides and skins;
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Ensuring that the hides and skins are
delivered to the curing premises immediately after flaying, collecting hides
and skin data on production;
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Grading, identifying defects and
issuing notes to facilitate hides and skins as a disease control measures; and
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Any other lawful duties that may be
assigned from time to time.
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, one must:-
·
Be a Kenyan Citizen;
·
Be in possession of a two year
Certificate in either Hides and Skins Improvement or Leather Technology from a
recognized institution; and
·
Have a Certificate in Computer
Applications from a recognized institution.
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
How to Apply
Applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae (C.V), Copies
of Academic and Professional Certificates, Testimonials, National
Identification Card or Passport and any other supporting documents should be
submitted in sealed envelope, to reach the undersigned by 16th December, 2019
at 5 p.m
Hand delivered applications should be submitted to the County
Public Service Board Offices located next to the Governor’s Office.
Please NOTE that all applicants will be required to provide
copies of clearance certificates from the following institutions:
·
The Criminals Investigations
Department (CID)
·
The Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB),
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
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The Ethics and Anti- Corruption
Commission (EACC) and
·
Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Bungoma County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Youth, Women,
Persons with Disabilities, Minority and Marginalized groups are particularly
encouraged to apply.
The Secretary
County Public Service Board
P.O BOX 2489-50200
BUNGOMA