Livestock Development Specialist

2 days ago


Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan beBeeLivestock Full time
Job Description

The Geopolist Livestock Development Specialist will focus on implementing integrated community outreach activities for our project. The incumbent will directly support implementing partners in Farmer Field School (FFS) community outreach, ensuring quality assurance of non-negotiable processes and gender transformative aspects of the approach.

This role entails joint participatory planning, facilitating integrated capacity building interventions tailored towards empowering livestock farmers through FFS on climate smart livestock production technologies and practices; improving feed resources for small ruminants; rangeland management; preparation of safe and nutritious family food; value addition; entrepreneurial skills and enhancing their opportunities for income generating activities to support their families.

Responsibilities:
  • Oversight and quality assurance of the implementation of Letters of Agreement with service provider(s) for the FFS outreach
  • Support service provider(s) in implementing an integrated and holistic community outreach, including community awareness, ground work, planning, and development of detailed but realistic community outreach plans for empowering livestock farmers through FFS and community-wide interventions
  • Coordinate routine engagements with relevant technical departments at district level for joint planning, technical backstopping, and supervision of community outreach activities
  • Quality assurance of community outreach ensuring that guidelines for implementing good quality FFS on livestock are followed, sessions systematically conducted routinely, study designs and relevant data collected, factoring in location-specific dynamics
  • Ensure all outreach groups have appropriate learning materials, information, extension and communication (IEC) materials, and records systems in place
  • Assist FFS Specialists and sectoral specialists in monitoring community outreach interventions, prepare tailored trainings for facilitators and farming communities, and compile monthly monitoring sheets and accompanying Management of Value (MOV) documents
  • Collate and update monthly data from all FFS learning activities and outreach into the digitalized FFS Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) information management system
  • Submit and process requests and documentation to facilitate government counterparts supporting the project in a timely manner
  • Provide technical backstopping to FFS facilitators and ensure adherence to non-negotiable principles and processes of the FFS approach to enhance knowledge and skills
  • Identify and facilitate different FFS groups to access rural financing opportunities to enhance their livelihoods and market linkages
  • Track and maintain completeness of all targets, identifying strategic linkages for sustainability and completeness
  • Develop and operationalize a realistic sustainability plan for FFS groups with clear post-FFS activities
  • Support preparation and collation of work plans and progress reports on community outreach, case studies, and success stories
  • Document and share emerging innovations, lessons, and good practices from community outreach with the communications team
Required Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Livestock/Veterinary Medicine or Animal Science, Natural Resource Management, and Agriculture or related fields is required. Minimum of 5 years of experience in livestock management, especially small ruminants, is necessary.

Working knowledge of English and fluency in local languages spoken in the province, such as Urdu, Pashto, Balochi, and Brahvi, is essential. Nationality of Pakistan is required.

Technical/Functional Skills

Proven training and practical experience in implementing Farmer Field School methodology for livestock is required. Climate Resilient Agriculture/Livestock (CRA) and private sector experience will be an asset. Participatory approaches for rural community development, proficient in basic computer skills, including MS Office, and good interpersonal and communication skills are also necessary.

Strong analysis, report writing, facilitation, and presentation skills are essential. Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment and rural communities, understanding of UN systems and procedures regarding code of conduct and resource use, display initiative and take responsibility towards achieving agreed outputs within set deadlines and closely follow-up until successful outputs are achieved.

Experience in developing training materials, curricula, and conducting training programs for farmers and extension workers, ability and willingness to travel and work in remote areas of project target provinces, and ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and teams are also desired.



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