Position Summary:
The Veterinarian under the supervision of the Project coordinator, will ensure the effective and principled implementation of livestock protection response (provision of feed, deworming campaign and delivering trainings to Beneficiaries) in Herat province of Afghanistan with frequent travel to the Zinda Jan district and villages within district and province.
The veterinarian will provide trainings to Beneficiaries and stakeholders (especially on de-worming techniques and livestock health), support and coordinate de-worming campaign and make sure planned targets are achieved. At the same time, the veterinarians will provide necessary trainings to the farmers to improve livestock management, feeding and sanitation. They will be communicating will relevant community stakeholders and pastoralists to understand the current challenges local herds face, what is their health status and what current disease outbreak are endangering them.
Veterinarian will be supporting the project team and make sure that the storage and distribution of livestock packages meet core standards common to livestock interventions (national regulations and MAIL recommendations, FAO guidelines on livestock relate interventions) and ensuring that adequate technical requirements of the engaged staff are in place and standardized, ensuring that necessary hygiene and sanitary practices are in place during the distributions and de-worming campaigns (as well during the transportation and storage of animal feed).
The Veterinarian will ensure the effective implementation of poultry farms intervention (preparing BNFs selection criteria, conducting BNFs selection assessment, ensuring quality of poultry package distributing by supplier, conducting poultry training to BNFs, coordination with livestock department of DAIL, handover poultry farm intervention) in Zinda Jan district.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The veterinarian is responsible for, but not limited to, the following work areas and duties:
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- Design and develop an implementation plan for the program intervention in livestock and poultry sectors (especially deworming campaigns, poultry farms and related training), weekly and monthly work plans, including detailed training plans;
- provides technical assistance in the veterinary and livestock extension field for the members of community;
- Participate in CESVI induction to inform quality project delivery in line with cluster and CESVI Code of Conduct;
- Ensure full understanding of CESVI Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CFRM) and ensure effective and appropriate roll out across the project;
- Design a training plan, arrange and conduct training for BNFs and paravets especially on de-worming practices and animal health;
- Keep good coordination with DAIL district agriculture and livestock extension officers;
- together with DRR specialist work on the finalization of the trainings’ curriculum, methodology and training materials;
- keeping track of the training records – attendance sheets, score tests/results;
- Preparation of the trainings – stationery, necessary material, venue, contacting beneficiaries.
- delivering technical trainings on animal health, feeding practices and drought mitigation measures (essential feeding regimes incorporating the provided fodder, application of additional feed, grazing management including drought mitigation techniques, animal health measures and basic veterinary practices Disaster Risk Reduction technique;
- Monitors of the projects progress and contribute to project quality;
- Provide information about the current effect and impact of drought on livestock in the area of implementation;
- Coordinate with logistics department proper storage and distribution of de-worming medicine, straw and concentrated animal feed;
- Supporting logistics department with the procurement and distribution of livestock and poultry kits.
- Any other tasks assigned by line manager
