Animal Husbandry Specialist

Organizational Setting

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved the Government of India’s GEF6 Green-Ag. The project is titled, “Green-Ag: Transforming Indian agriculture for global environmental benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes”.

Therefore, the project objective is to catalyze transformative change for India’s agricultural sector to support the achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conserve critical biodiversity and forest landscapes. The project is organized around two components. The first component strengthens the enabling framework and institutional structures to mainstream biodiversity (BD), sustainable land management (SLM), climate change mitigation (CCM) and sustainable forest management (SFM) policies, priorities and practices in India’s agricultural sector. The second component demonstrates replicable “Improved agricultural and conservation practices” for sustainable production, resilient livelihood advancements, habitat improvements, and delivery of tangible BD, LD, CCM, and SFM benefits.

The project works at the national, state and pilot site levels. The project’s five demonstration states are i) Madhya Pradesh, ii) Mizoram, iii) Odisha, iv) Rajasthan and v) Uttarakhand. Site-level project effort focuses upon high conservation priority landscapes (e.g. protected areas) within each of these states.

Reporting Lines

Under the direct supervision of the Project Director, Green-Ag Project and the overall supervision of the Officer-In-Charge, FAO Representation In India, the Animal Husbandry Specialist will undertake the following duties.

Technical Focus

Animal production and animal health, particularly in the piggery, poultry and small ruminants sector.

Tasks and responsibilities

The Specialist will undertake the following duties:

• Provide technical inputs in the development of curriculum on Livestock Field Schools for all five landscapes. • Coordinate development of Livestock Field Schools monitoring and impact indicator formats, design Livestock Field School protocols, tools, and methods. • Coordinate, with other colleagues and value chain specialist and provide input for development of business models for animal husbandry products. • Coordinate the development of methodology for assessment of carrying capacity in different landscapes, Grassland Index. • Provide scientific/technical and training process inputs on livestock management to households, to raise awareness on maintaining quality indigenous livestock and local carrying capacities, and for implementing improved nutrition and fodder management strategy, and also for the training Prani Mitra/ Pashu Sakhis to assist farmers/ herders in all the five project landscapes. • Coordinate with FFS expert at NPMU, Animal Husbandry and FFS specialists at GLIU in organizing the FFS on Livestock Management. • Work with State Project Management Unit (SPMU) and Green Landscape Implementation Unit (GLIU) in developing monitoring protocols and tools for data collection and assist in ensuring complete documentation and report writing on all the activities relating to livestock management for all five project landscapes. • Lead overall coordination with one project implementing state • Provide relevant technical guidance to the project as required. • Any other task assigned by Officer-In-Charge or Project Director

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree in veterinary sciences, animal sciences or equivalent. • 3 years of relevant experience in animal production and animal health, particularly in the piggery, poultry and small ruminants sector • Working knowledge of English language with strong oral, written and presentation skills. • National of India

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus • Teamwork • Communication • Building Effective Relationships • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience of working with government agencies and in development projects. • Experience working with or in international non-governmental and donor organizations (UN agencies, World Bank, IFAD, Asian Development Bank, etc.) with implementation of participatory projects • Experience in understanding the impact of climate change to livestock development. • Good analytical and report writing skills;

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
• Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you need help please contact: [email protected]
• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
• Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
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• Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.