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The Livestock Extension Officer (LEO) is responsible for design, planning and implementing the technical aspects related to dairy and livestock management. This role involves close coordination with livestock keepers to provide essential technical services, including livestock health management, feed and fodder production, and milk production and processing techniques. The goal is to assist smallholder dairy farmers in improving their production and productivity. Key Responsibilities include; A) Technical Planning and Implementation: Plan and execute technical initiatives related to dairy and livestock, ensuring best practices in health management, feed production, and milk processing are implemented. B) Support to Livestock Keepers: Work directly with livestock keepers, providing tailored technical services that enhance livestock health and productivity, and promote sustainable farming practices. C) Collaboration with Local Service Providers: Coordinate closely with local service providers such as agriculturists, para-veterinarians, Block Veterinary Workers (BVWs), and Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) to ensure comprehensive livestock services are delivered to smallholder dairy farmers. D) Engagement with Provincial and District Stakeholders: Collaborate with Provincial and district-level stakeholders, including the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAIL) and other public extension agents, to design and implement innovative extension services and support systems for livestock keepers. E) Mentoring of Community-Based Facilitators, and CAHWs: Mentor Community-Based Facilitators (CBFs), and supervise CAHWs ensuring they are equipped to effectively support local dairy farmers and implement program activities. and F) Reporting Structure: The role holder operates under the leadership of FSL Program Coordinator and guidance of the FSL Sector Lead and the Zonal Manager, contributing to the overall strategic direction of the Livestock program

Project Implementation and Technical Quality Assurance:

• Training livestock beneficiaries on livestock rearing

• Assess communities’ awareness level regarding livestock keeping and provide necessary information/on the job training

• Improve the social skills of the women in the target areas

• Instruct project participants on medicine usages and administration of vaccine for livestock disease prevention

• Keep clinical records of livestock and provide necessary reports

• Follow up vaccination seasons and keep project participants knowledge updated

• Instruct women on personal and environmental hygiene, water sanitation, milk processing and health care issues

• Conduct continuous monitoring of livestock production, status of coops and stables and livestock treatment process

• Coordinate plans and activities of livestock centers

• Contribute in livestock purchasing, distribution process, livestock feed stuff and other related activities

• Assist in referral process of sick livestock from WVA targeted communities to Veterinary Field Unit (VFU)

• Strengthen communities’ contribution toward project implementation

• Facilitate formation of livestock self-help and savings for transformation groups at the communities Monitor and support the activities of the self-help groups

• Facilitate group gatherings/meetings schedule/ organize group meeting

• Support in training of project participants on livestock related topics

Building Relationship:

• Be responsible for maintaining and strengthening relationships with key partners through close coordination with project Manager, especially Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock at the province level.

• Ensure smooth networking with other actors involved in livelihood/food security sector at local and higher levels as appropriate.

• Conduct regular meetings with targeted livestock keepers and ensure proper coordination network is established

• Linkage with head of community centres and report on their behalf to Field Supervisor

• Establish linkage mechanism with Veterinary Field Unit (VFU)

• Provide the quarterly and annual livelihood Plan/reports and check with FSL Program Coordinator/Manager and FSL Sector Lead.

Planning, Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Conduct identification survey of the project participants

• Assist in conducting surveys, Value chain analysis, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) or research related to livestock

• Collect project related data and information

• Participate in participatory need assessment at community level

• Apply “Do No Harm” theory at any project interventions

• Work according to community cultures and norms

• Ensure that no discrimination has been made among the different classes people in the communities

• Record project lessons learned and challenges and report them to the Field Supervisor

• Ensure ideal behaviour is promoted among project participants

• Contribute monitoring process in the target communities. Submit necessary documents to field supervisor

• Submit necessary reports to the Supervisor in a timely manner

• To perform other job-related tasks assigned by supervisor as and when required

• Adhere to WV accountability standards

• Ensure full compliance with WVI’s Accountability Frameworks, Safeguarding Policies, Code of Conduct, and donor requirements by actively participating in AAP mandatory trainings and integrating accountability mechanisms into all project activities.

• Conduct meaningful AAP community engagement and sensitization during field visits, including distribution of CFM cards to beneficiaries and facilitating awareness sessions on the feedback and complaints mechanism throughout project implementation.

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