Overview
Provide technical leadership and operational support for livestock-related interventions within a joint UN nutrition programme in Sierra Leone, focusing on climate-resilient and nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead planning and implementation of livestock interventions (poultry, apiculture, small livestock systems).
- Develop technically sound intervention models aligned with climate-resilient and nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
- Promote integrated farming systems linking livestock and crop production.
- Develop and deliver training programmes on good animal husbandry, poultry and apiculture production, and feed management.
- Strengthen extension services through farmer field schools, demonstrations, and field visits.
- Support transparent identification and validation of beneficiaries.
- Promote inclusive and community-based approaches to livestock distribution and management.
- Support community-based asset transfer mechanisms.
- Coordinate disease prevention and control measures.
- Promote improved livestock productivity through better feeding, improved breeds, and biosecurity.
- Support development of livestock value chains and facilitate market linkages.
- Promote income-generating opportunities through livestock enterprises.
- Develop technical specifications for procurement of livestock inputs and services.
- Support quality assurance of procured goods and services.
- Provide technical input to procurement processes.
- Contribute to development of workplans and procurement/activity plans.
- Support monitoring of field activities and results.
- Prepare technical inputs for project reports.
- Submit final technical report at the end of assignment.
- Liaise with government institutions, NGOs, and private sector actors.
- Participate in coordination meetings and technical working groups.
- Ensure alignment of livestock interventions with overall project objectives.
- Perform any other duties as required.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in livestock production and rural development projects.
- Strong experience in poultry and/or apiculture systems.
- Strong experience in livestock extension and training.
- Strong experience in integrated farming systems.
- Experience in community-based livestock programmes.
- Experience in results-based project implementation (RBM).
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Animal Production, Animal Science, Veterinary Science, or related field.
