and meat hygiene within the Land O’Lakes Liberia Food for Progress livestock sector development program.
The qualified candidate will be responsible for a team of animal specialists and field representatives. S/he will be responsible for monitoring the progress of all animal health and husbandry activities in relation to the project’s work plan and performance monitoring criteria. S/he will also complete monthly reports and necessary technical and administrative reports upon request. This position will report directly to the Chief of Party.
Successful candidates will have:
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Animal husbandry (BVS, BVSc, BVetMed, DVM, VMD, etc.) degree from an accredited school;
• Knowledge of animal nutrition, tropical animal health, population medicine, pathology, epidemiology, parasitology, bacteriology, pharmacology, and theriogenology/reproductive health;
• Practical livestock management experience, preferably in Western Africa;
• Three years’ experience as a trainer or consultant or animal health/husbandry practitioners in the livestock sector;
• Prior experience in developing training curricula and materials;
• Experience working in an international organization;
Preferred qualifications include:
• Goat husbandry for goat meat production;
• Livestock trading and marketing;
• Hygienic slaughter and butchery techniques;
• Food safety, quality assurance systems and inspection for meat processing;
• Livestock pass-on schemes;
• Livestock breeding, including artificial insemination;
• Livestock introduction;
• Slaughterhouse, slaughter slab and/or fattening station construction;
• Development and outreach through farmer associations (i.e. cooperatives, producer groups, marketing groups, etc);
• Feed and fodder techniques for improved livestock productivity.
Essential Competencies/Behaviors:
• Results Orientation: Consistently meeting or exceeding annual and long-range plans and business objectives.
• Building Strategic Working Relationships: Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of project goals.
• Building Trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.
• Analytical Decision Making: Identifying and understanding issues and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions, using effective approaches for developing appropriate solutions, taking action that is consistence with available facts and probable consequences.
• Impact and Influence: Building ownership and commitment of others towards the achievement of organizational goals.
• Innovation: Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
• Planning and Organizing Establishing course of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed effectively.
• Time Management: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to organize and prioritize workload activities and deliver on-time results.
If you are interested in being considered for this position with Land O’Lakes International Development, please apply online at:
https://performancemanager4.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=5526&company=LOL&username=
Only applications received through the above Success Factors website will be considered. Qualified candidates will be contacted.
Land O’Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Land O’Lakes enforces a policy of maintaining a drug-free workforce, including pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2012