ACDI / VOCA Livestock Resilience Specialist Job in Kenya 2019

  • Published date: May 13, 2019
  • Category: Agriculture & Farming
    • Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
  • Jop type:
  • Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
  • Company name: Jobs in Kenya

Job Description

ACDI / VOCA Livestock Resilience Specialist Job in Kenya 2019


Career Employment Livestock Resilience Specialist Nairobi Kenya May 2019


Overview: Since 1963 and in 146 countries, ACDI / VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development and food security in order to promote broad-based economic growth and vibrant civil society.


Livestock Resilience Specialist, East Africa


ACDI/VOCA is recruiting for a Livestock Systems Resilience Specialist for a USAID-funded cross-border trade and resilience project in the East African Community (EAC) countries.


This project will assist the Governments of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi as well as other neighboring nations to improve regional resilience through (among other objectives), increasing shock recovery, reducing humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa, and improving food security in arid and sem-arid lands.


The Livestock Systems Resilience Specialist responsibilities and qualifications for this program include but are not limited to the following:


Responsibilities



  • Provide technical expertise, coordination, capacity building, and support to regional resilience initiatives for livestock systems.

  • Represent the Activity in coordination, capacity building, and partnership meetings with regional policy, transboundary disease surveillance agencies, private sector companies, research organizations, and government/ministry staff.

  • Quality control and timeliness of all deliverables

  • Other tasks as needed


Qualifications



  • Degree required in Business, Agriculture, International Development, Livestock, or related field


 


Only finalists contacted.


Women, minorities, and local nationals encouraged to apply.

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