Food Security and Livelihood Officer – Livestock

Job Description:
TITLE: Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) Officer – Livestock
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme Implementation Department – Food Security & Livelihoods Unit
LOCATION: Wardak Province
CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed term
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: (select only one)
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting the country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The FSL Officer – Livestock will focus on supporting livestock-based livelihoods, particularly for the nomadic Kuchi, returnees, and host communities. The officer will facilitate mass livestock vaccination, deworming treatments, and capacity-building for community animal health workers (CAHWs) to strengthen livestock health services in remote areas.

SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: FSL coordinator
Staff reporting to this post: Community mobilizers-volunteers
Direct: 00
Indirect: 00
Budget Responsibilities: Not Applicable
Role Dimensions: The post holder will establish a good working relationship with rest of Save the Children’s livelihood and child protection staff as well as with community members where the project activities are implemented.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
The main areas of accountability and responsibility of this position are, to support the implementation of the Agriculture component under SC-NI grant over the target province/s.
Key Responsibilities:
 Plan and oversee livestock vaccination and deworming campaigns in coordination with local service providers and community stakeholders.
 Provide training and capacity-building for community animal health workers (CAHWs) to improve animal health services and access to veterinary care in remote areas.
 Support the distribution of veterinary kits and basic veterinary drugs to ensure the sustainability of livestock health services in underserved communities.
 Work closely with pastoral Kuchi communities to address livestock health challenges and enhance productivity.
 Conduct participatory assessments and surveys to identify livestock-related needs and opportunities within target communities.
 Promote best practices in livestock husbandry, including improved animal handling, hygiene, and market linkages for livestock products.
 Ensure that livestock interventions are inclusive, targeting vulnerable groups such as women, persons with disabilities, and families with limited income.
Provide regular updates and progress reports on livestock-related activities.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning
 Prepare and implement action plan for quality monitoring
 Mobilizing and Making communities aware of project objectives, outputs and activities and MEAL systems and SCI Child Safeguarding Policies.
 Facilitate project and activities information at all events such as training and workshops
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:
 holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
 holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
 sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development and encourage their team to do the same
 widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
 builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners, and supporters
 Values diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength
 approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
 develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
 honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS
 Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential
 At least 3 years of experience in livestock management, veterinary care, or rural livelihoods programs.
 Strong understanding of livestock health, animal husbandry, and pastoral livelihoods, especially within nomadic and rural communities.
 Experience working in underserved communities, with a particular focus on returnees and nomadic populations.
 Excellent training and capacity-building skills, particularly in working with local communities and community-based service providers.
Strong organizational and communication skills.

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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