Internal/External Vacancy Announcement
Agriculture Project Officer (100%)
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Caritas Switzerland (CACH) has been working in Ethiopia for 50 years. Currently, CACH cooperates with four partners in Ethiopia. CACH has successfully registered as an International Non-Governmental Organization in Ethiopia, enabling it to operate at the project implementation level. CACH’s main areas of focus are Climate, Income, Migration, and Humanitarian Aid. CACH’s current working areas are in Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray, where it supports and implements approximately ten projects.
Summary of Duties
The Agriculture Project Officer (Livestock Expert) will focus on supporting on drought-affected pastoralist communities through various activities, including coordinating slaughter destocking and enhancing animal health services such as vaccination, surveillance, and voucher-based treatments. The expert will lead the training of animal health staffs and community animal health workers (CAHWs) to deliver specialized drought-related services and ensure efficient supply chains for vaccines and medicines. Additionally, the expert will manage livestock feed supplementation, assess local fodder production along perennial rivers, and work with private sector suppliers to implement voucher-based feed support using a market-driven approach. The role also involves promoting climate-smart agriculture, irrigation-based fodder and crop production, and providing advisory services on pest management and alternative income opportunities, with a particular focus on supporting women.
Expected key results
Main Areas of Responsibility
Key Responsibilities
Prepare and keep the Database of the beneficiaries up to date.
Implement and follow up the activities.
Sustain internal and external coordination
Other and Special tasks
Duty stations: Gorodola with frequent travel to the project sites
Required No.: 1 (one)
The ideal candidate represents the majority of the below mentioned areas:
Required Skills
Applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) as PDF including at least three work references. Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note.
Application in any other format (word, JPG etc) will be automatically rejected. At this stage no other documents are required to be submitted.
Applicants Must Fill out the information and send the PDF cover letter and CV through the link: (Agriculture Project Officer (Livestock Expert) (kobotoolbox.org))
Deadline for application is October 13, 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are highly encouraged.
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