- Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Location: coxs bazaar
- Grade: NPP - National Project Personnel - Local Contractors Agreement - All levels
- Occupational Groups:
- Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
- Closing Date: 2021-12-24
- FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
- FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
- Provide technical assessment to identify gaps/challenges facing the livestock farmers, quality of production and linkages with the markets (to conduct the technical assessment, the consultant will make reference to the FAO’s baseline report on resilience programme in Cox’s Bazar, resilience strategies, UN-led joint response plan (2019), UN-SDG, 8th five year plan of Government of Bangladesh, National livestock Policy, Master Plan for Southern Region of Bangladesh and FAO’s recent studies on livestock sector in Bangladesh and south Asian countries and other relevant strategic documents);
- Develop a Livestock Sub-sector Strategy document for FAO Cox’s Bazar;
- Elaborate an Implementation Plan for the Livestock Sub-sector Strategy of the FAO Cox’s Bazar livelihood programme in mobilizing funds;
- In coordination with the Senior Programme Advisor, develop proposals for the further development of the livestock sub-sector component of the Emergency Response Programme;
- Elaborate activities appropriate to livestock sub-sectoral support at both individual household and farmers’ groups levels;
- For programme design, the National Consultant will undertake the following analysis: farmers’ adoption of the government introduced improved technologies (i.e. artificial insemination, deworming, vaccination and improved breed); farmers’ engagement in practicing fodder cultivation and its contribution in household income; the potentiality of farmers’ access to global market through livestock food processing and export of quality products; data on farm level planning process for dairy and poultry production in order to determine the best ways to manage farm with the climatic impacts; farmers’ potentiality for livestock entrepreneurship, especially for the women; and livestock farm production data and provide a synthesis of the result with a forecast on cows, goat and poultry production trend and farmers’ adoption of technologies for resilience in livestock farming;
- Identify sustainable improvements in productivity of milk, meat and egg production including processing and value addition;
- Identify opportunities to strengthen private sector participation and investments in livestock production, livestock services, market development, and export of livestock products and by-products;
- Develop a capacity building plan for Department of Livestock Services at the District and sub-district levels; Oversee and guide livestock production and farmer mobilization activities in the project area and effectively manage relationships with the government and implementing partners;
- Contribute in the planning of project activities and set high-quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines;
- Use appropriate project management tools to plan, review and track progress on project implementation and utilization of project resources;
- Identify training needs for the government and implementing partners’ staff and support the capacity building of the project poultry and dairy farmers on improved livestock production;
- Provide technical support to the livestock farmers in collaboration with the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) on deworming, vaccination, artificial insemination, improved breed and animal health management in the project area;
- Contribute to the collection and dissemination of relevant data and information related to milk, egg and meat production, households’ income and food value chains including impacts, lessons and good practices;
- Contribute to the organization of and/or participate in meetings, conferences, workshops, consultations and field visits as needed;
- Assist the MEAL team in properly recording and archiving the progress tracking data on field implementation to support various audiences, while contributing to annual and semi-annual reports;
- Any other duties as instructed by the Senior Programme Advisor of the Livelihood and the Head of Sub-Office.
- Masters in Veterinary Sciences, Animal Husbandry and equivalent /related subjects.
- National of Bangladesh;
- Minimum of Seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional work experiences with the United Nations, international and national development organizations, or relevant government institutions on sustainable livestock and poultry production, animal health management, market linkage development and environmental conservation.
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
- Working knowledge of English is essential
- Experiences in working for value-added livestock and poultry products, services, and recommendations to partners and stakeholders;
- Knowledge in working for farm trials, demonstrations and research projects on climate adaptive livestock and poultry production technologies;
- Proven track record of successful teamwork, good presentation/facilitation skills;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Bengali is required;
- Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision;
- Self-motivation, willingness to learn and strong work ethics in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
- FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you need help please contact: Careers@fao.org
- Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
- Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
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