Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 06 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position Summary:
• The Poultry Promotion Specialist will engage poultry producers and support in scaling up Poultry Producer Groups (PDGs), including delivering producer and training of trainers (TOT) trainings, trial innovative poultry production systems, and support access to and scale up of improved dual purpose backyard village chickens and commercial poultry from hatcheries and brooders. The Poultry Promotion Specialist will work closely with other team members and stakeholders to support investments in poultry, development of Village Savings and Loan schemes, organize Learning Exchanges, and strengthen delivery of media advisory campaigns on vaccines, health, hygiene, and production.
• This post is based in Kabwe, Central province, and will provide oversight to three Poultry Promotion Officers (Copperbelt, Central and Lusaka) in planning and implementation of activities, data collection, monitoring and reporting to ensure smooth implementation of the project.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Oversee the development, execution and updating of field project work plans, ensuring project and individual field activities are planned efficiently and effectively and reach intended objectives.
• Lead and oversee the mobilization and engagement of poultry producers to build capacity of Poultry Development Groups (PDGs) in all areas of operations to strengthen ability to access services and inputs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support the development and establishment of poultry incubation clusters which encompass hatcheries, brooders, and producers.
• Engage and coordinate stakeholder partnership relationships with key planned project stakeholders in the geographical area including private sector, farmer-based organizations, and government in target provinces.
• Provide training to producers on poultry production, husbandry, health, and climate smart approaches which increase production and productivity.
• Identify lead farmers, facilitate training on use of mobile corrals and CSA approaches, trial mobile corral systems, and use model farms and training-of-trainers to enable peer-to-peer learning to increase adoption and scale-up of improved production practices.
• Link with hatcheries and brooders through the incubation clusters to facilitate producer access and scale-up of improved breeds of dual-purpose backyard village chickens, as well as commercial enterprises access to broilers and layers.
• Support in facilitating learning exchange visits to lead farmers.
• Link producers and PDGs to Village Saving and Loan Schemes, access to cost-share finance, vaccine campaigns and other relevant poultry initiatives.
• Support stakeholders to amplify media advisory campaigns on vaccines, health, hygiene, and production.
• Ensure all data collection is carried out accurately and collate all data generated into IMPACTS and submit reports, work plans, identified best practices, and all required information in a timely manner.in coordination with the MEL Specialist.
• Oversee the development, execution and updating of field project work plans, ensuring project and individual field activities are planned for efficiently and effectively.
• Ensure field project resources are being managed efficiently and effectively in compliance with organizational, donor and national rules and regulations e.g., motorcycles.
• Support Poultry Promotion Officers in any required training/onboarding including, rules and regulations, accounting and finance systems and procedures, administrative and human resource processes.

Reporting & Supervision:
This position reports to the Project Advisor and will supervise three Poultry Promotion Officers.

Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science degrees (BSc) in Animal/Poultry Science/Production, Veterinary science Agribusiness, Agricultural, Rural Development, or relevant fields
• A minimum of four (4) years of demonstrated experience in implementation of livestock development projects with an emphasis on poultry.
• Demonstrated experience training and providing extension services to small-scale subsistence and commercial farmers with an emphasis on poultry production.
• Experience managing and providing oversight to technical field teams, including ability to provide mentorship and capacity building.
• Able to work with limited supervision and deliver on time.
• Team player with fluency in oral and written English, excellent interpersonal and written and oral presentation skills. Excellent report writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Fluency in oral and written English.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle over challenging terrain and can obtain a motorcycle license within four weeks of hire.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
• Possess a motorcycle license.
• A Higher National Diploma Animal/Poultry Science/Production, Veterinary science Agribusiness, Agricultural, Rural Development
• Experience working with indigenous/dual purpose poultry with small scale subsistence farmer, as well as with commercial broilers and layer poultry in Zambia.
• Strong command of Chi Bemba and Chi Nyanja or other local languages spoken in area of operation.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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