Vacancy title:
Milk Production Officer

Jobs at:
Good Neighbors Kenya

Deadline of this Job:
7th December 2018

Duty Station:
Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: 28th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:
Location: Bisil Project Office (Kajiado County)
Employment Period: 1 year renewable
Employee Category: Fixed Term Contract

Responsibilities

•  Preparing livestock production information;
  
•  Providing technical advice in animal production, livestock marketing, range management and ranching;
  
•  Promoting economic livestock farming;
  
•  Participating in organizing extension activities which include field days, field demonstrations, farmer field schools and farm visits.
  
•  Participating in collaborative research activities;
  
•  Disseminating livestock production technologies such as construction of livestock housing and structures, milk production, pasture and fodder production and conservation, farm planning, gross margins analysis, on-farm feed formulation.
  
•  Implementing livestock production programmes/projects in such areas as dairy cattle farming, breeding programmes, fodder production and conservation, value addition to livestock products, emerging livestock and other animal husbandry interventions;
  
•  Capturing, maintaining and storing livestock data.
  
•  Assessing smallholder dairy and feed value chain practices and knowledge in the project area
  
•  Conducting an assessment of smallholders’ dairy value chains ad identify potential interventions to enhance benefits to smallholder producers and other value chain actors in Kajiado County
  
•  Identifying and developing portfolio for intensification and market orientation of potential livestock value chains providing case studies in dairy for commercialization of production with stimulating rapid change in feed-related elements of these value chains.
  

Qualifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields:- Animal Science, Animal Production, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Range Management, Livestock/Agricultural Economics, Dairy Technology, Or Agricultural Education and Extension from a recognized Institution;
  
•  At least 7 year relevant experience
  
•  Certificate in compute applications.