Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
## Animal Husbandry Specialist
**About FAO**
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the UN that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO’s goal is to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members (194 countries and the European Union), FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.
**Job Location:** FAO Country Office in India
**Experience Required:**
* Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in animal production and animal health, particularly in the piggery, poultry and small ruminants sector.
**Job Description:**
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking an Animal Husbandry Specialist to contribute to the Government of India’s GEF6 Green Ag. Project titled, “Green-Ag: Transforming Indian agriculture for global environmental benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.”
**Responsibilities:**
* Provide technical inputs in the curriculum on Livestock Field Schools for all five project landscapes.
* Coordinate development of Livestock Field Schools monitoring and impact indicator formats, design Livestock Field School protocols, tools, and methods.
* Provide scientific/technical and training process inputs on livestock management to households, to raise awareness on maintaining quality indigenous livestock and local carrying capacities, and for implementing improved nutrition and fodder management strategy.
* Train Prani Mitra/ Pashu Sakhis to assist farmers/ herders in all the five project landscapes.
* Work with SPMU and GLIU in developing monitoring protocols and tools for data collection and assist in ensuring complete documentation and report writing on all the activities relating to livestock management for all five project landscapes.
* Lead overall coordination with one project implementing state.
**Qualifications:**
* Master’s degree in veterinary sciences, animal sciences or equivalent.
* Working knowledge (level C) of English, working proficiency in Hindi is desirable.
* Indian National.
**Core Competencies:**
* Results Focus
* Teamwork
* Communication
* Building Effective Relationships
* Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
**Technical/Functional Skills:**
* Relevant experience of working in Animal production systems.
* Experience of working with government agencies and in development projects.
* Experience working with or in international non-governmental and donor organizations (UN agencies, World Bank, IFAD, Asian Development Bank, etc.) with implementation of participatory projects.
* Experience in understanding the impact of climate change to livestock development.
To apply for this job please visit jobs.fao.org.
