Job Location: | Kandahar |
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Nationality: | National |
Category: | Agriculture Veterinary Services |
Employment Type: | Full Time |
Salary: | As per the organization salary scale |
Vacancy Number: | DCA-24-304 |
No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
City: | Kandahar |
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Organization: | Dutch Committee for Afghanistan (DCA) |
Years of Experience: | 5 Years |
Contract Duration: | 12 months |
Gender: | None |
Education: | Bachelor degree in animal or veterinary science |
Close date: | 2024-11-06 |
About DCA
DCA has been present in Afghanistan since 1988, focusing its interventions to herders and pastoralists communities’ resilience and enabling them to achieve long-term, inclusive and equitable development. DCA is currently implementing several livestock development and humanitarian programs in 29 Provinces of Afghanistan. In 2023, we were able to benefit more than half million vulnerable Afghans in building their resilience.
DCA’s mission is to reduce poverty and increase food security for the people of Afghanistan by protecting the livelihoods assets and building resilience. Our livelihoods approach sits at the nexus of humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding, and focuses on building resilience in a conflict-setting. DCA’s community driven approach is built upon four major pillars: food security and livelihoods improvement, extension, value chain development, and institutional capacities. Together, these four fields of activity constitute a powerful mix to drive our mission. Gender equality and one health (the interface between human, animal and environmental health stressing on new pandemics and epidemics such as (COVID-19) will continue to be our fundamental guiding principles.
Project background:
The Project for Strengthening Counternarcotics Capacities contributes to addressing these challenges by improving the well-being of the Afghan people by increasing licit incomes in poppy-growing communities. The outcome of the project is to "sustain the affected population through alternative sources of income and sustenance targeting 3,282 beneficiaries, to enhance income and sustain the livelihood of the beneficiaries, the project will follow an integrated approach to support the same farmers with various activities or interventions.
Project Outcome:
Sustain the affected population through immediate alternative sources of income and sustenance.
General Position Summary
The Livestock extension officer is responsible for conducting a baseline survey to identify and select the eligible beneficiaries for extension services, vaccination and deworming, distribution of animal feed and milking kits to the eligible herders, enhance the capacity of the targeted beneficiaries by organizing technical livestock-related topics and sharing other innovative ideas to improve livestock practices of the targeted beneficiaries. Promote and maintain livestock-related production of the targeted beneficiaries in the targeted districts of Kandahar province. Have experience working with the community specifically the farmers/ breeders for conducting meetings and discussions and willing to regularly travel to all targeted districts. Coordination and provide assistance to the project manager and other team members for successful and efficient completion of the project.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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