Afghanistan Value Chains Program (AVCP), a USAID-funded program implemented by DAI Global, LLC (DAI), supports the expansion of sustainable agriculture-led economic growth across Afghanistan. AVCP achieves this goal through the support of anchor firms in the livestock and crops value chains. AVCP partners with and supports anchor firms through a market systems development approach, implemented through ‘Deal Notes’ which are co-designed agreements that respond to critical constraints while driving project outcomes. In implementing Deal Notes, AVCP works almost exclusively with agribusinesses and key value chain stakeholders to increase sales, investment, and productivity, among other key indicators. The growth of the anchor firms promotes the efficiency, profitability, and strengthening of the value chains with a direct and positive impact on rural economies, households, and livelihoods.

The AVCP focuses its interventions on key value chain leverage points, such as input suppliers or traders linked to large wholesalers, processors, and farmer associations. In doing so, AVCP will accomplish the following fundamental sub-purposes: 
Sub-Purpose 1: Increased Productivity and Stability of Value Chains
Sub-Purpose 2: Improved Commercial Viability and Operational Efficiency of Agribusinesses
Sub-Purpose 3: Engage Afghan Women in Agriculture
Sub-Purpose 4: Climate Change Mitigation and Resiliency Strengthened

Balkh Poultry Firm is a leading firm in the poultry value chain across Balkh, Samangan, Saripul, and Faryab provinces, providing poultry feed, day-old chicks, poultry farm management services, and processing poultry manure into organic fertilizer. Through the signing of Deal Note, AVCP will support building the technical capacity of small-scale female poultry farmers linked to Balkh Poultry Firm. This initiative aims to equip them to better address issues that arise in the day-to-day operations of their poultry farms.

Tasks (Performance Requirements):

The Female Broiler Poultry Farm Training Specialist (STTA) is primarily responsible for developing comprehensive training materials and conducting a twelve-day poultry farm management training for 160 poultry farmers. The training will be organized into four sessions per province, with 80 farmers per province. Each session will accommodate 12 to 15 female poultry farmers in a one-day training format. Moreover, the specific scope of work includes but not limited to the bellow activities listed:

• Provide insights on the factors influencing profitability of the farmer and role of chick and feed quality and farm management on the productivity of the farmer.
• Explaining the poultry farm's standard design, farm direction in cold and warm areas and optimum dimension of the farm for open sheds.
• Deliver training on broiler bird management, preplacement preparation for chicks, brooding and post placement check of chicks for feed and water consumption,
• Deliver training on the use of common-sense during chicken checking up, lighting and ventilation.
• Train the poultry farmers on feeding and watering, balance ration nutritive value, proper storage, and physical form of feed and normal potable water quality for poultry. 
• Train and demonstrate Bio security standard operational procedures (SOPs) which includes, proper disposal of dead bird, explain potential routes for exposure to disease and important steps for cleaning and disinfection.  
• Demonstrate and practically practice vaccination, precautions for all vaccine, success of the vaccination, root causes of failure of vaccination, water vaccination and Intra ocular vaccination procedures.
• Deliver training on the common causes of vaccination failure and demonstrate practically the postmortem of the bird.
• Provide a final report to AVCP project DCOP or his designee.

• Bachelor’s degree in veterinary (DVM) or animal science and at least 5 years of relevant work experience in Broiler Farm management or master’s degree with 3 years of relevant field experience in the Broiler farm management.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and training skills
• Fluent Pashto and Dari. 
• Proficiency in written English is required.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter, with the position name and the job location as Broiler Poultry Farm Training Specialist- Female in the subject line, by email to (HR_AVCP@dai.com). To apply for any AVCP vacancies, please make sure you put the title and the Job Location on the subject of your email, or your application will be disregarded by the system. Please note that applications received after the closing date and without Subject line will not be given considerations. Only shortlisted candidates whose applications responds to the above criteria will be contacted for test/interview. In submitting your application, you understand that additional requests for information and/or participating in a screening interview to narrow candidate pools for short listing do not constitute a job offer or guarantee of employment.