Veterinary Assistant at SOS Children’s Villages, Mogadishu, Somalia

SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below position.

Job Title: Veterinary Assistant

Direct Line Manager: Business Development and coordination Officer

Location: Mogadishu

Job Summary:

The Assistant veterinary supports the implementation of climate adapted commercial livestock and fodder projects by planning, coordinating and ensuring the delivery of activities. The assistant vet officer also provides monitoring and evaluation of the project to ensure the achievement of the project’s outputs and ensure communication and reporting on the project’s implementation. The p officer also contributes to maintaining working relations with stakeholders in the project target location..

Key Areas of Responsibilities

The main tasks of the position of Assistant veterinary will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Develop basic training packages on veterinary on animal keeping.
• Perform assessments to identify potential in the field of income generation, especially in the livestock sector.
• Training of selected staff and community members on livestock modern management/husbandry.
• Support livestock cooperative members in livestock production management and to set up linkage between producers and traders in livestock production cycle

Qualifications and Experience

The Vet officer will need to demonstrate the following qualifications, experience, skills and competencies: Essential:

• Possess diploma of Veterinary Medicine.
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in the relevant field.
• Good knowledge of livestock production cycle and field experience with farmers.
• Excellent knowledge in veterinary extension especially participatory approach
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team work and team building skills and ability to work in the field.
• Good written, spoken skills and knowledge of English language.

Safeguarding:

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understand his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe.

How to apply

Interested applicants should send their application letter with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to: this email hr.so@sossomalia.org 

Closing date is 17th March, 2024.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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