Animal Husbandry Technical Officer

Helen Keller International (HKI) - Indonesia
Position: Animal Husbandry Technical Officer
Program(s): Nutrition, Agriculture, Food Security
Reports to: Nutrition Program Manager

I.  Program Description

Since the 1970s HKI has been working to establish sustainable evidence-based approaches to enhance health, nutrition, rehabilitation and education in Indonesia. HKI's programs in Indonesia engage all levels of the government health and education structure from national to village level. HKI provides services which are integrated into existing health and education systems by developing its human resources and infrastructure, conducting needs assessments, analyzing local characteristics to inform  program design and implementation, training of personnel, providing basic equipment and medicines, delivering services, monitoring program progress and evaluating their impact.

HKI currently implements education, rehabilitation, eye care, health, and nutrition programs in 24 countries worldwide.  Through 90 years of experience, HKI has developed particular expertise in large scale implementation of targeted interventions, development of government service delivery systems and comprehensive monitoring of program outcomes, such as policy developments, educational access, nutritional status, mortality and morbidity.

II. **Position Description*

Based in Soe, Timor Tengah Selatan District, Nusa Tenggara Timur, the Animal Husbandry Technical Officer, will be in charge of animal husbandry technical components of HKI Indonesia’s Homestead Food Production (HFP) program.

The Animal Husbandry Technical Officer will report to the Nutrition Program Manager and collaborate closely with the Agriculture Technical Officer, Nutrition Technical Officer and the HFP program team in Soe and Jakarta.

III.    **Essential Job Functions

·      Design different technical training materials, handouts on poultry, livestock and other topics and conduct training at different levels
·      Provide technical assistance / support to the partner NGOs’ staff to implement homestead food production activities especially small scale animal husbandry and to establish Village Model Farms (VMF) and homestead gardens
·      Ensure poultry and other animal rearing program implementation as per the work plan
·       Monitor the VMF,  household gardens and animal husbandry activities through field visits and provide necessary guidelines to the NGO staffs for further development of the program
·      Assist and follow up NGOs’ staff to provide trainings to village model farmers, household members, ultra poor and progressive farmers
·      Assist partner organizations to establish marketing channels for the target beneficiaries to get optimum returns from the agricultural/livestock products
·      Work closely with the Agriculture and Nutrition Technical Officer to conduct training on nutrition education/behaviour change communication (BCC) as needed
·      Liaise with related offices including livestock, vaccination and research institute at provincial and district level
·      Participate in the development and preparation of annual work plans, draft reports on HFP program, survey report and other documents related HFP
·      Work closely with other team members and partners for procuring and distributing animal husbandry inputs to beneficiaries
·      Ensure proper implementation of HFP program and established targeted number of Village Model Farm (VMF) and HFP program in the assigned area
·      Assist Measurement and Data Management Officer to plan and conduct surveys/researches and studies related to HFP
·      Participate in the development and preparation of annual work plans, draft reports on HFP program, survey report and other documents related HFP
·      Represent HKI in workshops/seminars and technical meetings on animal husbandry and food security
·      Assist Nutrition Program Manager with other duties as needed

IV.    **Qualifications and Experience

·         Bachelor degree in animal husbandry/veterinary science or related field with strong hands-on experience working in NTT will be considered.
·         At least 5 years of related field experience in animal husbandry projects
·         Strong technical knowledge of animal husbandry programs and issues in Indonesia, particularly NTT
·         Demonstrated ability to effectively interact and communicate with government, academia and other stakeholders in Indonesia
·         Demonstrated ability to read, analyze and interpret complex documents and to prepare presentations and articles
·         Excellent oral and written English is preferably
·         Excellent oral and written Bahasa Indonesia
·         Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with external contacts as well as internal colleagues

Applications

Please email a cover letter and CV in English to: esulistyani@hki.org

Ref.:* “HKI Animal Husbandry Technical Officer
 Application deadline: February 3, 2012.

Contact:

HKI Indonesia
Jl. Bungur Dalam 23 A/B
Kemang, Jakarta, 12730
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 719 9163
Fax: +62 21 718 3804

*Only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview*