Livestock Development Officer

The Livestock Development Officer provides technical support and coordination for FAO's One Health and livestock projects and programmes in Papua New Guinea. The role involves research, technical analysis, project implementation support, and collaboration with national and international partners to strengthen animal health and production systems.

Responsibilities

• Researches and analyses technical, social, economic, environmental, institutional, and technology related information, data and statistics and/or related policy issues to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.
• Produces a variety of technical information, data, statistics and reports as well as input for technical documents and web pages.
• Provides technical support/analysis to various assessments, studies and initiatives and provides technical backstopping to field projects.
• Collaborates in the development of improved/updated tools, systems, processes, and databases.
• Participates on multidisciplinary teams, and/or leads working groups/teams collaborates with other departments and agencies on work groups and committees and promotes best practices.
• Collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development activities within member countries such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials, on-line tools.
• Promotes knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences and influences partners in stakeholder consultations.
• Supports resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.
• Supports the formulation, implementation, monitoring and reporting of FAO's activities under relevant One Health and livestock projects and programmes, including Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
• Contributes to the timely implementation of relevant projects and programmes by providing technical support, facilitating coordination among country, regional and headquarters teams, ensuring compliance with corporate and donor requirements, and supporting the review and quality assurance of project proposals and technical documents.
• Supports the preparation and monitoring of project workplans, budgets and operational arrangements, including collaboration with implementing partners to facilitate effective delivery of project activities.
• Provides technical guidance and backstopping for the implementation of One Health and livestock-related activities, including oversight of activities implemented by delivery partners and support to national counterparts, in accordance with approved workplans and expected results.
• Supervises assigned project personnel and supports effective team performance through regular coordination and guidance.
• Supports the monitoring of project implementation, including the collection and analysis of technical information, documentation of lessons learned, identification of implementation challenges and contribution to corrective actions, in collaboration with monitoring and evaluation counterparts.
• Facilitates coordination and collaboration among FAO teams, government institutions, development partners and other stakeholders to promote synergies, knowledge exchange and effective implementation of One Health and livestock initiatives.
• Represents FAO in technical and coordination meetings with implementing partners and stakeholders, and shares best practices and lessons learned from project implementation.
• Contributes to the preparation of technical reports, briefing notes, presentations, communication materials and other knowledge products related to One Health and livestock development activities.
• Contributes to resource mobilization, project formulation and partnership development efforts, including the preparation and review of concept notes, project proposals and technical documentation.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in animal science, livestock production, veterinary medicine, epidemiology, or related field.
• Five years of relevant experience in animal health, infectious disease management, zoonoses, AMR including regulatory aspects, standard setting, and epidemiology.
• Working knowledge (proficiency - level C) of English and intermediate knowledge (intermediate proficiency - level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions.
• Experience in project and programme coordination and management of similar programs and projects at national and regional levels.
• Extent and relevance of experience and knowledge in animal disease surveillance and/or risk management programmes at country and/or regional level.
• Extent and relevance of experience in the development and management of technical projects in relation to infectious diseases management and animal health systems capacity development.
• Depth of familiarity with relevant animal health capacity assessment and monitoring systems/tools, and experience in infectious disease management at country and/or regional level.
• Extent and relevance of experience in the analysis and formulation of technical/scientific documents for sustainability improvement in the livestock sector.
• Ability to analyse complex animal health - livestock issues from a sustainable transformation point of view.

Skills

• Animal Health
• Infectious Disease Management
• Zoonoses Management
• Antimicrobial Resistance Regulation
• Epidemiology
• Animal Diseases Surveillance
• Risk Management
• Project Coordination
• Programme Management
• Technical Project Development
• Animal Health Systems Capacity Development
• Animal Health Capacity Assessment
• Technical Analysis
• Scientific Document Formulation
• Sustainable Livestock Development
• One Health

Languages

English