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Animal Health Specialist

Job Posting: 13/Dec/2024

Closure Date: 27/Dec/2024, 10:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : SFS – Subregional Office for Southern Africa

Job Type: Non-staff alternatives

Type of Requisition : Consultant

Grade Level : N/A

Primary Location: Botswana-Gaborone

Duration : Up to 11 months (renewable)

Post Number : N/A

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Organizational Setting

FAO’s Subregional Office for Southern Africa (SFS) is accountable for growing, selling, overseeing and implementing agreed methods for addressing subregional meals, agriculture and rural growth priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide establishments together with Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO’s Regional Office for Africa (RAF). The workplace gives technical help and assist to governments and nation places of work within the sub-region growing insurance policies, programmes and tasks to realize meals safety and to scale back starvation and malnutrition whereas utilizing their environmental and pure sources in a sustainable method.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Southern Africa (SFS) and the steering of the Director of the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Directorate on the SADC Secretariat, the Animal Health Specialist will work beneath the direct supervision of the STOSAR II Regional Project Coordinator and technical supervision of FAO Livestock Development Officer. The incumbent can be accountable for the general coordination, administration, and organisation of all mission actions for the animal illness sector in Component 2 of the Action at regional degree and nationwide ranges. The Animal Health Specialist can even present the technical assist for the event/revamping of the Livestock Information Management System (LIMS), piloting of e-Veterinary Certification, Commodity primarily based commerce and market entry usually. These actions can be executed in shut session with the SADC Livestock Officer, in addition to respective companions within the related Ministries.

Technical Focus

Livestock manufacturing and well being with specific deal with general administration and path on all features of the mission implementation on transboundary animal ailments part of Component 2 of the STOSAR II mission particularly, (ii) bettering entry to markets by way of domestication of regional animal ailments methods developed throughout STOSAR I and implementation at nation degree, together with enhancing capacities to deal with sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) necessities for worldwide commerce, in addition to, revamping of the LIMS, piloting of e-Veterinary Certification and Commodity primarily based commerce, whereas guaranteeing deadlines and milestones are achieved.

Tasks and obligations

• Provide the general administration and path on all features of the mission implementation on transboundary animal ailments part of Component 2 of the mission particularly, (ii) bettering entry to markets by way of implementation of animal illness administration methods on the regional degree; and in SADC international locations guaranteeing deadlines/milestones are achieved
• Support domestication of regional methods for prevention/management/ eradication of trans-boundary animal ailments, particularly, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that have been developed beneath STOSAR I, working carefully with nationwide veterinary companies and the Livestock Technical Committee.
• Organize and coordinate the implementation of domesticated trans-boundary animal ailments administration methods at nationwide and regional ranges according to worldwide requirements and pointers for animal well being, phytosanitary measures and the WTO – SPS settlement; in accordance with worldwide methods and programmes, such because the FAO/OIE Global FMD Control Strategy and the FAO/OIE PPR Global Control and Eradication Strategy (GCES) and counterpart PPR Eradication Programme (2017 – 2021); together with the current Global technique for the prevention and management of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (2024-2033).
• Support and facilitate actions aimed on the strengthening administration capacities of precedence animal ailments’ (FMD, PPR, and HPAI), together with the implementation of surveillance and early warning methods on the regional and nationwide ranges
• Support the event, testing and implementation of modern approaches to danger administration of commerce associated animal illness by growing applicable regional pointers and instruments, organizing workshops, stakeholder consultations and seminars to acquire enter from a cross part of stakeholders and specialists.
• Support and implement advocacy initiatives to advertise uptake and acceptance of the developed modern approaches to danger administration of commerce associated animal ailments at nationwide, regional and worldwide ranges.
• Support SADC Livestock Technical Committee to carry out its statutory capabilities in relation to SADC Member States and worldwide customary setting our bodies
• Provide technical inputs for the event or revamping of LIMS and help in its implementation.
• Support the implementation of e-Veterinary Certification pilot mission in chosen international locations.
• Provide technical assist for updating Commodity Based Trade pointers.
• Carry out consciousness campaigns to tell livestock worth chain actors of SPS rules and promote adherence/compliance to SPS rules.
• Support identification and collaboration with complementary initiatives (tasks, programmes) together with collaboration with Centres of Excellence in precedence thematic areas (e.g., precedence TADs, laboratory high quality administration methods, SPS, and many others.).
• Support gear and accreditation of animal well being laboratories in order that they will carry out required companies effectively and as much as the set customary.
• Ensure mainstreaming of cross slicing points into the animal well being element of the mission, together with’ Gender, HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Governance, sustainability and many others.
• Facilitate the event and implementation of a complete monitoring and analysis framework for Component 2 of the mission with assist from the important thing mission stakeholders and goal beneficiaries together with guaranteeing well timed reviews manufacturing and clearance.
• Monitor potential dangers that would constrain mission implementation and take well timed mitigating motion.
• Support, information and supervise short-term consultants in areas of animal manufacturing and well being reviewing their technical reviews and suggesting for clearance when the reviews meet the required technical requirements.
• Perform different associated duties, as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced University diploma in Veterinary drugs, Veterinary science, or animal well being associated fields.

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• At least 10 years sensible and energetic expertise of working with International and Regional Institutions and implementing growth tasks of a regional nature within the fields of agriculture and animal well being in growing international locations.
• Working information (Level C) of English

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience of growth work associated to animal well being in Southern Africa can be an added benefit.
• Strong administrative and organizational abilities,
• Computer literacy
• Good English technical report writing abilities.
• Work expertise in multiple location or space of labor
• Extent and relevance of expertise in animal well being
• Familiarity with Southern Africa Region

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