Project Coordinator (Livestock Production) at Heifer International

Project management and Effectiveness (50%)

• Provide technical advice on activities that improve livestock productivity – animal health and nutrition, husbandry, herd management and feeding  
• Provide technical leadership to activities that improve livestock productivity, including but not limited to animal health and nutrition, husbandry and breeding practices, herd management, and feed. 
• Coordinate the organization of extension activities including field days, farm visits, and field demonstrations if any 
• Develop a detailed project work plan that guides the implementation of activities in line with the overall objectives of the project for approval and ongoing monitoring to ensure project activities are on schedule. 
• Design scalable market-led mechanisms to promote access to quality animal feed, inputs and services for livestock producers.  
• Designing sustainable livestock markets co-management approaches, working closely with livestock marketing associations (LMAs) and county government department of trade.  
• Design, awareness creation, roll out and monitoring adoption of index-based livestock product (IBLI) among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists.  
• Provide coordination of project implementation including technical, administrative, operational, and logistical direction of the project. 
• Monitor and review progress on project tasks within the context of agreed project deliverables and timelines. 
• Collaborate with relevant teams and departments and ensure timely dissemination of project information and reports. 
• Lead in the identification and advice on project beneficiaries (farmer organizations, service providers) and potential partners/stakeholders in line with project goals 

Quality and Risk (25%) 

• Carry out all necessary activities with the guidance of the project manager for the review, documentation, and optimization of processes that will enable seamless project execution. 
• Provide project performance highlights and communicate major issues, and slippage, and suggest remedies and escalations as required. 
• Track and assess the effectiveness of projects. 
• Provide project status reporting and updates on progress, dependencies, issues, and risks. 
• Compile and present findings and recommendations beneficial to the project 
• Develop periodic reports (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually) as agreed with the Project Manager per the reporting guidelines communicated by the PM and MEL officer.  

Stakeholder Management (20%) 

• Collaborate with the Project Manager in achieving successful execution of the project. 
• Oversee and ensure the quality of tasks performed by service providers and market actors to increase animal production 
• Coordinate plans for multi-stakeholder engagement and learning, including collaboration with respective county governments 
• Participate in periodic stakeholder meetings.  

 Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor 

• This will be dependent on the specific duties assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in livestock development, veterinary medicine, animal science/production, Range management/natural resource management, Environmental science or its equivalent.
• At least five (5) years of job-related practical experience in livestock production and marketing, index-based livestock insurance, including at least two years working in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs).
• Knowledge of project management principles and practices involving processes, systems, and reporting, and the ability to provide leadership and support to partners.
• Proficient and experienced in livestock value chain development particularly within the red meat value chains.
• Experience working with community organizations such as cooperatives and feedlotting work.
• Experience working within the ASALs with pastoralists and agro-pastoralists will be highly desirable.
• Partnership management experience and working through partnership structures, private sector partners and government collaboration.

Preferred Requirements

• Sound business knowledge especially in the agricultural and agribusiness sector.
• Demonstrated understanding of the economic, social, and cultural dynamics of pastoralist production systems in the pastoralist communities including rangelands
• Knowledge of market systems development approach in project implementation.
• Experience working in Isiolo and/or Kajiado counties