Dairy Herd Health Management Program & Training at International Executive Service Corps

During Assignment:

• Orientation meeting with F2F  
• Hold an introductory meeting with PO to finalize the workplan, assignment schedule, and training overview. 
• Conduct a rapid capacity assessment through farm visits and key informant interviews to assess hard health management challenges experienced by the farmers  
• Develop a training and engagement approach/framework  
• Customize the training content and develop a training manual and materials 
• Provide customized training to Dairy Farm Assistants, staff, and farmers on herd health management. 
• Work on the trip report 
• Finalize herd health management program framework and training manual and material 
• Hold debriefing with the host organization.  
• Hold debriefing with USAID. 
• Hold debriefing with the F2F team. 
• Draft and submit the final report.  

End of Assignment Report and Other Deliverables Required   

• Herd health management program   
• Herd health program training manual and materials  
• A final trip report detailing work completed throughout the assignment as well as recommendations for the host organization.  
• A PowerPoint presentation for sharing with F2F, the host, and USAID.  

The Expertise of Volunteer Experts Requested: 

• A master's or doctoral degree in veterinary science, animal science, dairy science, or a closely related area 
• At least 10 years of experience working with dairy cattle. 
• A good understanding of animal health and bovine behavior 
• Hands-on experience in animal health management  
• Experience working in Kenya and/or the region is a plus.    
• Strong leadership and communication skills and capacity to plan strategically and flexibly.    
• Experience delivering group training.  
• Sufficiently physically fit, with appropriate medical clearance.    
• Writing Skills: reporting requires good computer skills including, but not limited to, working, and generating reports with MS Word. Experience with PowerPoint presentations is desirable.    
• Good writing and analytical skills, interpersonal communication, and presentation skills (adult education skills), ability and desire to teach in both classroom and field settings