Job Description:

About the Job

The Makueni County Public Service Board is recruiting competent and qualified persons to fill two positions of Livestock Production Officer, a permanent and pensionable entry and training grade role under Job Group “K”. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer.

Responsibilities

Preparing livestock technical information.
Providing technical advice in animal production, livestock marketing, range management, apiculture, and ranching.
Promoting economic livestock farming.
Participating in organizing extension activities which include field days, agricultural shows, field demonstrations, farmer field schools, and farm visits.
Participating in collaborative research activities.
Disseminating livestock production technologies such as construction of livestock housing and structures, milk production, pasture and fodder production and conservation, farm planning, gross margin analysis, on-farm feed formulation.
Implementing livestock production programmes/projects in such areas as dairy cattle farming, beef cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, camels, donkeys breeding programmes, fodder production and conservation, value addition to livestock products, apiculture, emerging livestock, and other animal husbandry interventions.
Capturing, maintaining, and storing livestock data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Animal Science, Animal Production, Agriculture, Apiculture, Food Science and Technology, Agribusiness, Range Management, Natural Resource Management, Livestock/Agricultural Economics, Dairy Technology or Agricultural Education and Extension from a recognized institution.
Land and Environmental Management, Land and Water Management; Soil Environment and Land Use Management; Soil Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution.