Technician Livestock and Agronomy

Context of the project:

The province of Phongsaly is characterized by a mountainous landscape with steep slopes and narrow valleys. In this province, climate change is already impacting the farming systems through strong heats, increasing rainfalls and drought episodes. This impact increased the economic fragility of the rural families and the vulnerability of the local value chains. The access to water was identified as a basic need that is not yet satisfied in the most vulnerable communities of Phongsaly province and the protein sector is weak, which leads to the local communities lack of proper nutrition. Based on the outcomes and evaluations from CCL’s previous interventions in the province, the project proposes to strengthen the resilience of the Phongsaly’s population in order to favour the sustainable development of the territory. The project has 3 interrelated specific objectives:

1. 1. Rural communities from Phongsaly province are economically more resilient and integrated within strengthened local value chains
2. The natural resources of Phongsaly province are preserved and sustainably managed to favor a sustainable, inclusive, and localized economic development
3. The local stakeholders of Phongsaly province are strengthened, locally acknowledged, and participate in the sustainable and inclusive development of the territory

As the project will finish this year and several activities related to livestock management needs to be fulfilled, the CCL is seeking a highly skilled and motivated person to be part of the GREEN project team as a Technical Advisor in Livestock management and Agronomy

Qualifications and experience:

• Education: Master or Bachelor of Science in agriculture, livestock management or environment,
• Working experience with international NGOs and/or Lao NPA specialised in Rural and/or Agricultural development and/or Environment protection,
• Experience and knowledge in participatory community development, in Agriculture and/or natural resources management and/or livestock management and/or livestock health
• Ability to work in partnership with local authorities, international and Lao partners and with ethnic minorities,
• Self-organization, autonomy, and good communication skills,
• Ability to undertake travel to remote villages frequently,
• Knowledge of ethnic languages (Akha, PouNoï, Lue, Ho) would be an asset,
• Fluency in written and spoken English or French is an advantage,
• Good command of computer softwares: Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Internet,
• Skills in data analysis and capacity to give synthetic reports are sought,
• Car & motorcycle driving license required,
• Women are encouraged to apply.

Main responsibilities:

• Work with local government staff and local communities, following participatory approach with respect for the environment, indigenous rights, and gender equality, to support agricultural development and value chain activities in the targeted villages,
• Lead the creation of a vaccinator network in the districts of Boun Neua and Phongsaly,
• Support the implementation of livestock value chain development in project targeted villages
• Support the development of more resilient local agricultural value chains and the implementation of value chain initiatives by the farmers and rural communities.
• Participate in the implementation of trainings related to local value chain development, Livestock health management and agroecology systems development
• Participate in the creation of participatory and exchanges events that will gather the villages’ communities,
• Provision of technical and methodological advice for activity implementation related to livestock management and agricultural business and technics.
• Collect data, write quality activity reports, provide analysis & recommendations to improve the action,
• Coordinate activities with others project components and with local authorities,
• Contribute to project representation.