National PPR (Peste des Petits Ruminants) Specialist

Location: Home-based

Duration: 50 days, with a WAE arrangement for 10 months

Company

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations supports agriculture, food, nutrition, rural development, livestock, and animal health priorities across Pacific member countries.

What you will do

• Provide technical and operational support for TCP/SAP/4104.
• Support efforts to strengthen national capacity for PPR surveillance and control and progress toward WOAH-recognized PPR-free status.
• Conduct a desk review and situation analysis of small-ruminant populations, movement patterns, and existing animal health surveillance and reporting systems relevant to PPR.
• Coordinate implementation with the hirify.global SAP Livestock and Animal Health Officer and the International PPR Expert.

Requirements

• Ability to conduct technical reviews and situation analyses related to livestock and animal health.
• Knowledge of PPR surveillance, control, and animal health reporting systems.
• Ability to provide technical and operational support for a TCP project.

Culture & Benefits

• Home-based work arrangement.
• Work within hirify.global's livestock and animal health portfolio for the Pacific Islands.
• Appointment is subject to medical fitness certification, accreditation, residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
• Selected candidates undergo reference and background checks.