Job Details

Furrer Foundation is hiring:

A Veterinary Assistant for its regenerative grazing project across different regions of Zambia

Do you want to be part of a regenerative livestock management project in a communal context?

About the project:

Over- as well as under-grazing are some of the main reasons for landscape degradation across Zambia.

To counter this the Furrer Foundation has developed a system of communal herding and communal rangeland management which is not only stopping the ongoing degradation but regenerating the landscape in Rufunsa District, Lusaka Province.

Furrer Foundation now has a mandate to spread the learnt regenerative livestock management principles on communal lands across Zambia.

Your responsibilities:

• Work with communities to adapt new, regenerative livestock management practices.
• Implement the principles learnt and systems developed in Rufunsa in other communal setups.
• Engage with the local community to develop annual grazing plans.
• Supervise herders and interns/assistants
• Manage livestock diseases in communal areas.
• Develop annual vaccination and other prophylactic treatment calendars for communities
• Conduct individual animal treatments and veterinary procedures in communal livestock herds
• Collaborate with outside experts to collect data on effect of the change in livestock management.

Your profile:

• Intrinsic motivation for sustainable agriculture and regenerative grazing.
• Minimum of a diploma in Veterinary Assistant
• Minimum of 3 years of hands on work experience as veterinary assistant.
• Experience in working with and living in rural communities.
• Native-level proficiency in spoken and written English and Nyanja.
• Creative, resourceful, and proactive relationship builder with a positive can-do attitude

Contractual aspects:

• Contract: Permanent, full-time, start date ideally early 2023 / by arrangement
• Salary: competitive and commensurate with experience and education
• Location: mainly Chirundu, but also Rufunsa, Mpulungu and Serenje

Application process:

Please apply by sending your CV and a cover letter stating your understanding of regenerative grazing of communal rangelands and its effects ecologically, socially and economically.
To: [email protected]

Application deadline: 10st August 2024