Project Livestock Expert
of Position
Role description
Organizational Background
Bright Future Initiative (BFI)
is a legally registered Ethiopian Civil Society Organization (CSO) operating in full compliance with the laws and regulations of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. Originally established in 1999 as a non-profit, non-partisan development organization, BFI is registered with the Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) under registration number 0114. BFI’s core objective is to empower marginalized communities, especially persons with disabilities, women, youth, and smallholder farmers, through inclusive, rights-based development programs. BFI’s priority thematic focus areas include Inclusive Education; Inclusive Health and Rehabilitation; Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment; Advocacy, Rights, and Social Protection; and Inclusive Humanitarian Aid. Geographically, BFI operates across the Amhara and Oromia regions. Currently, Bright Future Initiative (BFI) is launching a five-year project co-funded by CBM and its back-donor, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), titled "Improving the resilience and food security of vulnerable groups in the Oromia Region."
Project Summary
The project is a five-year (01/07/2026–30/04/2031) integrated, climate-resilient, and rights-based initiative implemented by BFI in partnership with CBM and funded by BMZ. Operating across Kembibit, Aleltu, and Abichuna Gne’a woredas in the North Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, the project pursues four sub-objectives: (1) access to diversified income through Village Economic and Social Associations (VESAs) and inclusive farmer cooperatives; (2) improved agricultural practices through climate-smart ‘mixed farming’ methods spanning both crop and livestock production; (3) the adoption of climate-resilient agricultural practices and inclusive disaster risk reduction; and (4) strengthened participation of women and persons with disabilities in local socio-economic and community development. The project specifically prioritizes women-headed households and persons with disabilities across all four sub-objectives. It adopts a dual approach of delivering direct agricultural and asset interventions while simultaneously strengthening local systems, civil society actors (such as OPDs and Women’s Associations), and municipal policies to ensure long-term, disability-inclusive, and gender-sensitive localized development.ng direct agricultural and asset interventions while simultaneously strengthening local systems, civil society actors (such as OPDs and Women’s Associations), and municipal policies to ensure long-term, disability-inclusive, and gender-sensitive localized development.
Job Summary
The Project Livestock Expert provides continuous technical guidance and strategic expertise on livestock management, animal health, and improved breeding techniques to strengthen overall livestock productivity under Sub-objective 2 (improved ‘mixed farming’ methods spanning crop and livestock production). The role designs and leads practical, field-level hands-on trainings tailored for Village Economic and Social Associations (VESAs) and target smallholder farmers. S/he promotes sustainable, climate-resilient best practices in animal husbandry and actively establishes market linkages to optimize commercial livestock opportunities. Working in close collaboration with district/woreda agriculture offices, the expert aligns all interventions with government systems to build solid local ownership. Throughout the project cycle, s/he mentors government extension workers and cooperative leaders to build, transfer, and institutionalize technical skills, ensuring these local structures can fully assume independent technical support roles by the end of the project.ocurement and logistics processes. S/he works diligently to maintain absolute transparency, error-free financial records, and structured physical and digital archives, ensuring strict compliance with BFI internal regulations, statutory requirements, and donor parameters.
Job Responsibilities
Technical Livestock Management & Productivity Enhancement
• Provide continuous technical guidance on climate-smart livestock management, improved animal breeding, and animal nutrition to enhance productivity under Sub-objective 2.
• Introduce sustainable animal health strategies, disease prevention methods, and forage production systems suitable for smallholder farm contexts.
• Plan and oversee the procurement, veterinary inspection, and distribution of improved livestock breeds or related animal assets to target beneficiary households.
Capacity Building, Training & Mentorship
• Design, contextualize, and execute practical, low-literacy, and disability-accessible livestock training modules for target farmers and VESA groups.
• Mainstream disability-inclusive and gender-sensitive approaches into husbandry techniques, ensuring women and farmers with disabilities participate equitably.
• Mentors government agricultural extension workers (AEWs), community animal health workers, and cooperative leaders through targeted on-the-job skill transfer.
• Facilitate a comprehensive institutional transition plan so that trained government and community structures can fully assume technical support roles by project closure.
Market Linkages & Institutional Collaboration
• Establish and foster viable market linkages between small-scale livestock producers, dairy/meat cooperatives, and broader commercial livestock networks.
• Coordinate closely with Woreda/District Livestock and Agriculture Offices to align project activities with national veterinary policies and regional government systems.
• Work in tandem with the project's cooperative promotion activities to integrate inclusive, smallholder-led livestock marketing strategies into existing cooperative frameworks.
Reports Directly To
Project Manager (Field Office)
Works Directly With
Communication and Inclusion Expert, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Field Officers, Woreda Livestock/Agriculture Extension Teams, Cooperative Leaders, and VESA management committees.
Gender
• BFI is an equal opportunity employer. Both male and female applicants are invited
Location of Position
• Project Field Office Sheno town, North Shewa Zone: with regular travel to the Kembibit/Aleltu/Abichuna Gne'a project districts.
Salary
• Subject to the organizational salary scale and project budget availability.
Terms of Employment
• One-year contract, with full possibility of annual renewal based on performance evaluations and project continuity.
Application Deadline
• June 05, 2026, 0:00 PM
Address
Bright Future Initiative (BFI), Address: Lemi Kura Sub city Wereda 02, House №-New, Ayat-Tafo Road, Yehawe Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
For additional information, you can call +251-911097452.
Required Education & Qualifications
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Animal Production, Livestock Development, or a highly relevant agricultural science discipline from a recognized university.
Work Experience
Minimum of 6 years of related experience for Master's holders, or 8 years for Bachelor’s holders, preferably within an NGO or international development sector.
At least 3–4 years of direct field experience implementing livestock-based livelihoods, livestock value chain development, animal health, or climate-resilient husbandry projects.
Proven experience delivering training to rural communities, managing skills-transfer systems, and working through village-level financial/saving models like VESAs.
Demonstrated success collaborating with and building the technical capacity of government agricultural line offices and local extension workers.
Experience structuring livestock market access through inclusive farmer cooperatives, with the ability to adapt husbandry training and asset distribution for women-headed households and farmers with disabilities.
Skills & Personal Qualities Required
Deep practical knowledge of livestock production systems, forage management, and veterinary best practices in the Ethiopian highlands context.
Exceptional training facilitation, public speaking, and community-level coaching abilities.
Demonstrated commitment to inclusive development, with the ability to adapt livestock technologies for women-headed households and persons with disabilities.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills to cultivate government ownership and handle institutional transitions.
Basic computer proficiency (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for technical reporting and training design.
Language Ability
• Full professional proficiency in Amharic, Afaan Oromo, and English (spoken and written) is mandatory.
No. Required
• 1 (One)
How To Apply
• Interested candidates should apply by email to: through (
bfih2015@gmail.com
)
• Candidates must specify the location which they are applying.
• Candidates should send their document to the above-stated email address (
bfih2015@gmail.com
) within ten (10) days of the announcement on Ethiojobs Website
• The application is required to include a cover letter of interest, a detailed updated CV, a copy of academic documents, and other credentials (preferably in one clean consolidated PDF document) that must be submitted before the deadline.
• NB:- Please do not forget to write the Position you are applying for on the subject line of your email
Important Notes (NB)
• Only candidates meeting the exact requirements will be shortlisted and contacted for written and practical assessments.
• BFI maintains strict child safeguarding and protection policies; all incoming staff must adhere to BFI's organizational Code of Conduct.
Skills (mandatory):
Analytical skills, Decision-making skills, Communication, Attention to detail, Problem solving
Apply Now!
Bright Future Initiative (BFI)
is a legally registered Ethiopian Civil Society Organization (CSO) operating in full compliance with the laws and regulations of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. Originally established in 1999 as a non-profit, non-partisan development organization, BFI is registered with the Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) under registration number 0114. BFI’s core objective is to empower marginalized communities, especially persons with disabilities, women, youth, and smallholder farmers, through inclusive, rights-based development programs. BFI’s priority thematic focus areas include Inclusive Education; Inclusive Health and Rehabilitation; Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment; Advocacy, Rights, and Social Protection; and Inclusive Humanitarian Aid. Geographically, BFI operates across the Amhara and Oromia regions. Currently, Bright Future Initiative (BFI) is launching a five-year project co-funded by CBM and its back-donor, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), titled "Improving the resilience and food security of vulnerable groups in the Oromia Region."
Project Summary
The project is a five-year (01/07/2026–30/04/2031) integrated, climate-resilient, and rights-based initiative implemented by BFI in partnership with CBM and funded by BMZ. Operating across Kembibit, Aleltu, and Abichuna Gne’a woredas in the North Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, the project pursues four sub-objectives: (1) access to diversified income through Village Economic and Social Associations (VESAs) and inclusive farmer cooperatives; (2) improved agricultural practices through climate-smart ‘mixed farming’ methods spanning both crop and livestock production; (3) the adoption of climate-resilient agricultural practices and inclusive disaster risk reduction; and (4) strengthened participation of women and persons with disabilities in local socio-economic and community development. The project specifically prioritizes women-headed households and persons with disabilities across all four sub-objectives. It adopts a dual approach of delivering direct agricultural and asset interventions while simultaneously strengthening local systems, civil society actors (such as OPDs and Women’s Associations), and municipal policies to ensure long-term, disability-inclusive, and gender-sensitive localized development.ng direct agricultural and asset interventions while simultaneously strengthening local systems, civil society actors (such as OPDs and Women’s Associations), and municipal policies to ensure long-term, disability-inclusive, and gender-sensitive localized development.
Job Summary
The Project Livestock Expert provides continuous technical guidance and strategic expertise on livestock management, animal health, and improved breeding techniques to strengthen overall livestock productivity under Sub-objective 2 (improved ‘mixed farming’ methods spanning crop and livestock production). The role designs and leads practical, field-level hands-on trainings tailored for Village Economic and Social Associations (VESAs) and target smallholder farmers. S/he promotes sustainable, climate-resilient best practices in animal husbandry and actively establishes market linkages to optimize commercial livestock opportunities. Working in close collaboration with district/woreda agriculture offices, the expert aligns all interventions with government systems to build solid local ownership. Throughout the project cycle, s/he mentors government extension workers and cooperative leaders to build, transfer, and institutionalize technical skills, ensuring these local structures can fully assume independent technical support roles by the end of the project.ocurement and logistics processes. S/he works diligently to maintain absolute transparency, error-free financial records, and structured physical and digital archives, ensuring strict compliance with BFI internal regulations, statutory requirements, and donor parameters.
Job Responsibilities
Technical Livestock Management & Productivity Enhancement
• Provide continuous technical guidance on climate-smart livestock management, improved animal breeding, and animal nutrition to enhance productivity under Sub-objective 2.
• Introduce sustainable animal health strategies, disease prevention methods, and forage production systems suitable for smallholder farm contexts.
• Plan and oversee the procurement, veterinary inspection, and distribution of improved livestock breeds or related animal assets to target beneficiary households.
Capacity Building, Training & Mentorship
• Design, contextualize, and execute practical, low-literacy, and disability-accessible livestock training modules for target farmers and VESA groups.
• Mainstream disability-inclusive and gender-sensitive approaches into husbandry techniques, ensuring women and farmers with disabilities participate equitably.
• Mentors government agricultural extension workers (AEWs), community animal health workers, and cooperative leaders through targeted on-the-job skill transfer.
• Facilitate a comprehensive institutional transition plan so that trained government and community structures can fully assume technical support roles by project closure.
Market Linkages & Institutional Collaboration
• Establish and foster viable market linkages between small-scale livestock producers, dairy/meat cooperatives, and broader commercial livestock networks.
• Coordinate closely with Woreda/District Livestock and Agriculture Offices to align project activities with national veterinary policies and regional government systems.
• Work in tandem with the project's cooperative promotion activities to integrate inclusive, smallholder-led livestock marketing strategies into existing cooperative frameworks.
Reports Directly To
Project Manager (Field Office)
Works Directly With
Communication and Inclusion Expert, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Field Officers, Woreda Livestock/Agriculture Extension Teams, Cooperative Leaders, and VESA management committees.
Gender
• BFI is an equal opportunity employer. Both male and female applicants are invited
Location of Position
• Project Field Office Sheno town, North Shewa Zone: with regular travel to the Kembibit/Aleltu/Abichuna Gne'a project districts.
Salary
• Subject to the organizational salary scale and project budget availability.
Terms of Employment
• One-year contract, with full possibility of annual renewal based on performance evaluations and project continuity.
Application Deadline
• June 05, 2026, 0:00 PM
Address
Bright Future Initiative (BFI), Address: Lemi Kura Sub city Wereda 02, House №-New, Ayat-Tafo Road, Yehawe Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
For additional information, you can call +251-911097452.
Required Education & Qualifications
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Animal Production, Livestock Development, or a highly relevant agricultural science discipline from a recognized university.
Work Experience
Minimum of 6 years of related experience for Master's holders, or 8 years for Bachelor’s holders, preferably within an NGO or international development sector.
At least 3–4 years of direct field experience implementing livestock-based livelihoods, livestock value chain development, animal health, or climate-resilient husbandry projects.
Proven experience delivering training to rural communities, managing skills-transfer systems, and working through village-level financial/saving models like VESAs.
Demonstrated success collaborating with and building the technical capacity of government agricultural line offices and local extension workers.
Experience structuring livestock market access through inclusive farmer cooperatives, with the ability to adapt husbandry training and asset distribution for women-headed households and farmers with disabilities.
Skills & Personal Qualities Required
Deep practical knowledge of livestock production systems, forage management, and veterinary best practices in the Ethiopian highlands context.
Exceptional training facilitation, public speaking, and community-level coaching abilities.
Demonstrated commitment to inclusive development, with the ability to adapt livestock technologies for women-headed households and persons with disabilities.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills to cultivate government ownership and handle institutional transitions.
Basic computer proficiency (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for technical reporting and training design.
Language Ability
• Full professional proficiency in Amharic, Afaan Oromo, and English (spoken and written) is mandatory.
No. Required
• 1 (One)
How To Apply
• Interested candidates should apply by email to: through (
bfih2015@gmail.com
)
• Candidates must specify the location which they are applying.
• Candidates should send their document to the above-stated email address (
bfih2015@gmail.com
) within ten (10) days of the announcement on Ethiojobs Website
• The application is required to include a cover letter of interest, a detailed updated CV, a copy of academic documents, and other credentials (preferably in one clean consolidated PDF document) that must be submitted before the deadline.
• NB:- Please do not forget to write the Position you are applying for on the subject line of your email
Important Notes (NB)
• Only candidates meeting the exact requirements will be shortlisted and contacted for written and practical assessments.
• BFI maintains strict child safeguarding and protection policies; all incoming staff must adhere to BFI's organizational Code of Conduct.
Skills (mandatory):
Analytical skills, Decision-making skills, Communication, Attention to detail, Problem solving
Apply Now!