Veterinary Assistant

  • Full Time
  • Chirundu

Furrer Foundation

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: b.furrer@furrerfoundation.com

Application deadline: 10st August 2024

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