Job Description
National Animal Health Specialist
- Job
Posting: 12/Jun/2026
- Closure
Date: 27/Jun/2026, 12:59:00 AM
- Organizational
Unit: FNYAR
- Job
Type: Non-staff opportunities
- Type
of Requisition: PSA (Personal Services Agreement)
- Grade
Level: N/A
- Primary
Location: Yemen-Aden
- Duration: 6
Months (Extendable based on budget availability)
- Post
Number: N/A
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FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity
in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve
FAO Members in all regions.
- FAO is
committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality, background and culture
- Qualified
female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented
Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Everyone
who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of
integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
- FAO,
as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy
for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate,
including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of
authority and discrimination
- All
selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All
applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
- FAO
staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign
them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.
Organizational Setting
FAO's office for Yemen is responsible for developing,
promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing
countrywide food, agriculture and rural development priorities under Yemen. It
develops and maintains relations with the relevant Ministries at country level.
This position is based in FAO Representation in Sanaa, Yemen. The main aim of
the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist
governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food
security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the
agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors and to use their environmental and
natural resources in a sustainable manner.
Reporting Lines
The incumbent reports to the Head, Livestock Sector and will
work in close collaboration with project managers/CTAs, technical and operation
teams in the country.
Technical Focus
Plan and support the implementation of animal diseases
surveillance systems in Yemen, livestock Vaccination and treatment Campaign,
Pre and Post vaccination Evaluation.
Tasks and responsibilities
Surveillance and vaccination campaign
- Assist
the preparation and implementation of disease surveillance systems,
vaccination campaign, the Pre and Post Vaccination Evaluation (PVE).
- Assist
in providing technical support to the General Directorate of Animal Health
and Veterinary Quarantine (GDAHVQ )in laboratory analysis of the serum
samples collected and report writing.
- Follow
up with the GDAHVQ and agriculture offices on the technical and financial
report and prepare the payments for the LoAs.
Capacity building to GDAHVQ
- Assist
in the preparation and facilitation of a 5-days training course on animal
disease diagnostics, lab quality assurance and surveillance system for 10
lab technicians from the Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) (one in
CVL-Sana'a and one in CVL- Aden)
- Assist
in the preparation and facilitation of a 4-days training course on
transboundary animal diseases (TADs) Surveillance, Control and Outbreak
investigation for 30 surveillance officers from the centre and
governorates (one in Sana'a and one in Aden)
- Assist
in supporting planning and implementation of capacity building of the
veterinary extension staff at GDAHVQ on TADs surveillance.
Animal Health Strategy
- Support
the planning, coordination and organization of meetings with GDAHVQ,
stakeholders from the private sector, representatives of Veterinary
Statutory Body (VSB), laboratories, veterinary education establishments,
etc.
- Assist
in collecting and reviewing the available data related to the concept of
One Health and AMR in the northern governorates.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
- Advanced
degree in veterinary medicine, veterinary epidemiology and related field.
- a
minimum of 5 years directly applicable experience in managing animal
health programme or related experiences.
- Working
knowledge of English and Arabic
- National
of Yemen or resident of the country with valid work permit
FAO Core Competencies
- Results
Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building
Effective Relationships
- Knowledge
Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
- Ability
to plan, organize, implement, and report on project interventions.
- Excellent
communication skills in English, both orally and in writing, and ability
to draft technical reports in English.
- Work
experience in more than one location or area of work.
- Extent
and relevance of experience in projects implementation
- Extent
and relevance of experience working with government, NGOs and/or UN
agencies.
- Excellent
technical skills in planning, implementing, and reporting on animal health
interventions.
- Teamwork
and strong soft skills including interpersonal, ethical, listening and
communication skills, proactive, problem solving, self-organizing,
planning, organizing, setting priorities and efficient use of time.
- Computer
literacy in MS office, familiarity with agricultural commodity exchange
online system and animal identification and traceability systems.
- In-depth
knowledge of programme and project implementation is considered a strong
asset.
- Extent
and relevant experience in implementation of projects and planning and
monitoring, and reporting.
- Relevant
work experience in emergency context.
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