National Lead Livestock Specialist

About the role

The National Lead Livestock Specialist will provide technical leadership for FAO Sudan’s livestock programmes, ensuring coherent and high‑quality implementation across multiple projects. The role focuses on animal health, disease surveillance, fodder systems, value chains and the resilience of pastoral communities.

Key responsibilities

• Design, plan and oversee livestock interventions such as restocking, vaccination campaigns and disease surveillance.
• Support needs assessments, vulnerability analyses and feed‑gap studies to inform programme design.
• Ensure technical quality during beneficiary selection, livestock distribution, fodder establishment and field activities.
• Provide guidance to implementing partners and monitor compliance with FAO standards, safeguards and donor requirements.
• Contribute to evidence generation, monitoring and reporting on livestock outcomes.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in animal science, veterinary medicine, agriculture or a related field.
• Extensive experience in livestock production systems, animal health services and pastoral community development.
• Proven ability to lead multi‑stakeholder technical teams and coordinate with government, NGOs and producer organisations.
• Strong analytical skills for assessments, value‑chain analysis and monitoring.

Required skills

• Livestock disease surveillance
• Animal health management
• Fodder production and pasture rehabilitation
• Livestock water infrastructure planning
• Livestock value‑chain analysis

What we offer

• Opportunity to influence national livestock policy and improve livelihoods in Sudan.
• Collaboration with international experts and local partners.
• Professional development within a leading UN agency.