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Responsibilities
- Manage the Unit by way of packaging ARC-OVR knowledge and technologies into training interventions.
- Establish the ARC-OVR as a premier training institution for continuing education and short courses in animal health for farmers, animal health technicians, vets and related professions.
- Collaborate with sister institutions, including institutions of higher learning, in delivering agricultural support services at the community level.
- Establish the ARC-OVR as the institution of choice for continental and regional training hub for laboratory short courses in Animal Health.
- Ensure participation of communities in the research and development agenda.
- Manage courses and trainer schedule for smooth running of the Unit.
- Ensure accreditation of ARC-OVR as an agricultural training provider and accreditation of ARC-OVR courses.
- Ensure capacity building of researchers and technicians as trainers, assessors and moderators.
- Collaborate with the extension services of DoA for continuous technology upgrade of extension officers.
- Generate income from training.
- Advise research programs, including statistical analysis, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.
- Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.
- Plan and advise research studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians and others.
- Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and research questionnaires, sample selection and analysis.
- Research to develop methodologies, instrumentation and procedures for veterinary application, analysing data and presenting findings.
- Consult with and advise researchers, DoA, NDoH officials and others regarding veterinary applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry.
- Supervise professional, technical and clerical personnel.
- Identify and analyse public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies or scientific studies, or surveys.
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Requirements
- Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc)/ Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVMCh) with MSc (PhD will be an added advantage).
- Experience in epidemiology and training.
- Three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in a similar environment.
- Knowledge of science and agricultural landscape.
- Knowledge of the Agricultural Education and training framework.
- Knowledge of the Qualification framework and the national skills framework.
- Knowledge of research study design and evaluation.
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and surveillance systems.
- Knowledge of public health and One Health systems.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Public speaking is essential.
- Conceptual and analytical skills.
- Project management skills.
- Presentation skills.
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