Field Officer

We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates. About the project

• Ikore is implementing a one-year project in Kaduna and Adamawa States focused on strengthening livestock vaccine markets, improving last-mile delivery, enhancing veterinary service systems, and supporting commercially viable access to quality-assured livestock vaccines for smallholder livestock producers.

• The project aims to demonstrate a 40% vaccination improvement within one year in at least three diseases (PPR, CBPP, LSD) across selected exemplar areas.

About the Role

• The Field Officer will lead day-to-day implementation of the livestock vaccine market strengthening project at the LGA level.

• The role is responsible for coordinating community engagement, supporting vaccination campaigns, strengthening last-mile veterinary service delivery, supervising field actors, and ensuring accurate data reporting.

• The Field Officer will work closely with community leaders, agrovets,paravets, Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs), and commercial partners to improve vaccine access and uptake, contributing to theproject’starget of a 40% improvement in vaccination rates for PPR, CBPP, and LSD.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities Field Implementation & Support:

• Coordinatefield-level activities.level activities within the assigned LGA

• Develop community-level implementation plans aligned with project objectives.

• Provide regular field updates and reports to the State Lead.

Stakeholder Engagement & Local Coordination:

• Engage community leaders, livestock associations, agrovets,paravets, and CAHWs.

• Lead onboarding of agrovets and support formation/strengthening of livestock cooperatives.

• Support LGA-level advocacy and vaccination activation campaigns

• Facilitate partnership between commercial partners and their distributors with selected Agrovets in the LGA.

Last MileVeterinary Service DeliveryMile Veterinary Service Delivery:

• Identify priority communities for vaccination campaigns.

• Supervise service delivery agents and support disease surveillance activities.

• Monitor vaccination activities and ensure timely submission of vaccination records.

• Provide weekly updates on vaccination progress within the LGA

Technology & Farmer Engagement:

• Train field actors on digital reporting tools.

• Support farmer onboarding onto project technology platforms.

• Monitor deployment and effective use of mobile reporting systems.

Monitoring & Evaluation:

• Ensure monthly delivery of vaccination recordsby agrovets and field actors.

• Supervise enumerators and support baseline and field assess...