Technical Sector Officer - Livestock, AIM (Kisii/Kakamega)

BRAC International (BI), a leading non-profit organization, is on a mission to empower people and communities facing poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our vision is to create a world free from exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and over the last five decades has grown to become one of the world’s largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs), reaching over 100 million people. We started our first international operation by venturing into Afghanistan in 2002, building on lessons from our work in Bangladesh to support a nation devastated by war. Currently operating in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Born, proven and led in the Global South, BRAC International brings a unique Southern perspective and commitment to continuous learning, providing a depth of insight, experience and evidence to meet the needs of diverse communities with humility and courage across Asia and Africa. To learn more about BRAC International, please visit (www.bracinternational.org)

About the AIM Program
The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) in Partnership with BRAC is equipping 2 million adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life-skills training, as well as the tools to start and scale their own businesses. The nine-year program (2021-2030) applies BRAC’s proven model using microfinance, youth empowerment, agriculture, education and skills development to improve lives and livelihoods. It currently operates in seven African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Kenya. Based on the AGYW age, needs, and circumstances, AGYW are placed on one of two pathways in the AIM program: an education pathway or a livelihood pathway.

About the AIM Education Pathway
The AIM Education pathway is designed to increase access to and completion of quality secondary education for adolescent girls, aged 12-17, across the AIM countries: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. The program seeks to achieve three core objectives: (1) to empower 400,000 adolescent girls by increasing their agency, voice, and life skills; (2) to support adolescent girls to complete at least lower secondary school; and (3) to improve gender-responsive education in at least 2,000 secondary schools, positively impacting an estimated 2.4 million students.
This AIM education pathway is closely aligned with the Mastercard Foundation’s strategic priorities under its Young Africa Works initiative, particularly the emphasis on improving the quality and accessibility of secondary education to better prepare young people for meaningful work. Through a set of integrated interventions, AIM Education targets structural and social challenges that often hinder girls’ education—including financial barriers, inadequate infrastructure, undertrained teachers, harmful gender norms, lack of community support, and weak school governance systems.

JOB SUMMARY
The role of Technical Sector Officer, Livestock (TSO-L)  will provide hands on support to the Technical Coordinator and Regional Manager - AIM to ensure all livestock and TVET with related  market development activities, including implementation of livelihoods, market development and market facilitation activities, are effectively delivered and on time. This role will also provide support to develop and contextualize asset-specific training modules; train frontline staff on the newly developed training materials; help develop the detailed participant training rollout plans and support the cascading down of the training. The role will also support the operations team in budgeting, in ensuring quality procurement, asset distribution and asset management support.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Sector Support 

• Support the planning and delivery of livelihood activities in  livestock and poultry;  including training, asset procurement and transfer, asset follow-up, facilitating linkages with market actors and service providers.
• Provide support to the Technical Coordinators for the development of specific livelihood pathways training modules, as needed.
• Support the training of front line staff on the newly developed training materials; finalize the participant training rollout plans and provide logistics and planning support to the cascading down of the training.
• Support the budgeting, planning and delivery of all livestock related livelihood interventions, including supporting localized market assessments; training on chosen livelihood pathways and entrepreneurship; asset mapping, procurement, distribution and management.
• Support the facilitation of relevant linkages to small business , apprenticeship and entrepreneurship.
• Support the training of branch staff and ensure the participant's economic needs assessment/economic profiling and market assessments are done effectively prior to livelihood selection.
• Support the selection and training of the  Community Livestock Promoter and ensure they are ready to provide service to participants.
• Be informed of and compile a full list of national laws and regulations (such as quarantine requirements for livestock), disseminate this knowledge with field teams and ensure all livelihoods and market development interventions are developed in accordance with the existing laws.
• Perform periodic review of training modules and make necessary changes, as needed in joint collaboration with the Technical Coordinator - LMD.
• Support the Technical Coordinator - GESI for to effectively integrate GESI considerations in program activities, including making accommodations for vulnerable groups such as PWDs, IDP, refugees, and other relevant underrepresented groups.

Coordination and Planning Support 

• Support communication with key stakeholders (government and non-government) and collect relevant training materials that can be used to develop/strengthen/ contextualize BRAC’s training materials.
• Support coordination with a range of stakeholders, including government entities, INGOs, CSOs, YDC members, service providers, to support delivery of interventions.

Reporting Support 

• Regularly check MIS and ensure proper reporting, data accuracy and validation

Safeguarding 

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the project goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

EXPERIENCE 

• 3 years of relevant experience, preferring in programs focused on livelihoods or economic development
• Previous experience in providing technical assistance, especially related to livelihood or economic empowerment related activities, training module development, and training facilitation
• Previous experience working in integrated programs targeted for women is a plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS  & COMPETENCIES (required to perform all the responsibilities of this role):

• Training materials development and staff capacity development
• Computer literacy
• Report writing
• Degree-DVM /Animal husbandry or any other related subject.

HOW TO APPLY

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with BRAC International. If you feel you are the right match for the position mentioned above, please follow the application instructions accordingly:
Please submit your resume, including all job assignments in detail, and cover letter via the below link :Technical Sector Officer - Livestock, AIM
Only complete applications will be accepted, and short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 9th October 2026.

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation -regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.