Nutrition and Feeding Officer Vacancy at an Innovative Agriculture Company


Posted on: Wed 02-09-2020

An innovative Agriculture company in Benin, Edo is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition and Feeding Officer

Location: Benin, Edo

Job Description

We are seeking for a Nutrition and Feeding Officer who who can undertake research and plan diets in order to provide poultry and domestic animals, and livestock with nutritionally balanced food.

Responsibilities

  • Assessing the relative nutritional value for various feeds for livestock.
  • Formulating the best mix of food to produce healthy livestock.
  • Oversea the feeding of poultry animals.
  • Analysing nutritional disorders.
  • Implement activities that support good poultry farming/livestock/industry practices that relate to the development and utilization of feed resources, efficient animal nutrition, feed safety and address the associated technical and policy issues trade in animal feedstuffs.
  • Contribute to and technically support appropriate supplementary/emergency feeding interventions for livestock.
  • Keep up-to-date and informed on relevant developments; design and conduct analytical studies on specific technical and policy issues affecting animal nutrition, feed resources and feed safety.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Animal Production / Science with specialization related to Animal Nutrition
  • Ability to undertake independent research
  • 2-3 years experience in Poultry Operations
  • Ability to write reports and good record keeping
  • Quality of both oral and written communication skills on technical issues.

Application Closing Date

30th September, 2020.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.