4 Senior Principal Assistant Animal Health Officer
2025-06-18T13:27:27+00:00
Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
kenya
00100
Kenya
Public Administration, and Government
Healthcare
2025-06-25T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
8
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-
- Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Principal Assistant Animal Health Officer CSG 8 or in a relevant and comparable position in the wider public Service;
- A Higher Diploma in any of the following disciplines; - Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution;
- Be registered by Kenya Veterinary Board; and
- Have demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative animal health services
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advising and managing dip designing, sitting and apprising construction;
- Inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments;
- Managing veterinary farms;
- Cold chain facilities and quarantine status in quarantine stations and holding grounds;
- Planning training farmers training on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques;
- Leading big vaccination teams, carrying out simple treatment of animals;
- Participating in disease search, collecting, collating, analysing data and writing technical reports;
- Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movements permits;
- Organising animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows.
- Managing sample collection, packaging and dispatch;
- Inspecting livestock stock routes and issuing of livestock movement permits;
- Managing artificial insemination services, meat inspection and grading; and
- Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin and advising in construction and maintenance of farm structures and coordinating uptake of new technologies in animal/ health to stakeholders.
Advising and managing dip designing, sitting and apprising construction; Inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments; Managing veterinary farms; Cold chain facilities and quarantine status in quarantine stations and holding grounds; Planning training farmers training on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques; Leading big vaccination teams, carrying out simple treatment of animals; Participating in disease search, collecting, collating, analysing data and writing technical reports; Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movements permits; Organising animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows. Managing sample collection, packaging and dispatch; Inspecting livestock stock routes and issuing of livestock movement permits; Managing artificial insemination services, meat inspection and grading; and Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin and advising in construction and maintenance of farm structures and coordinating uptake of new technologies in animal/ health to stakeholders
Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Principal Assistant Animal Health Officer CSG 8 or in a relevant and comparable position in the wider public Service; A Higher Diploma in any of the following disciplines; - Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution; Be registered by Kenya Veterinary Board; and Have demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative animal health services
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Vacancy title:
4 Senior Principal Assistant Animal Health Officer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Healthcare]
Jobs at:
Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)
Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, June 25 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | kenya | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, June 18 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-
- Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Principal Assistant Animal Health Officer CSG 8 or in a relevant and comparable position in the wider public Service;
- A Higher Diploma in any of the following disciplines; - Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution;
- Be registered by Kenya Veterinary Board; and
- Have demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative animal health services
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advising and managing dip designing, sitting and apprising construction;
- Inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments;
- Managing veterinary farms;
- Cold chain facilities and quarantine status in quarantine stations and holding grounds;
- Planning training farmers training on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques;
- Leading big vaccination teams, carrying out simple treatment of animals;
- Participating in disease search, collecting, collating, analysing data and writing technical reports;
- Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movements permits;
- Organising animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows.
- Managing sample collection, packaging and dispatch;
- Inspecting livestock stock routes and issuing of livestock movement permits;
- Managing artificial insemination services, meat inspection and grading; and
- Enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations and inspection of retail outlets of foods of animal origin and advising in construction and maintenance of farm structures and coordinating uptake of new technologies in animal/ health to stakeholders.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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