Nutrition and Feeding Officer at an Innovative Agriculture Company

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

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.

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.

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.