Job Description
Assistant Animal Health Officer III - Job Group ‘H’ (2 Positions) – Advert No. 02/2024/08
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 26,900 – 35,380 p.m. (Job Group ‘H’)
Allowances as per the SRC circulars attached to the position.
Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
For appointment to this position a candidate must have;
i. 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;
ii. Registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board; and
iii. Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution.
Duties and Responsibilities
This will be the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level
will work under the guidance of a more experienced officer. Duties and
responsibilities will entail: -
i. Participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural
shows;
ii. Participating in sample collection and dispatch;
iii. Inspecting livestock stock routines and collecting data and writing
technical reports;
iv. Demonstrating and training on milking techniques and external parasite
control techniques such as dipping, spraying and dusting;
v. Carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, ear tagging,
branding, deworming, disbudding, docking, debarking and hoof
trimming;
vi. Carry out simple treatment of animals;
vii. Participating in disease search and reporting;
viii. Keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production,
dipping data; and
ix. Maintain dairy units.