Consultant - Veterinary Doctor

Heifer International

Darbhanga

On-site

INR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A global non-profit organization is seeking a Consultant - Veterinary Doctor in Darbhanga, Bihar. This role focuses on promoting scientific practices for small ruminants and poultry to enhance family income and nutrition through effective healthcare and management practices. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degree in veterinary science and five years of relevant experience. Proficiency in Odia, Hindi, and English is required. A master's degree is preferred and valued. The engagement period is 6 months, with potential for extension based on project needs.

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in veterinary science or equivalent.
Five years of relevant poultry management experience.
Experience running campaigns and working with community organizations.

Responsibilities

Promote scientific goat and backyard poultry practices.
Monitor program progress and reporting requirements.
Facilitate improved animal management practices.
Network and mobilize resources to strengthen program effectiveness.
Facilitate well-being of small ruminants through improved management and productivity.

Skills

Knowledgeable in poultry and livestock programs

Fluent in Odia, Hindi, and English

Good leadership qualities

Excellent organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in veterinary science

Master’s degree in veterinary science (preferred)

Job description

BACKGROUND: Passing Gifts Private Limited (PGPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Heifer International USA and it provides services in educating, consulting, training, advising, and providing professional and technical services to individuals, associations, and entities in India and abroad, particularly those who support or are working in the areas of social advancement and sustainable development. This position may also require service agreements, secondment agreements, between entities, etc.

PGPL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Position Title: Consultant - Veterinary Doctor

Department: Livestock Technology and One Health
Reporting to: Senior Project Manager
Engagement Period: 6 months (January 5 th , 2026, to June 30 th , 2026)
Location: Darbhanga, Bihar

RESPONSIBILITIES

DELIVERABLES

A. Promote scientific Goat/Backyard Poultry practices in rural farmers for increase in income and nutrition of the family. (50%).

Ensure quality and timely animal healthcare delivery (prevention and treatment).
Ensure good husbandry practices (breeding, nutrition, housing, feeding, watering, and waste management and other ecological production methods etc.).
Ensure regular supply of quality inputs.
Ensure good quality output products.
Develop training material and conduct trainings for field workers/entreprenurs.
Develop innovative models as per the field situation.
Support in Business and Marketing activities of goat/Poultry.
Facilitate CAVEs time to time for project implementation.
Organise trainings for the CAVEs on Goat, BYP and strengthen their knowledge and skills.
Meet the project targets timely in terms of scale up production, targeted families, income increase and business goals.

B. Monitoring, review and reporting of the program (20%).

Ensuring timely submission of reports.
Ensure that the partner meet the Heifer’s monitoring and evaluation requirements and the deadlines.
Reviewing the project progress (physical and financial) with partner staff on monthly basis.
Ensure that the Activity based reforecasting is prepared following the participatory method and the other stakeholders (PMC, co-funder, etc).
Documentation and sharing of the best practices.
Work in collaboration and consultation with Regional Program Office (RPO) and Country Program Office (CPO) team.

C. Facilitate the well-being of all small ruminants through the adoption of improved animal management and productivity practices and standards in the program (15%).

Ensure quality and timely animal healthcare delivery (prevention and treatment).
Ensure good husbandry practices (breeding, nutrition, feed and fodder management, housing, watering, and waste management and other ecological production methods etc.).
Ensure regular supply of quality inputs.
Ensure good quality output products.
Develop training material and conduct trainings for field workers/entreprenurs.
Develop innovative models as per field situation.
Support in Business and Marketing activities of small ruminants.

D. Liaison, networking and resource mobilization to strengthen the program effectiveness (10%).

Sharing the Heifer’s model with other stakeholder and building a fruitful relationship with them.
Networking and relationship building with Government, CSR, Foundations, and other stakeholdersand linking the project participants to their schemes.
Promotion cross earning and exchange of the knowledge.
Supporting the partners in mobilization of the committed co-funding/ Local Resource Leverage (LRL).
Organizing and participating in donor visits.
Time to time participation in state level events, workshops, and roundtables.

E. May perform other job-related duties as assigned/ requested (5%).

Support other projects as and when required.

A bachelor’s degree in veterinary science or equivalent plus five (5) years of Poultry Management related experience is required. Other job-related education and /or experience may be substituted for all or part of these basic requirements.

Preferred Requirements:

Master’s degree in veterinary science with specialization in Goat & Poultry Science.