Position: Breeding Officer
Job Type: Full Time Location: Kericho
Company Background
Uzima Chicken Kenya is a fast-growing, early-stage enterprise in Kenya focused on serving the needs of smallholder farmers in the last-mile. Uzima is part of the Hatch Africa (hatchafrica.co) group of Companies. Hatch is one the leading poultry companies in sub-Saharan Africa – in 2024
Hatch distributed over 47m chickens to over 4m smallholder farmers and employed more than 2,500 people full-time. The Company’s purpose is to make smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier by supplying them with healthy and resilient chickens to rear for their own consumption and as a business.
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and reliable Breeding Officer who will be responsible for the poultry production for the Uzima chicken ltd. breeding farms. This includes planning, poultry management, vaccination, implementing bio-security of farms and disease management.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage daily operations of the poultry farm including feeding, watering, housing, litter management and general care of the poultry.
- Developing and implementing strategies to maximize production and reduce mortality rates is a key responsibility by analyzing data to improve feeding practices and overall farm efficiency.
- Enforce strict health and safety standards
- Ensuring the health and welfare of the poultry is a critical duty includes monitoring diseases, administering vaccines and medicines if need and implementing bio-security measures to prevent outbreaks.
- Monitor and order feed and other supplies to maintain stock levels.
- Staff recruits, trains, and supervises farm workers, ensuring that all staff are well-informed about their roles and responsibility.
- Keep accurate records of poultry health, production and growth.
- Perform regular maintenance and cleaning of farm equipment.
- Planning, coordinating team of the poultry farms.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of poultry farming best practices.
- Ability to handle the physical demands of the job.
- Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and project management abilities.
- Ability to keep accurate records.
- Understanding of health and safety regulations.
- Degree in veterinary medicine (BVM).
- Technological advancements.
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Kindly note that the applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only successful candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear from us after 2 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.