Description

Job Description, Consultant – LTOH
Position: Consultant – Livestock Technology & One Health (LTOH) & Goat Enterprises
Duration: Until June 2027
Organization: Passing Gifts Pvt. Ltd.
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal (may need to travel to Bihar and Odisha as per requirement)
Overview
The Consultant will serve as a technical and enterprise resource to strengthen community agro-vet entrepreneurs (CAVEs)/Pashu Sakhis/Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) to equip them for preventive veterinary healthcare for small and large ruminants and goat enterprises in West Bengal and may require travelling to Bihar & Odisha under the projects funded by Zoetis Foundation and IRRI, India.
The position will contribute to Zoetis foundation and IRRI’s objectives of strengthening Community Agro-vet Entrepreneurs (CAVEs)/Pashu Sakhis/Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) and goat enterprises, improving husbandry practices, and market participation of women-led goat enterprises.
The role combines capacity building training to CAVEs/PS/CAHWs with enterprise development support to:




- Create a trained cadre of CAVEs/PS/CAHWs in West Bengal (120 to 150 Pashu Sakhis)
- Improve livestock productivity and management systems
- Promote market‑oriented goat enterprises
- Strengthening market linkages of the goat farmers
- Enhance access to services, inputs, finance, and business opportunities
- Support women’s participation and leadership in goat enterprises

Scope of Work:
- CAVEs/PS/CAHWs training & Strengthening
- Search and selection of NGOs/ Govt. Departments/other agencies in West Bengal who work on livestock and CAVE/PS/CAHW development.
- Establish linkages and collaboration with the organizations/agencies for organizing training programs
- Mapping of potential CAVEs/PS/CAHWs for forming training batches in collaboration with the selected organizations/agencies.
- Selection of suitable training venue for conducting training.
- Selection of vendor for first aid kits medicines

📌 Consultant: LTOH Job ID 1701 (India)
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