Job Description

We are looking for vibrant and dedicated Section Managers to join our team. Reporting to the Estate Manager, the successful applicants will, among other key duties, be responsible for:

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
• Assisting in the preparation of capital, revenue, and expenditure budgets, monitoring operations to ensure compliance with the budgeted framework.
• Reviewing actual business performance against stated objectives on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis.
• Recording information such as production, farm management practices, and parent stock, while preparing financial and operational reports.
• Ensuring land preparation is completed well in advance of the optimum planting period.
• Analyzing soil to determine the type and quantity of fertilizer required for maximum production.
• Monitoring plant growth and protection by ensuring adequate provision of plant care equipment and agricultural chemicals.
• Preparing for crop harvesting to ensure prompt delivery to the intended market.
• Determining procedural changes in drying, grading, storage, and transportation of crops for greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Inspecting fields to determine maturity dates of crops and estimating potential crop damage from weather.
• Assisting in planning and directing the development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics.
• Managing Estate assets, ensuring disposal and acquisition comply with company policies and procedures.
• Assisting in hiring, discharging, transferring, and promoting workers while enforcing safety regulations and interpreting policies.
• Ensuring effective utilization of human resources through training, motivation, retention, and welfare initiatives, promoting outstanding performance.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum Qualifications & Experience
• Diploma/ Degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Crop Science or equivalent.
• 5 O Levels including English Language and Mathamatics.
• At least three (3) years hands on experience.

Attributes
• Strong leadership, budgeting, and managerial skills.
• Ability to motivate and build successful teams.
• Must demonstrate technical competence.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work with minimal supervision

How to Apply

Applicants should submit their Application Letters clearly indicating the position applied for together with detailed Curriculum Vitae and Certified Copies of Certificates by not later than 13 February 2025 to: [email protected]