Our client, a major producer and exporter of raw, processed and value added agricultural produce is looking to hire a Farm Manager reporting to the Managing Director. The main responsibility of this role is to ensure that the farms are operating at full capacity at all times.
The Primary Duties of this role will include:
* Overall farm management and administration
* Planning and supervision of all farm operations.
* Budgeting and expenditure control.
* Making and forwarding all reports concerning the farm e.g. Monthly reports, weekly reports, accident reports etc.
* Training, demonstrating and guiding on various farm operations.
* Ensuring security accountability and good custody of company assets, information and resources.
* Carrying out experiments at the farm level.
* Dealing with staff welfare, solving problems and personnel issues e.g. employing casuals* Planning and supervision of all farm operations.
* Budgeting and expenditure control.
* Making and forwarding all reports concerning the farm e.g. Monthly reports, weekly reports, accident reports etc.
* Training, demonstrating and guiding on various farm operations.
* Ensuring security accountability and good custody of company assets, information and resources.
* Carrying out experiments at the farm level.
* Maintaining good public relations about the farm
Required Qualities – The ideal candidate will:
* Have worked at a coffee farm
* Be able to work with minimum supervision
* Be innovative, enthusiastic and energetic
* Be able to work with minimum supervision
* Be innovative, enthusiastic and energetic
Required Skills – The ideal candidate will:
* Possess leadership skills
* Have good communication and interpersonal skills
* Have good reporting skills
* Be highly organised, paying close attention to detail and have effective time management skills
* Have good communication and interpersonal skills
* Have good reporting skills
* Be highly organised, paying close attention to detail and have effective time management skills
Qualifications
* Have a Degree in Agriculture with 5 years working experience, 2 in managerial position.
* Be Computer literate.
* Be able to ride a motor cycle.
* Be Computer literate.
* Be able to ride a motor cycle.
The salary for this position is Ksh 90,000 gross with benefits including housing and medical. The ideal candidate should be aged between 35 and 45 years.
If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter indicating your suitability to this role, together with a copy of your updated resume to recruit@tgagroupea.com. The interview process for this position will commence on 16th May 2011, or immediately we receive suitable applications.
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