Job Summary
Organic Africa, with its partners B’Ayoba, KaZa, La Rochelle Centre and Stevia Zimbabwe, embodies the future of farming in Africa. Organic Africa is the leading producer of organic and Fair-trade produce in Southern Africa. We are a socially responsible entrepreneurship cultivating high value certified products together with our partner farmers and wild collectors for the global market. We are committed to social, environmental and economic sustainability.
We have the following vacant position:
Agronomist
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Duties And Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Managing the Activities of Organically certified produce.
• Develops and manages the performance of subordinates in achievement of agreed strategy, business plans, budgets and productivity.
• Developing and Implementing cropping programme according to schedule and maintain organic farming data base.
• Maintaining and regularly up-dating the operational plan for the project including projects performance, budget allocations, nutrient application and expenditures.
• Ensures quality, quantity and efficiency of timeous harvesting, drying, grading and transport of crops
• Publishing daily, weekly, monthly targets
• Publishing daily, weekly, monthly achievements and results
• Identifying shortcomings, publishing them, suggesting solutions and agreeing on solution approach with management on farm and CEO of OAH, eliminating shortcomings
• Identifying potentials, publishing them, suggesting solutions and agreeing on solution approach with management on farm and CEO of OAH, implementing potentials
• Weekly written report on consultancy activities and achievements against target
• Weekly written report on production progress against target
• Planning and implementing quality, quantity and efficiency of timeous harvesting, drying, grading and transport of crops.
Qualifications And Experience
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelors in General Agriculture, Crop Science or similar
• 10 Years work experience as farm manager with more experience in intensive high value crops
• Experience in certification
Job Summary
More Information
- Job Application Details If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested in the position, please request for an application form from [email protected] before the 15th of May 2022.