Kennedia Consulting Limited – Our client is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Agricultural Farm Manager
Location: Gambari, Oyo
Employment Type: Full Time
Responsibilities
- Analysing existing operations, crops, livestock, staff, and financial documents and recommending improvements.
- The farm manager’s responsibilities include monitoring staff, crops, and livestock, purchasing supplies, preparing budgets and reports, and ensuring maximum profit.
- Preparing plans and schedules for planting and harvesting and ensuring staff understands expectations.
- Visiting the different divisions to inspect crops, livestock, and also perform tests on soil and water.
- Ensuring seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and other supplies are regularly restocked.
- Scheduling repairs, maintenance, and replacement of equipment and machinery. • Handling the marketing and sale of products produced on the farm like fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, and grain.
- Ensuring all staff adheres to health and safety regulations.
- Assisting with the recruitment and training of new staff members.
- Collaborating with senior staff to prepare budgets and financial reports.
- Building professional networks and keeping abreast of developments in agricultural science.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Animal Science, or equivalent.
- Additional courses in Business Management or Administration are recommended.
- Extensive experience in a farming-related field
- Management experience would be a plus.
- A passion for agriculture.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
- The ability to make decisions in stressful environments.
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to work overtime as required
- Willingness to learn hydroponics and soilless agriculture techniques.
Have knowledge and experience of managing below activities:
- Seed selection
- Nursery management
- Scheduling / Crop management
- Harvest & post-harvest
- Nutrients Mix as per the crops leafy and vine
- Be able to interact with sales team and farm staff to plan production
- Be able to predict production and coordinate with sales team
- Have knowledge and experience of Integrated pest management
- Be familiar with basic software tools such as MS Excel for data collection and reporting.
Application Closing Date
13th May, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: recruitment_kcl@outlook.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.