Job Detail

Duties

• • Supervise staff, monitoring crops and animals, and handle various administrative tasks. Prepare budgets, maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders, and ensure maximum profitability.
  • Analyzing existing operations, crops, livestock, staff, and financial documents and recommending improvements.
  • 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 right 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:

• • Degree/Diploma 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.
  • Knowledge of irrigation farming
  • A passion for agriculture.
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication and critical thinking skills.
  • The ability to make decisions in stressful environments.
  • Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Willingness to work overtime as required.
  • Have sufficient knowledge in fuel operated machinery.
  • Have sufficient knowledge in accountancy and book keeping.

Applications should be made to recruitments@elengosfarming.com

Closing Date 30th September, 2022