Farm Manager
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The Farm Manager is responsible for the overall planning, management, and day-to-day operations of the farm. The role involves supervising farm employees, maintaining farm equipment and facilities, while ensuring quality standards and safety requirements are achieved.
Min Qualification:
Diploma
Experience Level:
Mid level
Experience Length:
3 years
Language Requirement:
English
Working Hours:
Full Time - 8 to 5
Applicant Location:
Uganda
Job descriptions & requirements
Job Purpose
The Farm Manager is responsible for the overall planning, management, and day-to-day operations of the farm. The role involves supervising farm employees, maintaining farm equipment and facilities, while ensuring quality standards and safety requirements are achieved.
Company background
Job Identification
● Duty station- Kakiri
● Job type - Full-time
● Reporting to: Directors
Job specification
Responsibilities
• Leading, mentoring, and managing other support staff
• Should be able to manage all daily farm activities
• To plan and supervise the cultivation, maintenance, harvesting, and post-harvest handling of coffee, matooke, and other seasonal crops
• To monitor plant health, implement fertilization, pruning, stumping, shredding, spraying of pesticides and herbicides, and slashing
• Good understanding of soil fertility, crop and animal nutrition, pest and disease control
• Monitor cultivation, harvesting, feeding, breeding and other production activities.
• Monitor Crop and animal health and coordinate with Agricultural and veterinary specialists when necessary
• Prepare regular farm performance and production reports for management
• Plan, coordinate and supervise the daily farm operations.
• Collaborate with other department leads
• Knowledge about coffee is an added advantage
• Strong knowledge of coffee and bananas is an added advantage
• Ability to work independently
• Should have practical experience and knowledge managing crops and animals
Candidate specification
Educational requirements: Diploma or Bachelor's in Agriculture or Agronomy or agricultural management or agroforestry or Horticulture and any related field
Work experience: 3-5 years of practical experience in managing the Farm
Critical skills required
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to plan and coordinate the team
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with staff, customers, and suppliers
Other Benefits
Accommodation
Meals
Transport
Airtime
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