Job Description
Job Brief
- To assist the Operations Manager, oversee the vegetable crops and other cash crops production on the farm and coordinate daily processes and operations with an emphasis on financial results.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing existing operations, crops, staff, and recommending improvements.
- Preparing plans and schedules for planting, harvesting and storage and ensuring staff understand expectations.
- Ensuring seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and other supplies are regularly restocked.
- 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.
- Scheduling repairs, maintenance, and replacement of equipment and machinery.
- Ensuring all staff adhere to health and safety regulations.
Job Specification
Education:
- B.Sc or HND qualification in Agriculture or Agricultural Sciences from a reputable institution.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience with vegetable crops and green house planting
Skills & Competencies:
- Familiar with international best practices of growing, cultivating, harvesting and storing vegetable crops
- Capacity and experience to develop training manuals and also train subordinates
- Compulsory knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills
- Vast experience in crop planting (Vegetables) with experience in green houses planting
- Knowledge of export standard for vegetables
- Worked in a structured environment and exposed to proper practice.
- Responsible for supervising the planting of crops and vegetables on the farm
- Must reside in Ondo State or be willing to relocate (Accomondation is available).