Expatriate contract – Export Renowned Farm Estate
Our Client is an established export facing horticultural agri-business growing and exporting a range of herbs and fresh vegetables at its 300-acre mixed in-door / out-door farm in Tanzania.
Our client operates a very successful farm estate close to excellent air links within 300kms of Dar-es-salaam City.
- Natural resources for best-in-class agricultural cropping
- Established 25-year-old business
- Registered Export Processing Zone (EPZ) licensee
- Hard currency export earnings
- Exacting standards to be achieved: governance, sustainability etc.
- Zero waste strategy
- Massive positive economic impact to local urban area
Our client seeks to recruit an Agronomist for the Chives business operation.
The Chives Agronomist will report directly to the Farm Manager assisted by MD and CEO as required.
Principle functions of the Chives Agronomist
- Budgetary planning, monitoring and reporting:
- To assist in compiling the chives production plan and budget for the year in collaboration with the Farm Manager, the Managing Director and CEO and other department heads
- After approval of the plan and budget, implement the plan, monitor performance on a monthly basis and where necessary suggest changes to the plan to achieve the overall business objectives
- To report any significant variation to the plan or budget to the Farm Manager and Managing Director
- To report on the chive production operations progress in line with the objectives of the business
- Operational control and monitoring:
- To implement the short- and long-term chive production plan as agreed in the annual budget
- To efficiently manage the chive production resources required to implement this plan
- To ensure the chive production operations continually strive to meet or exceed the company’s ambitions
- To continually seek new and innovative methods and practices that lead to an overall improvement in the chive production operations and general efficiency across all aspects of the company operations
- Farm Management:
- To oversee all chive production operations, ensuring consistent yield and quality in line with the company ambitions
- To oversee annual planting planning, field layout and land preparations in readiness for planting
- To oversee planting program, ensuring crop production remains on track with annual targets
- To oversee ongoing chive crop maintenance including irrigation and fertilization planning, crop pest and disease management, harvesting and all field labour related activities.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a subject relevant to the industry
- Must have 10 years of commercial farming horticultural production experience in the tropics
- Must have 5 years-experience of growing of fresh vegetables – knowledge of Chives would be a distinct advantage on a large commercial basis in with demonstrated success
- Must demonstrate experience of relevant industry standards.
- Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Horticultural Agronomist or Senior Agronomist in the tropics
- Must demonstrate effective communication and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire across all levels of the organization
A good expatriate salary – housing – flights and other conditions are offered.
A Skype/Zoom interview shall be offered to short listed applicants. Email CV to Colin Roberts