Assistant Agronomist- Vegetable Seeds at Bayer East Africa

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Assist in managing the company assets at the Center of Excellence (CoE) station
• Knowledge transfer – help during training of internal teams, growers and stakeholders on Farmer Best Practices during field days held at the CoE station.
• Assist in showcasing tailored solution - benefit of joint solution of VS + CP products
• Assist farmers in Agronomics: How to improve technical knowledge of growers to optimize production
• Demand creation – assist in showcasing value of Bayer VS/CP products
• Assist in managing casual labour and preparing their wages to process payment
• Assist in Managing the crop at the CoE station.
• Visiting farmer fields within the region to offer solution and to guide them on farmer best practices
• Assist in collecting, collating and preparing data summaries, reports, or analysis that includes charts or graphs on crop performance
• Assist with coordinating activities like crop management, insect and pest control, crop water management at the station
• Keep visiting grower data records
• Help prepare work plans, monthly reports, project monitoring and evaluation and other project reports are completed on time.
• Help in assessing the training needs of farmers and various stakeholders and discuss these needs with project manager on a regular basis.
• Assist in linking and connecting farmers to vegetable seeds and crop protection dealers in our products
• Undertake any other roles as assigned by the project manager
• Assist in managing the company assets at the Center of Excellence (CoE) station
• Knowledge transfer – help during training of internal teams, growers and stakeholders on Farmer Best Practices during field days held at the CoE station.
• Assist in showcasing tailored solution - benefit of joint solution of VS + CP products
• Assist farmers in Agronomics: How to improve technical knowledge of growers to optimize production
• Demand creation – assist in showcasing value of Bayer VS/CP products
• Assist in managing casual labour and preparing their wages to process payment
• Assist in Managing the crop at the CoE station.
• Visiting farmer fields within the region to offer solution and to guide them on farmer best practices
• Assist in collecting, collating and preparing data summaries, reports, or analysis that includes charts or graphs on crop performance
• Assist with coordinating activities like crop management, insect and pest control, crop water management at the station
• Keep visiting grower data records
• Help prepare work plans, monthly reports, project monitoring and evaluation and other project reports are completed on time.
• Help in assessing the training needs of farmers and various stakeholders and discuss these needs with project manager on a regular basis.
• Assist in linking and connecting farmers to vegetable seeds and crop protection dealers in our products
• Undertake any other roles as assigned by the project manager

Experiences, skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of diploma in Agriculture related field with at least two years of experience.
• Strong customer focus
• Agricultural knowledge and understanding of regional market environment and dynamics
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Experience in farmer mobilization and working with farmers, partners and farmer groups .
• Strong written and verbal communications skills and demonstrable ability to deliver technical training
• Fluency in Microsoft Office
• Motorbike riding skills and a valid riding license is an added advantage