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    • Career Openings at Corporate Staffing

    Posted: Jul 26, 2023
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Field Operations & Technical Manager

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Overall supervision of agronomists, farm supervisors, and other field workers by providing proper leadership, guidance, and control in order to have an effective field operation.
    • The employee will have a leading role in implementing the company’s ongoing and proposed projects amongst the farmer’s schemes e.g. permaculture, living wages and Living Incomes, and agroforestry.
    • Increase fruit production and quality by amongst other intervention measures ensure proper adoption of agreed farming practices amongst the growers notably pests and diseases management.
    • Equip producers with knowledge, awareness on organic farming principles, better avocado orchard management and certifications for organic, Global Gap, Fairtrade and SMETA, through farmer trainings and other relevant instruments.
    • Develop production protocols for the commercialized crops.
    • Oversee the company’s passion fruit growing and other proposed project.
    • Communicate effectively about the company’s farmer development model, plans etc. to farmers, project stakeholders and the wider public to advance its vision and mission.

    Education and Skills

    • A minimum degree in BSC crops, agriculture, or horticulture Professional Experience.
    • Minimum of 3 – 7 years’ experience working with small-holder farmers in commercial-oriented schemes or a large-scale farm enterprise is necessary.
    • Demonstrable agronomic skills in fruit orchard management especially avocados and passion fruits.
    • Abilities to train farmers, peers and disseminate good agricultural practices and adoption thereof with emphasize to environmental sound practice.
    • Conversant or working experience with either Global Gap/Grasp or EU organic standards in busy farming environment.
    • Abilities to use MS office suite.
    • Excellent communication skills both oral and written in the English language.
    • A highly organized individual with minimum supervision.
    • Demonstrable creativity and strategic thinking.
    • Good leadership and managerial skills are a requisite.
    • Goal achievement orientation and self-starter.
    • Passion for social economic impact amongst poor producers.
    • A valid driving license.
    • The job will entail intensive travel in the growing sites

    before 10th August 2023

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    Method of Application

    Interested candidates to send applications to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke with the subject: Direct Sales Executives

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