Manager, Baraka Farm at Baraka Agriculture College

Franciscan Brothers Baraka Agriculture College Farm is one of the Income Generating units of the College.

The objectives of the farm are:

• To generate income and contribute to the college financial sustainability
• To be a practical resources for education and training on good agricultural practices and farm Business

Responsibilities:

• Providing practical training space/ground for students and interns.
• Producing adequate and wide range of high-quality farm produce to cater for BAC
• Foodstuff and supply to Baraka agriculture Green Market
• Developing and implementing approved farm plans.
• Developing and implementing of quality assurance framework
• Managing and developing production employees in their units to achieve established goals of safety, environmental performance, production volumes, quality, service and cost.
• Ensuring production employees in their units are properly oriented and trained.
• Developing and implementing continuous improvement within their units employees’ performance through regular feedback, coaching and training.
• Ensuring that their units are enhancing the college’s spirit of excellence,profitability and sustainability.
• Reviewing, analyzing and making recommendations regarding safety, environmental performance, quality, profitability, expenses, productivity, and customer feedback.
• Developing and/or implementing sectional reporting as required.
• Managing and controlling the unit’s production budget.
• Maintaining a high standard of professional knowledge, ethics and practices when dealing with customers, suppliers, peers, support staff, line managers and other key stakeholders of Baraka Agriculture College.
• Conducting oneself in a professional manner that reflects integrity and respect towards customers, suppliers, peers, support staff, line managers and other key stakeholders of BAC.
• Understanding, supporting and adhering to the college’s health and safety policies,programs and procedures by communicating and promoting health and safety awareness to coworkers and support staff.
• Liaising with the colleges’ auditors/appointed auditors in conducting the college’s quarterly inventory count.
• Giving specifications for raw materials complying to quality standards for processing.
• Keeping records and observing quality of the products.
• Maintaining machines and equipment.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Diploma in Farm management/sustainable Agriculture/General Agriculture and 2 years’ experience in Farm Management or certificate in Farm management/sustainable Agriculture/General Agriculture and 3 years’ experience in Farm Management
• Sound knowledge and demonstrable success of providing leadership in a production environment.
• Effective team builder with demonstrated abilities
• Proven experience of coordinating business direction.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate all levels of personnel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated and self-driven.
• Managing and measuring key performance indicators. Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; Sets clear objectives and measures; Monitors processes,progress and results;
• Designs feedback loops into work.
• Driving for results by being bottom-line oriented; Continuously using self and others for results; Can be counted on to meet and exceed goals successfully.
• Developing Direct Reports and others
• Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments: Holds frequent development and feedback discussions: Understands each person’s goals and ambitions: Constructs compelling development plans and executes them: Pushes People to accept development moves, takes on those who need help and further development; and is a People builder.
• Directing others – Good at establishing clear directions and ensuring they are understood; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two dialogues with others on work and results.
• Building effective teams – Defines success in terms of the whole team, shares wins and success, creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; Lets people finish and be responsible for their work.
• Problem solving – Looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answer, using rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions;
• Probes all fruitful sources for answers, and sees hidden problems and is excellent athonest analysis.
• Informing – Provides the information people need to know in order to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team of the production unit; Provides Individuals with timely information so that they can make accurate decisions.
• Articulating the strengths and limitations of people inside and outside the college; isa good judge of talent; can accurately predict what people are likely to do across a variety of situations.
• Keeping updated records of all enterprises in the farm.