Farm Manager & Agronomist Job in Nkubu / Mitunguu, Meru Kenya

Farm Manager & Agronomist

(Based in Nkubu / Mitunguu – Meru)
 

Destination Holdings Ltd is a Medium-Scale Farming and Agribusiness growth enhancement company dedicated to Green Horticultural Farming and Marketing, while building safety nets for smallholder farmer out-growers, determined to enhance journeys from subsistence to commercial farming.

 DHL has a sister company Innovam Ltd which is dedicated to running agro-input shops that are backed by information centres and training programmes and exchange visits for farmers. 

Inputs include Conservation Agriculture and Renewable Energy mechanization applications.
 

DHL is seeking to employ a Farm Manager to lead her 60 acre (and expanding) modern irrigated farming operations. 

The job is one to provide leadership and expertise towards efficient farm management services that contribute to achieving the Company’s strategy of sustained yields of the right quantity and quality, to meet market standards and demands, hence definite and continuous growth of company’s profits and agribusiness scale.
 

The Farm Managers duties will entail:

• Developing farming practices that are environment (soil, water, labour and power) sensitive, Global GAP compliant and capable of mitigating impacts of climate change.
• Selecting crop enterprises and fitting them into plausible crop calendars to meet dynamic soil, water and growing market needs, demands for productivity and profitability.
• Planning, coordinating and executing farm activities against clear budgets, work assignments and management guided priorities.
• Developing and executing pest and disease management practices based on clear, planned and operational agronomic needs.
• Advising Management on improved farming techniques and new innovations.
• Providing leadership that brings learning, understanding, harmony and growth among all company workers.
• Develop Monitoring & Evaluation tools and prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports of crops, farm and business performance.

The candidate we are looking for will have many of the following qualities. 

S/he will:

• Have a Diploma or BSc training in Agronomy and Management from a credible institution with at least a 4-year proven experience in operational management for horticultural farming value chains (from farm to market).
• Have a nark for excellence and be a self-motivated individual with a natural interest in agriculture, profitable farming and environment preservation.
• Have commendable money-sensitive management and marketing capabilities, able to reach out to farmers and corporate buyers and sellers alike.
• Have great verbal and written communication skills and be a good team player, able to show transparent leadership at all times and among all parties.

If you feel that you are the unique individual we are looking for, send us your Letter of Application, CV, testimonials and contacts for 2 reachable Referees to 

The Director, 

Destination Holdings Ltd, 

P.O. Box 63573-00619, 

Nairobi. Kenya. 

E-mail: kaumbuthos@wananchi.com by no later than September 30, 2012.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.