Agricultural Operations Technical Support Coordinator

Accountable to: Agricultural Technical Support Team Senior Coordinator
Qualifications and experience:

Education: B.Sc/M Sc. in Agronomy/Irrigation/Agricultural Mechanization/ Agricultural Engineering/Crop Production

Experience & Skill: 8/1 0 years for BSc./M.Sc., respectively, but out of which half of the service year should be on sugarcane production.

Having practical knowledge on managing sugarcane estates or irrigation training and management are added advantages

Computer literate/skill

Good communication skills
Duties and Responsibilities:

Plans, organizes and directs the overall activities of the technical support for nucleus estate agricultural operations;

Establishes monitoring and evaluation systems and undertakes follow-up of the nucleus estate;

Develops performance measurement indexes for agricultural operations and evaluates accordingly;

Reviews and analyzes operational data and/or information;

Develops and implements systems on agricultural input and machinery use as well as standards;

Undertakes skill gap identification (training need assessment); and

Prepares technical and periodic performance reports.
Duty Station: Nairobi with frequent estate visits
Qualified individuals are invited to send their application along with detailed CV to careers [at] kwale-group.com so as to be received on or before 6th July, 2013