Farm Manager – Semay Farms PLC
Agriculture, Management
Semay Farms PLC
Semay Farms PLC was established with a vision to alleviate Ethiopia’s food shortage through modern, mechanized farming. Semay Farms is in the process of building a vibrant team with quality personnel that have both the passion and the qualification to realize our vision. We have several openings. Come join our team and let us grow together.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinates and manages all activities Semay Farm envisions to do.
- Prepares quarterly and yearly business plans of the farm.
- Consistently follow up project implementation, evaluate and report to the Director.
- Works closely with the director on major decisions and directions of the Farm.
- Provides daily management, supportive supervision and technical assistance to all departments.
- Works to ensures established working practices, according to the national laws. Works closely with the project’s legal adviser on this matter.
- Overseas the effective sales, marketing and profitability of products
- Periodically research modern farming technologies, new farming trends and products and suggests to the director.
- Aims quality and ecofriendly productivity, packaging and transportation of products.
- Provides support, guidance and evaluates the performances of Workers.
- Hires, trains and assigns non-skilled farm workers and seasonal workers.
- Trains and monitors experts that will be hired by the director.
- Overseas the workplace hygiene, sanitation, and wellbeing of workers.
- Manages monetary and other resources of the project efficiently.
- Collaborate with stakeholders such as local government, community leaders and other prominent figures of the local community.
- Closely monitor and the proper and efficient utilization of the project budget.
- Represent the Project in workshops and other meetings such as with banks, local government officers, Wereda police and others.
- Ensure the confidentiality of Project’s data, in all departments.
- Compile project success, lessons learned, best practices and provide suggestion that can scale the project up.
- Request the procurement of Farm machines, tools, and equipment’s.
- Arrange for the purchase of staff provisions: office, kitchen, storage, and the likes.
Educational requirement:
- Bachelor’s degree and above in Business management, Farm management, Agribusiness, Agronomy, project management, economics, and the likes.
Level:
- Senior: 5+ years of related work experience
Skills required:
Demonstrated Management skills, knowledge and experience are required. Examples of the manager’s trains include:
- Critical thinking, Strong communication skills, team playing capacity, Integrity, honesty, responsible mentality.
- Experience in managing large staff members.
- Result oriented work ethics.
- Efficient resource management
- Current Local government policies and directions
- Current national agricultural policies
- Agriculture related import and expert policies
- International standards of quality crop production, packaging and transportation
- Social, cultural, and political responsibilities towards local community
Negotiable
