Deputy Head of Agronomy
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- Job Description:
BACKGROUND
Our company will develop, in Ethiopia, an oilseeds clusters program to source from contracted out-growers (cluster of farmers, commercial farmers) and oilseeds grains integrators (traders/coops/…) large quantities various oilseeds (sesame, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseeds, groundnuts) to supply its Solvent Extraction Plants.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensuring and coordinating, year-on-year, the identification, forming of and support to the farmers clusters, commercial farms unions/cooperative as harvest objectives,
- Designing the SOP for out-growers contracting – Signature procedure, supporting documents to be attached etc.
- Designing the R&D program – in-situ trials- , planning its execution and coordinating the agronomical data collection and reporting,
- Designing the demonstration fields program – number of demonstrations, types, methodology etc.-, planning its execution and coordinate the data collection – type of agronomical data to be collected, frequency etc.- and reporting – report schedule,
- Planning and coordinating the varieties registration process in collaboration with local and international breeders,
- Proposing a critical analysis and reports on the contracted fields agronomical conditions - Input usage, crop status & conditions, package of good agricultural practices, yield estimation, harvest quantity and quality etc.-
- Ensuring in each region the elaboration of technical and economic references - Gross Margin Calculation, Profit analysis etc.- for adequate commercial development and relevant crops -sesame, maize, wheat, malt barley, oilseeds etc.-
- Designing recommended package of practices based on R&D program and collected data from agro-follow up for each major agroecology,
- Developing advisory service strategy and design the agronomical training content and coordinating the execution of the trainings and demonstrations,
- Developing the inputs requirement, specific fertilizer blends (if any) and organizing the order for local and international purchases,
- Executing the recruitment plan for subordinates at headquarters and oilseeds storage centers,
- Supporting the compilation of agronomical data and generation of all necessary figures, tables, charts etc. for the periodical agronomy report,
- Supporting the execution of the contracted fields crop agronomical data collection,
- Leading , motivating and training the collaborators, subordinates and partners.
Expected results
- Timely sharing of relevant yearly out-growers sourcing target plan per geographical area, implementation strategy and expansion plan,
- All subordinates have met the year-on-year target of hectarage to be contracted from out growers per oilseeds as per the schedule define (number of contracts/month/oilseeds/subordinates over the defined contracting period),
- All subordinates have met the year-on-year target of oilseeds production and delivery from out growers per oilseeds - in quality and quantity- as per the schedule defined (quantity and quality of grains delivered to collection center/month/oilseeds/subordinates over the defined procurement period),
- Relevance of trial methodology and quality of its execution / 100% of trials planted / 75% of trials results are statistically relevant
- 85% of demonstration fields can be used for capacity building (training, coaching etc.) and promotional purposes (field days, visit by investors, management or local/international authorities etc.)
- Excluding due to significant agronomical reasons, all varieties submitted for registration are registered,
- Timely submission, quality and accuracy of the reports (Crop status, Yield assessment, qualitative analysis of weather and practices),
- Timely submission, quality and accuracy of yearly technical and economic references report,
- Agronomical pertinence of the training content, quality of the developed materials
- Improvement of oilseeds crops performance (Yield, quality of the crop) and Gross Margin for contracted clusters year after year,
- Timely organization of oilseeds supply team recruitment and their good management,
- Number of trainings delivered and number of contractee trained as per yearly plan
- Timely definition of inputs specifications, agronomical pertinence of proposed inputs and blends
- Technical improvement of subordinates, technical focal persons and partners
- Job Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
Experience:
10 years of experience of which at least 5 in the sector relevant to the JD.
Education
BSC/Msc degree Plant science/Agronomy/Agribusiness and/or related fields
- Proficiency in English, Amharic and Afan Oromo
- Posted:
- 02.08.2023
- Deadline:
- 02.15.2023
- Job Category:
- Agriculture
- Employment:
- Full time
- Location:
- Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa
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