Agronomist at Organic Liquid fertilizer Producing PLC

Agronomist

Employer: Organic Liquid fertilizer Producing PLC

Employment: Full-Time | Contract

Place of Work: Dera; Fogera and Libokemkem weredas agricultural office of Soth Gonder - Ethiopia

Posted date: 5 years ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

Organic Liquid Fertilizer Producing PLC is a privately owned fully certified and patented specialty manufacturer of organic liquid fertilizer products in Ethiopia. We are an indigenous enterprise that produces an innovative and unique organic fertilizer in liquid form with a brand name Eco-Green. Detail Duties and Responsibility: - Provide technical support to the agriculture production component of the MEDA project by providing training to target farmers, DAs and the three woreda agricultural office experts at the south Gonder zone Amhara region. - Lead eco-green application on the vegetable demonstration field trials that selected farmers can have the potential in crop harvesting skills the three wordas - Lead the yield estimation of the crop production and provide reliable data for decision making to the implementation of MEDA project - Overseeing horticultural cultivation and maintenance - Organizing horticultural trials; analyzing horticultural yield; operational cost; and financial returns of the demonstration plot - Make frequent visit and presentations to existing and prospective customers on behalf of organic liquid fertilizer producing plc - Lead the farmer’s mobilization and ensure that the farmers are fully aware of the project’s objective as well closely advise them how to care of the vegetables to protect the crop from pest damages - Lead eco-green application on the vegetable demonstration field trials that selected farmers can have the potential in crop harvesting skills the three wordas - Collaborate with collaborating with local wereda expert and Meda staffs on areas related to agriculture production and care of vegetables - Assess the fertilizer utilization and its impacts of the selected farmers’ farmland - Continuously work and improve the working relationship with government stakeholders; in particular work with the woreda agriculture office and kebel administrations - Follow up DAs and farmers working in the project - Preparing demonstration session adhering predetermined schedule - Represent organic liquid fertile producing plc in the coordination at zonal and district levels; ( demonstration cluster meetings and other task force meetings) - Promotion of the eco-green and attract new customers to use the product - Identify and create business relationships with product distributors including unions and FSC in the vicinity - Data collection; analyzing and timely reporting to head office - Extension work in collaboration with woreda agricultural and natural resource office - Performs other related tasks as required Communications and Networking - Crate good interaction and communication with partners and other relevant stakeholders; - Develop a good working relationship with other stakeholders in the sectors where OLF is working - Prepare and submit performance report due time of period - Performs other related tasks as required and assigned Reports To: Operation manager Place of Assignment: Amhara Region – Wereta Duration of the contract: 9 months with a high probability of extension based on performance Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture (Plant Science), related with an emphasis on agronomy, crop production, horticulture - Minimum 3 years working with as an agriculture expert, agronomist in development projects - Giving training to farmers and government stakeholder Skills: - Training facilitation - Sales skill - Networking - Analytical - Communication and report writing - Research and documentation Personal Qualities: - Inter-personal and problem solving - Be able to work under pressure and towards tight deadlines with minimum supervision - Promote team synergy in a multi-cultural work environment - A resourceful person and self-starter - A mature, sensible, and open-minded person with mutual respect - Be able to network effectively inside and outside of the organization Personal behavior - Respect and adhere to the organization code of conduct - Follow and promote the organic liquid fertile producing plc Vision, Mission, and values in action and words - Have personal integrity