Senior Agronomist
Job by Senselet Food Processing PLC

Job Summary
Posted:
Aug 03,2020
Deadline:
Aug 18,2020
Category:
Accounting and Finance
Location:
Frequent travel mainly in Oromia region including office to in Addis Ababa
Career Level:
Mid Level ( 2+ - 5 years experience)
Salary:
Negotiable

Job Description

Senselet: Senselet Food Processing is a start-up company, looking for ambitious, eager-to-learn and talented employees who want to take responsibility and accountability in actively build our company and brands. Senselet is a Dutch-owned company making potato-based snacks and food products for the Ethiopian market and aims to become a leading food processing company. Currently, our modern processing facility, using the latest European processing technology, is located in Tulofa (65 km from Addis Ababa).

Targets and deliverables

  • Monitor performance of potato producers through farm visits and inspections (production schedule, diseases, harvest, etc). by generating weekly visit and inspection reports.
  • Advise potato producers on agronomical practices, diseases and other
  • Quality control and assurance of potatoes before transport to factory and upon arrival at factory
  • Training other agronomists and farmers on potato production
  • Contribute to execution of smallholder program
  • Participating in potato related workshops and meetings
  • All other tasks assigned by supervisor

Job Requirement

Education: relevant BSc degree in agronomy, horticulture or agriculture

Experience: minimum 3 years of relevant practical work experience for a private organization in an agronomist or production supervisor role in horticulture.

  • Technical skills: good in Amharic and English (speaking and writing), analytically strong (problem solving), strong communications skills, good technical skills (ploughing, planting, disease recognition, fertilizers, chemicals, irrigation, harvesting, storage, logistics) in horticulture (e.g. potato, tomato, vegetables).
  • Social skills: serious and hard-working, eager to learn, good feedback mentality, result oriented, taking responsibility and accountability, good in building and maintaining relations with farmers and others.

• Entrepreneurial skills: flexible and autonomous working, enthusiastic and willing to travel.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested applicants can send your CV via email: [email protected]

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.