Assistant Nursery Manager (Junior Agronomist) at Saroafrica International Limited

Saroafrica International Limited (‘Saro’) is an indigenous private sector player with 3 decades of experience in Nigeria. Saro has five Subsidiaries (Saro Agrosciences, Saro Lifecare, Saro Agro-Allied, Gossy Warm Spring and Saro Oil Palm) and two Joint Ventures (AgriseedCo and Green Hills Agricultural Products). Saroafrica is set to become a leading consumer, manufacturing, FMCG and integrated agricultural value chain group. In pursuit of this ambition Saroafrica is making significant investment in a Palm Plantation and Cassava to Ethanol Plant.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant Nursery Manager (Junior Agronomist)

Location: Edo
Employment Type: Full-time
Subsidiary: Saro Oil Palm

Job Description

• Support the achievement of plantation Fresh Fruit Bunchtargets within the agreed budget.
• Assist the delivery replanting programme according to best practice international standards.
• Maintain the plantation at the best upkeep level.
• Organize and supervise agricultural workforce to improve outturn and workers productivity.
• Contribute to improve oil extraction rate (OER) by delivering 100% ripe bunches to the mill and arranging for all lose fruit to be delivered within 24 hours of harvest.
• Support the maximization yields and average bunch weight through appropriate fertilizer application.
• Respect first in first out management of all plantation stores items.
• Assist with the installation and management of nurseries.
• Support the execution the planting programme to allow at least 2 months rainfall for seedlings before the dry season starts.
• Assist in the training and upskilling of plantations managers and divisional managers to best management practices of oil palm plantation developing in country skills and capability.
• Support and assist Agric Director and Edo State Government teams in the implementation of all environmental and health and safety initiatives.
• Assist with reporting against targets and KPIs to relevant authorities to assess and improve business performance.

Requirements

• Minimum of second-class upper division in Agronomy or Agricultural -Engineering or equivalent subject.
• Relevant professional experience in a similar role and environment.
• Knowledge and experience of agricultural operations, imperatively in the plantation sector, in Africa.

Application Closing Date
17th March, 2022.