VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Gishanda Fish Farm is a community-based enterprise, run by Akagera Management Company Ltd (AMC Ltd), farming and harvesting fish products using a Recirculating Aquaculture System. The farm will operate to produce and process fish and fry on site for sales locally and nationally.
Akagera Management Company Ltd was created as a partnership between Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and African Parks Network (APN) to manage Akagera National Park and its complementary community enterprises. Through the management unit of Akagera Park, Gishanda Fish Farm is seeking to recruit suitable a candidate to fill the vacant post of Fish Farm Administrator.
JOB TITLE: Hatchery Operating Manager
REPORTING TO: Gishanda Fish Farm Manager
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To run and control the hatchery operation of the fish farm. Help run daily farming operations (reproduction, feeding, harvesting)
Duties and responsibilities
Manage the daily, weekly and monthly hatchery operations
Collection and management of production data
Manage a team of hatchery staff
Quality control of operations
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Minimum Education Qualification
Interested candidates should have a minimum of a Bachelor degree, with a major in Aquaculture a plus.
Required competencies
No specific experience working in a hatchery required, just a positive and enthusiastic attitude to learning new skills. Experience with fish farming favourable
Attention to detail and accuracy, results-driven mindset
Excellent communication and reporting skills
Very good English both spoken and written
Experience managing staff
Enthusiastic team player
Self-motivated with strong sense of responsibility
Ability to perform demanding and flexible work
Happy to work with live fish
Ability to live near Gishanda Fish Farm
HOW TO APPLY
Cover letter together with CVs in English language providing details of three referees, email address and telephone contact should be submitted by email to amc.recruit@africanparks.org (with the attachment being in PDF format) not later than 25th August 2021. Application should be addressed to:
Park Manager, Akagera Management Company
You may be asked to complete an internship as part of the recruitment process.
Please note that only candidates with the needed qualifications and relevant experience will be contacted after being shortlisted. If you don’t hear from us 2 weeks after your application, know that your application has not been successful.
