JOB ANNOUNCEMENT.
JOB TITLE: TEA PLANTATION AGRONOMIST
Reporting: to Acting Manager
Rugabano Tea Co. Ltd in Karongi District is seeking to recruit suitably qualified, detail oriented, dynamic and self-motivated person to fill the following vacant position.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Carrying out extensive training of plantation workers on tea gardening in the plantation in order to achieve maximum productivity.
- Developing and promoting good tea farming practices.
- Should able to handle and drive Rainforest Certification and any other certification required by company.
- Establishing tea and tree nurseries for planting & ensuring proper planting and nurturing young tea.
- To apply method to improve yield and quality of crop.
- Ensuring good leaf only reaches factory.
- Maintaining accurate records, preparing and presenting reports as required.
- Ensuring effective and efficient utilization of farm inputs.
- Supervising the plantation staff (Capita, chief Capita…) and ensuring that they achieve quality and quantity targets.
- Ensuring adequate number of pluckers in the assigned division and effective utilization of pluckers’ incentives.
- Ensuring all cultivation workers are done in stipulated time without delay
- Ensuring timely weighment and delivery plucked leaf to the factory.
- To have a good administration in area entrusted.
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
The ideal candidate should have the following qualifications, skills & experience:
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Agriculture / Extension Services from a recognized institution.
- At least Five (5) years’ experience in tea plantation and other agronomic practices.
- Valid Motor cycle riding permit (category A).
- Computer literate.
- Fluent in communication especially in English (speaking, reading and writing) and Kinyarwanda.
Interested candidates who meet the above minimum requirements for this job are requested to send their applications accompanied with detailed C.V, copies of testimonials / certificates, names and addresses of at least three (3) referees to the address below; to reach not later than 21th October 2022 at 17H00 PM.
Online applications should be emailed in ONE PDF format manager@rugabano.com
Acting Manager of Rugabano Tea Company.
