Farm Manager at IBFCAlliance Limited

IBFCAlliance is currently recruiting a Farm Manager for one of its clients, a leading farm in Nigeria located in Ekiti State. The ideal candidate must be willing to relocate to Ekiti

Job Responsibilities

• Support and organize farm administration for the establishment of a commercially viable large-scale farm.
• Establish and manage all Green House and Open Field fruits and vegetables, and Cassava agribusiness matters including Land Preparation, seedling nursery, transplanting/planting, irrigation, fertilization, disease and pest prevention and control, weed management and related activities.
• Train selected candidates as agronomists for both vegetable and Cassava related activities.
• Management and oversight of a team of agronomists and extension workers
• Develop and implement cassava and vegetable out-grower schemes in conjunction with technical partners, including the selection and training of farmers.
• Deliver agreed Production targets as set out in the business plan from time-to-time.
• Follow strict management, operational and monitoring programs on all farm related matters.
• Execute, monitor and report performance on an ongoing basis against approved programs and budgets.
• Maintain compliance with Company rules and procedures and maintain compliance with regulatory statutes, authorities and industry best practices
• Oversee budgeting processes and participate in the business plan and strategy development for the Company’s farms
• Identify, recommend and implement best practices in project management, based on expert knowledge of project management
• Build and lead farm teams to achieve the Company’s goals, and provide mentoring and coaching to team members
• Develop and maintain the Company’s processes to support effective internal control system and operations for the farm
• Provide guidance and leadership in rigorous commercial field operations, risk management, including management of community exposures and relationships
• Collaborate with local community leaderships to develop and retain excellent rapport with leaders and the entire host communities, including other relevant stakeholders
• Engage and align the farm team, contractors etc. with functions, assignments and the Company’s planned growth objectives and critical initiatives, including effective and ‘to standard’ delivery of scope of work
• Participate in meetings with key stakeholders, including the Ekiti State Government, Community leaderships and other departments regarding the resolutions of unfolding implementation challenges, on–going establishment/ production issues and support discussions on new projects
• Provide meaningful and reliable management reporting, including financial analyses, working capital forecasting and expenditure reporting
• Direct all the field work activities done on the farm including direct management and supervision of daily operations of production
• Plan with relevant subjects the administration, operational management and alignment required for farm establishment on land clearing, land preparation, planting, crop management, harvesting; Specifics of this includes:
• manage and maintain land area by organizing and allocating field space for production operations and managing land clearing operations
• manage finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parameters
• Support hiring the right farm hands, vendors and contractors to support land/field opening and other production operations
• the planting and management of crops including harvesting and Quality assurance of same.
• Oversee the harvesting of the crops during harvesting season and packaging the crops for sale, including facilitating institutional sales arrangements
• support planning finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parameters
• Manage and ensure that ALL stock, inventory and other financial records are kept up to date.
• Making an inventory of the crops/harvest and accounting for their sales /distribution
• support all necessary establishment operation for the future processing factory to be established

Qualification and Experience

• First degree in Agriculture-related field, Accounting, Economics or business-related field. Professional Certificate or Masters’ degree will be an added value
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience with 5 years in a management position in agriculture-related business
• Extensive experience in a farming-related field