Farm Overseer at HRLeverage Africa

Location: Mokwa, Niger

Duties & Responsibilities

• Train and supervise farm workers – coordinate and direct their activities
• Supervise a wide range of farm operations including cultivation, sowing, spraying and harvesting
• Ensures deadlines are met for activities such as seeding and harvesting
• Confers with managers to coordinate activities with other farm units
• Monitoring staff rosters, hours, performance and resolving any grievances
• Oversees the work of farming units and suggests improvements and changes
• Inspect labor camps and equipment, ensuring routine maintenance is carried out and repairs are made when necessary.
• Inspection of food quality and quantity issued to the seasonal workers by the cooking vendors
• Ensure and enforce compliance with good agricultural practices (GAP) and health and safety
• Supervise all farming activities, timing and quality standards related to cane production.
• Execute and supervise farm resources and activity plans.
• Supervise farm activities and implement continuous improvement measures to ensure adherence to activity standards.
• Monitor correct use of materials and other farm inputs.
• Attendance management for seasonal workers
• Assist Management in monitoring labour requirements into the farm plan
• Implement continuous improvement practices by monitoring work practices and ensuring that toots and techniques are applied to deliver high quality sugarcane.
• Develop skills within the team through the job coaching and mentoring.
• Conduct on the job training and instructions on various farm activities.
• Report any identified risks to Management.
• Any other duty assigned by management.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor of Agriculture Degree
• 2 - 4 years of work experience.