About the Job<\/p>\n
BACKGROUND
\nArtifacts will develop, in Ethiopia, an oilseeds clusters program to source from contracted out-growers (cluster of farmers, commercial farmers) and oilseeds grains integrators (traders\/coops\/\u2026) large quantities various oilseeds (sesame, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseeds, groundnuts) to supply its Solvent Extraction Plants.<\/p>\n
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<\/p>\n
Executing the year on year oilseeds contracting plan from out-growers and the contract signature by all parties,
\nIdentifying key traders and their off-takers in area of coverage and proposing for contracting capable traders,
\nImplementing the agronomical advisory services (Farm visits, hotline for problem solving, capacitation of local technical focal points)Implementing the demonstration plan and collecting all necessary agronomical data,
\nRegistering the contracted out growers agricultural information in the ERP database (traceability, software) and update the information as required by SOP from sowing to harvesting,
\nCollecting inputs demand and coordinating with clients pick-up from storage,
\nEnsuring the respect of post-harvest handling procedures -moisture, others seeds, small size grains, bagging, storage, pest management etc.- by contractees until delivery to the collection centers,
\nWeekly monitoring of out-growers, integrators and contracted traders stock level,
\nCollecting oilseeds markets data for designated area of coverage and synchronization via the traceability software,
\nDelivering the trainings to all contracted partners,
\nExecuting the demonstration plan and coordinating the agronomical data collection (field identification, selection and contracting, implementation of package of good agricultural practices and collection of all relevant agronomical data as per the SOP),
\nSupporting the execution of the R&D program and all subsequent activities (Sowing, implementation of the package of practices, monitoring, data collection etc.),
\nSupporting the monitoring of the variety registration process (the proper execution of the varieties registration package of practices, managing the harvest and post-harvest sample analysis and reporting periodically on the observations and results obtained),
\nSupporting the establishment of good relationships with relevant local Ethiopian administration to support the development of the oilseeds clusters (Relevant zonal\/woreda stakeholders),
\nSupporting the supply chain managers in the information (required for traceability software) collection and transmission to the Deputy head of clusters of oilseeds quantity and quality produced in assigned area of coverage and potential area of expansion,
\nSupporting the execution of promotional activities (field days, flyers distribution etc.)<\/p>\n
About You<\/p>\n
RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\n
Academic qualification: BSC\/MSc degree Plant science\/Agronomy\/Agribusiness and\/or related fields Working experience: Employee will have 5 years of experience of which at least 3 in the sector relevant to the JD. Language: English, Amharic and\/or Oromifa and\/or Gumuz speaker<\/p>\n
EXPECTED RESULTS
\nThe employee will be evaluated based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n
The year-on-year hectarage to be contracted from out growers per oilseeds target as per the schedule define (number of contracts\/month\/oilseeds\/subordinates over the defined contracting period) is met at hundred percent,
\nThe year-on-year oilseeds production target and delivery from out growers per oilseeds \u2013 in quality and quantity- as per the schedule defined (quantity and quality of grains delivered to collection center\/month\/oilseeds\/subordinates over the defined procurement period) is met at 100%
\nTimely delivery to all parties of all signed and legally binding contracts with requested supporting documents,
\nAll demonstration plots have been implemented with the defined package of practices as per yearly plan (number of demonstrations, types, geographical area, package of practice),
\nHundred percent of demonstration fields are used for capacity building (training, coaching etc.) and promotional purposes (field days, visit by investors, management or local\/international authorities etc.)
\nThe agronomical data collected via traceability software have been synchronized following the frequency defined in the SOP (daily, weekly or monthly)
\nReliability and accuracy of the agronomical data collected,
\nReliability and accuracy of suppliers stock status and related action plan,
\nImprovement of oilseeds crops performance (Yield, quality of the crop) and Gross Margin for contracted clusters year after year,
\nMinimum crop failure due to non-respect of agronomical recommendation (wrong recommendations or non application of recommendations by the contractee),
\nNumber of trainings delivered and number of contractee trained as per yearly plans per agreed with manager,
\nTechnical improvement of technical focal persons and partners,
\nTimely execution \/delivery and payment of the inputs supply plan,
\nTimely delivery and payment of the inputs supply plan,
\nNumber of participants in promotional events and quality of promotional events,
\nCompliance with all SOPs of Agriculture department,
\nTimely and completeness of information input in the traceability software<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/careers@samanu.com","_company_name":"SAMANU","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-1350","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-ethiopia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}