Kenya Farmers Association
(KFA) is a farmers’ welfare and rights organization formed for the sole purpose
of advancing farmers’ interests and providing a body to lobby and create
awareness about the challenges facing farmers in Kenya with a focus on
solutions to such challenges.
The association was
established in 1923 by white settler farmers but with time became solely an
association composed of indigenous Kenyan farmers.
Job Title: Front Office Manager -
Logistics
Job Ref. No: KFA-HR/FOM-2031/17
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Perform support
services for the transport and logistics team.
- Manage office
facilities and ensure they are in good working order.
- Ensure
sufficient supplies are maintained and any purchases required are made on
time.
- Ensure all
office equipment are in good working condition and make follow-up for
repairs with service providers in the event of breakdowns.
- Handle all
general security matters and in particular with regard to access to the
offices/premises.
- Maintain proper
records for the office and file all internal documents and mails.
- Provide support
services to all other departments / teams.
- Perform any
other duties as may be assigned by supervisors / director.
- Be familiaria
with KRA, NHIF, NSSF, KEBS etc processes and procedures.
- Provide
secretarial services to the company directors and departmental heads.
- Provide
communication support by handling calls, emails, mail dispatches and
receipt and other related functions.
Qualifications:
- Must be a
holder of a Diploma/ Degree in Business Administration or any other
business related field.
- Possess atleast
one year experience in the administration/logistics/ freight/ supply
industry in similar capacity
- Knowledge of
transport, logistics, freight and supply chain management is an added
advantage
- Ability to work
under pressure
- Ability to meet
deadlines
- Excellent
attention to detail, accuracy and proper documentation
- Good
presentation skills
- Must possess
traits of confidentiality and high integrity in handling office operations
- Ability to work
under minimum Supervision
- Excellent
communication skills at all levels, both internally and externally
- Good business
acumen and Time management to meet deadlines.
Terms of Offer: An attractive
remuneration package commensurate with qualifications and responsibilities of
the position will be negotiated with the right candidate.
Job Title: Public Relations Assistant
Job Ref. No: KFA-HR/PRA-2017/03
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
- To foster and
maintain cordial relationships with current agents, partners and
distributors.
- To establish
new relationships and linkages with other organizations, individuals,
communities and government agencies.
- To participate
in development, review and enhancement of content for print, electronic,
social media platforms and website for communication to members of the
public, volunteers and other stakeholders.
- To develop and
execute a fundraising action plan/strategy for KFA's project financing.
- To identify and
pursue potential partnership opportunities with other agricultural-focused
agencies and organisations.
- To prepare
project update manuals for both external and internal use by members and
other stakeholders.
- To develop and
implement organizational PR strategies including generating news releases
to communicate to media as well as handling publicity activities for KFA.
- To track,
monitor and evaluate effectiveness of various PR strategies, Public and
media impressions deployed.
Qualifications:
- Must hold at
least a Bachelors Degree in related fields such as Communications,
journalism, marketing etc
- Have excellent
communication skills both orally and in writing.
- Have excellent
interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse individuals or
group of individuals.
- Possess great
digital presentation skills with the ability to prepare and make
presentations during meetings.
- Posses the
ability to come up with creative ideas for communication and promotional
materials and writing grant proposals.
- Have excellent
Computer skills including use of Graphic communication.
- Posses great
Media Relations skills with ability to know how to interact with other
media outlets.
- Ability to
write press releases and involve the media in KFA events and activities.
- Ability to
organize and plan events for KFA including trainings, trade fairs,
customer experience days and other events.
- Ability to
maintain an established work schedule, with or without flexibility.
- Strong
organizational and management skills- ability to multi-task and prioritize
activities based on urgency.
Terms of Offer: An attractive
remuneration package commensurate with qualifications and responsibilities of
the position will be negotiated with the right candidate.
Job Title: Sales Agronomist
Job Ref. No: KFA-HR/SAJ-817/721
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
- To identify and
follow-up on various Sales leads.
- To plan,
implement, monitor and report on sales leads on agricultural products with
corporate farmers across the Rift Valley, Mt. Kenya and Western regions of
Kenya.
- To represent
the company to prospective customers in a professional and confident
manner.
- To ensure
successful completion of agri-product sales leads with little-to-no
supervision from managers.
- To record all
activities in the Internal Sales Management Systems.
- Ensure accuracy
of information provided, updating and monitoring of information from
system input to completion of the order delivery.
- To resolve
customer complaints by investigating the problem, developing solutions,
preparing reports and making recommendations to management as necessary.
- To prepare
reports and ‘Manage Up’ to Sales and Executive Teams.
- To keeps
supervisors well informed by submitting activity and results reports, such
as daily visit reports, weekly work plans, and monthly reports via
cloud-based CRM tools.
- To contribute
to team effort by accomplishing related activities as needed.
- To perform
Sales Support activities.
- To monitor
competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products,
new products, delivery schedules, merchandising techniques, etc
- To maintain
professional and technical knowledge by attending trade conferences and
workshops; reviewing professional publications and establishing personal
networks as appropriate.
- To recommend
changes in products, service, and policy by evaluating results and
competitive developments within the market.
Qualifications:
- Diploma or
Bachelors Degree in Agronomy-related courses
- Atleast 1 year
experience in agronomy and/or sales relationship management
- Individual must
have experience (preferred) or passion for agriculture
- Demonstrated
comfort in the agricultural sector (including IPM protocols and farming
improvement techniques) required
- Background of
commercial farming strongly favored
- Strong advantage
to those with prior experience in Kenya’s maize-belt sector
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills in English and Kiswahili
- Must have the
ability to handle pressure and be self-motivated
- Individual must
have high integrity and desire to produce results
- Preference for
valid driver’s license and demonstrate ability as a responsible driver
- Experience with
Rift Valley, Western and Mt. Kenya region cities/roads a plus
- Strong with
numbers and comfortable with use of various technology tools such as
cloud-based applications
- Ability to
complete basic mathematical equations quickly and confidently
- Comfort with
computers and software including Microsoft Excel and CRM tool.
Terms of Offer: An attractive
remuneration package commensurate with qualifications and responsibilities of
the position will be negotiated with the right candidate.
Candidate should plan to
spend a majority of their time travelling around the Rift Valley, Mt. Kenya and
Western regions collaborating activities with the rest of the sales team.
Expect atleast 75% or more of
the time to be spent on travel and less than 25% indoors in the office.
Job Title: Distribution Officer
Job Ref. No: KFA-HR/D0-127
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
Work Station Base: KFA Bulk Fertilizer Depot, Viwandani Godowns - Eldoret Town
Duties & Responsibilities:
- To assist in
the management of daily operations of the depot as per KFAs Depot Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- To assist in
the maintenance and reconcilliation of stock levels as per KFAs Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- To implement
the recruitment, onboarding and relationship management of KFA agents as
per the agency contracts.
- To implement
daily stock dispatch to KFA outlets and agents as per quality assurance
requirements.
- To provide
daily reports as per the supervisor’s request.
- To resolve
internal / external customer complaints as per supervisor’s instructions.
Qualifications:
- Must have
atleast a bachelors degree in business administration, logistics or any
agricultural related field.
- Must have
previous experience in stores management, operations or logistics.
- Must be
computer literate with high proficiency in use of Database management
programs such as MS Excel, MS Access or any other POS Stock management
softwares.
- Must be a team
player with ability to work within a complex work environment.
- Must possess
great interpersonal skills with ability to employ critical thinking in
day-to-day problem solving.
- Must be willing
to work in a high pressure environment under minimum supervision.
Terms of Offer: An attractive
remuneration package commensurate with qualifications and responsibilities of
the position will be negotiated with the right candidate.
How to Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should adhere to the following application procedures:-
Download and print the KFA HR Application Form (Click Here to Download the KFA HR Application Form), Fill it out, scan and attach it along with your current Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Academic Certificates and send the email with the SUBJECT LINE being the JOB TITLE and JOB REF. NO. to hr_nairobi@kfa.co.ke
Please note that any application submited without the KFA HR Application Form attached shall be automatically disqualified.
Application Deadline:
How to Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should adhere to the following application procedures:-
Download and print the KFA HR Application Form (Click Here to Download the KFA HR Application Form), Fill it out, scan and attach it along with your current Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Academic Certificates and send the email with the SUBJECT LINE being the JOB TITLE and JOB REF. NO. to hr_nairobi@kfa.co.ke
Please note that any application submited without the KFA HR Application Form attached shall be automatically disqualified.
Application Deadline: