Job Title: Agribusiness Operations Manager
Reports To: Managing Director
Industry: Agriculture
Location: Isinya with Frequent travels to project’s sites
Salary: 150K – 200K plus Benefits
Their aim is enhance capacity
building in food production.
They seek to hire an Operations
Manager who will be responsible for leading and managing a comprehensive array
of programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the MD in planning, organizing, and
implementing public and private fund-raising initiatives
- Implement and lead a continuous quality
improvement process throughout the program and service areas, focusing on
systems/process improvement.
- Promote regular and ongoing opportunities for
all staff to give feedback on program operations.
- Lead a high performing team of program/project
managers to the next level by further developing and implementing
recruitment, training, and retention strategies.
- Responsible for all activities pertaining to
licensing, personnel, finance, and contracts as well as ensuring that the
organization’s programs are in compliance with all County and National
regulations, Donor’s and Partners’ requirements
- Partner with the MD to represent the
organization with external constituency groups, including community,
governmental, and private organizations.
- Ensure that all program activities operate
consistently and ethically within the mission and values of the
organization
- Prepare and submit an annual operational
budget to the MD and Finance Manager for review and approval, manage
effectively within this budget, and report accurately on progress made and
challenges encountered.
- Ensure the continued financial viability of
the organization’s program/service units through sound fiscal management.
- Provide programmatic leadership and input for
all strategic planning processes with the MD and staff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or
Agriculture
- 5 – 10 years senior-leadership experience
supervising seasoned staff
- Must have a good understanding of the
agricultural industry
- Strong relationship builder and communicator
- Past experience managing human resources
function including personnel, compensation, and recruiting.
- Analytical and decisive decision maker with
the ability to prioritize and communicate to staff key objectives and tactics
necessary to achieve organizational goals.
- Deep experience in program budgeting and
fiscal management.
- Proven track record of successful
implementation of programs
- Demonstrates integrity, strives for excellence
in her/his work
- Experience in Fundraising, proposal writing
and donor management
- Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, flexible,
and innovative approach to operational management.
If you are up to the challenge,
posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only
quoting the job title on the email subject (Agribusiness Operations Manager) to
jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Friday 11th March, 2016.
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for
interview will be contacted.
