Background

Florensis Ethiopia PLC is a multinational garden plant cuttings producing and exporting company that manages around 700 workers throughout the year and hundreds of additional seasonal workers in high production season. The company is situated at Oromia Region, Eastern Shoa Zone: Lume Wereda Koka Town.

The Company would like to invite the competent and qualified applicant for the following position.

Reports to: Agronomy Operation Manager

Number of post: 1

Terms of Employment:  Permanent

Purpose of the Job:

Support the department by planning, coordinating agronomy activities and follow up of implementation.  

Keeping crops overall health 

Typical Responsibilities and Key end Results of the Position:

• Assigning work to the employees, monitoring for best result and taking corrective actions upon deviation from the standard.
• Check and analyze scouting reports.
• Manage and control steaming team scientifically.
• Support and follow up of each activity and give feed back to the employees.
• Report critical issues of the department to immediate supervisor.
• Check irrigation EC and pH reports in the greenhouse and analyze the result
• Play leadership role in getting work done through people.
• Choose chemicals and organizing the schedule for spray.
• Check fulfillment of personnel protective equipment before start of the work.
• Give trainings based on specific skill gap identified.
• Check overall climate in the greenhouse.
• Develop standard operational procedures (SOP) for all activities of agronomy with other team.
• Evaluate workers performance and work in Cooperating with the teams.
• Responsible for ‘Green trust’ business protocol model and code of practice.
• Performs other related duties as may be required.

Dealing with Problems:

• Handling in a proactive way.
• Resolves challenges which typically occur in the department.
• Dealing with Complexity. Good/reasonable memory is required

Job Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors, and Experience Required to Achieve Role’s

Educational Background

•  BSc Degree in Horticulture, Plant science or related field with 3 years’ relevant work experience.
•  At least Two years’ experience should be in horticultural sector.

Skills Specific to the Post

• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Strong Leadership skill
• Process Improvement, Analyzing Information, Effective Communication, Influencing Others, Emphasizing Excellence, Attention to Detail and Thoroughness.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in computer skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; both in English & Amharic
• Proactivity 

How to Apply

Interested applicant should send scanned copies of the CV , application letter, and related documents with 3 Professional references ;including the professional relationship with the person, the person’s telephone number and if possible, an email address and other supporting documents.

Applications should be sent to E-mail ETHRM@florensis.com  or in person: Florensis Ethiopia plc  Oromia Region, Eastern Shoa Zone, Koka Town Tel. 0224590150

Transport is available from Adama, Modjo & Debrezeit.

 Applicant should reach Florensis Ethiopia latest by April 30, 2021.

NB. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contracted for assessment.