Regenerative agriculture & Agronomy manager

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Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop the Agronomy Team.

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Establish clear objectives, responsibilities, and performance expectations for all direct reports through regular one-on-one meetings and performance reviews.

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Build a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and results orientation.

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Monitor team performance and implement corrective actions where required to ensure delivery against objectives and KPIs.

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Identify training and professional development needs within the team.

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Ensure effective communication, coordination, and knowledge sharing across the agronomy team.

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Oversee the delivery of high-quality technical support, training, and capacity building for Trainers of Trainers (ToT), Trainers of Farmers (ToF), agronomists, and field staff.

Planning, scheduling, and activity management

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Develop annual, quarterly, and monthly workplans for agronomy activities.

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Coordinate field schedules, farmer training plans, and extension activities.

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Monitor implementation against targets and ensure timely delivery of key outputs.

Regenerative agriculture & agronomy program management

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Lead the development and implementation of regenerative agriculture and agronomy initiatives across cooperatives and farmer groups, including demonstration plots, water efficiency, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Climate-Smart Agriculture, and sustainability interventions.

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Conduct soil analysis and soil health management, providing nutrient management recommendations to ToF to improve farm productivity and resilience.

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Support revolving fund programs through coordination of agricultural input distribution, farmer adoption tracking, and recovery reporting.

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Lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of demonstration plots to validate regenerative agriculture practices, soil amendments, soil rejuvenation techniques, agricultural inputs, and improved crop varieties.

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Certification Support & Compliance support

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Support implementation of sustainability and certification programs

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Ensure agronomic interventions align with certification requirements and projects activities

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Support audit preparation, corrective action implementation, and continuous improvement activities.

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Gender equity and youth inclusion

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Promote gender equity and youth inclusion through farmer group development, entrepreneurship training, and income diversification initiatives.

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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

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Collaborate closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) team to ensure timely collection, validation, and reporting of field data.

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Monitor and report on the adoption and impact of regenerative agriculture and agronomy interventions, including productivity, soil health, water efficiency, and sustainability outcomes.

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Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and annual technical and narrative reports.

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Stakeholder and Cooperative Engagement

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• Maintain strong relationships with cooperatives, farmers, service providers, and project partners.
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• Collaborate with sustainability teams to strengthen farmer, and cooperative compliance and continuous improvement.
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• Coordinate agronomy activities with cooperative leadership and field representatives.
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• Support development and management of agronomy budgets.
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• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets.
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Budget and Resource Management

Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Soil Science, Sustainable Agriculture, or a related field.

Qualifications & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA or relevant certification is a plus.

Experience

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• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in agronomy, agricultural development, sustainability, or farmer support programs.
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• Minimum 5-7 years of experience leading, managing, and developing field-based technical teams.
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• Demonstrated experience managing geographically dispersed teams and driving performance through multiple levels of supervision.
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• Proven experience in work planning, resource allocation, performance management, and team development.
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• Experience implementing regenerative agriculture and sustainability initiatives is highly desirable.

Other Competences

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• Strong understanding of agronomy, soil health, and crop production systems.
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• Knowledge of regenerative agriculture principles and climate-smart agriculture.
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• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (mandatory).
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• Familiarity with digital data collection and monitoring systems.
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• Experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
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• Budget planning and resource management skills.

Core Competences

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• Strong people leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate, coach, develop, and hold teams accountable.
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• Proven experience building high-performing teams and managing performance across multiple field locations.
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• Excellent planning, coordination, and organizational skills.
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• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
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• Effective communication, training, and stakeholder engagement skills.
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• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in field-based environments.
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• High level of integrity, accountability, and commitment to farmer impact and sustainability.
• Preferred ​​​​​​​
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• Coffee sector experience is not mandatory but would be considered an added advantage.
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• Experience with farming communities or applied research
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• Wet mills operations
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• Innovation / Technology / Regen Ag (soil, water, carbon...) / M&E
• Soft skills
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• Inspirational leader and strong communicator.
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• Cross‑cultural collaboration.
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• Strategic, organized, and proactive.