Job Openings at Karisa Consults Limited, 6th December, 2019

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Karisa Consults Limited is an emerging management consulting firm that specialise in Agribusiness brokerage, Agric trading, Recruitment, Professional background Check Services, Research, Management training as well as Agricultural Training. We provide Management Consulting services to clients in the private and public sector within and outside Nigeria Our clients include start-ups, small and medium enterprises as well as multinationals and industry leaders in key sectors of the Nigeria and Africa regional economies. We are recruiting for the position below:   Job Title: Senior Agronomist (Zonal Project Supervisor) Location: Kano Qualifications and Experience

• M.Sc in any of the following field: Agronomy, Soil Science, Plant Breeding and Crop Science.
• 7 - 10 years working experience
• The Candidate must understand Hausa

Competence Essential Desirable:

• Ability to create and follow schedules
• Leadership and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Computer skills
• Communication skills
• Team working skills
• Confidence

Job Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of project activities including the development of work plans and management of Activity Teams.
• Supervision and management of Agronomists. Mentoring and development of field Agronomists.
• New business activities including but not limited to technical writing and strategy development. Mentoring of Agronomists on new business activities.
• Contributions to corporate systems and procedures development support of the senior management, and willingness to support the improvement of office as a whole
• Assuring quality control of project activities, including supporting fielded teams, reviewing work deliverable and providing value-added feedback.
• Conduct research and development research reports, technical notes and related project activities.
• Management of project budgets and activity resources.
• Maintain positive relationships with partners and client.

  Job Title: Maintenance Engineer Location: Kano Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing daily Preventive Maintenance and Inspection tasks.
• Responsible for executing assigned corrective work orders related to the priority of the business.
• Ensure the proper maintenance of equipment in compliance with standard work, and adherence to safety regulations.
• Contributing to improved designs and manufacturing processes.
• Maintain records of Preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Perform routine maintenance on production.
• Ability to schedule and balance priorities; and possess strong adherence to deadlines while in constant communication with area leader
• Drives Lean activity to ensure department is consistently driving towards being lowest cost provider by eliminating non value added activities
• Managing spare part stocks and maintains the good level of spare parts

Requirements Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required

Competence Essential Desirable:

• Ability to create and follow schedules
• Leadership and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Computer skills
• Communication skills
• Team working skills
• Confidence

Experience:

• Previous experience in a supervisory capacity
• 6 years’ food industry plant experience.

  Job Title: Field Agronomist (Female) Location: Eleme Port Harcourt, Rivers Job Description

• Conduct plant nutrition (Fertilizer and Agronomy) trials/demonstration at Farmer field
• Extension and Agronomic work- development of package and practice/dosages/time and rate of fertilizer application for commercial crops
• Selection of farmer for demo plots, conducting meeting/seminar and communication of Agronomic best management practices to farmers
• Advisory/Training to farmers in meetings/crop shows/ exhibitions and personal visit
• Local face to lias with university/extension agencies/NGO and Govt officials
• Developments and communication of Promotional activities programs
• Communicating with target audiences and managing customer relationships;
• Managing the distribution of marketing materials, including leaflets, posters, flyers, newsletters, e-newsletters and DVDs to farmers while conducting extension activities
• Arranging the effective distribution of advertisement material to farmers in villages.
• Maintaining and updating farmer’s databases;
• Organizing and attending events such as conferences, seminars, receptions and exhibitions in rural market.
• Conducting farmer’s survey in villages and data analysis.
• Participating and evaluating marketing campaigns;
• Monitoring competitor promotional and campaign activity;
• Supporting the marketing team and other colleagues.

Qualification

• M.Sc in any of the following field: Agronomy, Soil Science, Plant Breeding and Crop Science.

Experience:

• 1 - 2 years working experience.

Competence:

• Ability to create and follow schedules
• Leadership and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Computer skills
• Communication skills
• Team working skills
• Confidence.

  Salary Very Attractive Deadline: 10th December, 2019. How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the "Job title and the Location" as the subject of the email.

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