Reports To: The University Farm Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Assistant Farm Manager shall be expected to:
- Implement farm policies and strategies;
- Implement livestock production and management;
- Maintain farm implements and equipment; and
- Develop and implementing farm operations;
- Ensure quality standards are maintained;
- Ensure that staff understand forward plans and
schedules for planting and harvesting;
- Implement sales and purchases of livestock, farm
equipment, crops and agricultural products;
- Participate in recruitment, training and
instructing and supervising farm workers;
- Supervise planting and harvesting and ensuring
staff understand expectations;
- Ensuring seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and
other supplies are regularly restocked;
- Scheduling repairs, maintenance, and replacement
of equipment and machinery;
- Marketing and sales of farm produce; and
- Ensuring all staff at the farm department adhere
to health and safety regulations;
Key Requirement Skills And Qualification
- For appointment to this grade a candidate MUST
have;
- BSc. in Agriculture, Crop Science or
Agribusiness Management/Agricultural Economics;
- Computer Literacy;
- Attendance of a senior management or other
professional course lasting more than four weeks will be an added
advantage;
- Membership to a relevant professional body;
- Exemplary work performance; and
- Experience: A candidate must have cumulative
nine [9] years’ experience in Farm Management.
How to Apply
Interested
and qualified applicants should submit to the undersigned:-
An
application letter containing email address, day time telephone contacts and,
detailed Curriculum Vitae [detailing academic qualifications, professional
experience, membership to professional associations, and names, telephone
numbers and contact addresses of three referees;], and certified copies of both
academic and professional certificates;
Comply
with the requirements of Chapter six [6] of the Constitution;
In
addition to the hard copies, submit a running PDF file [soft copy] of the whole
package of application specified in one [1] above, to
recruitment@laikipia.ac.ke;
Ten [10]
hard copies of the application specified in [1 above] and referees’
confidential reports on the applicants’ suitability for the post should be sent
to the under-signed via registered mail or courier or delivered by hand in an
envelope marked with the Reference for the Position Applied at the Top LeftHand
Side of the envelope to be received on or before close of business on Friday,
August 29th, 2025.
The
Registrar
Administration
and Human Capital [AHC]
Laikipia
University
P. O.
Box 1100 – 20300
Nyahururu,
KENYA
