West Kenya Sugar Company limited is the fastest growing Sugar Company in the country with a mission of setting the pace of modernization of the Kenyan Sugar Industry by taking necessary pro-active measures while ensuring customer satisfaction, employee development, environment protection and safe working practices.
To strengthen the existing capacity of our Agriculture department team, we invite
applications for the position of Cane Extension Manager.
Selected candidate will be responsible for planning, directing and controlling of all cane development activities and will report to the Head of Agriculture.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
To strengthen the existing capacity of our Agriculture department team, we invite
applications for the position of Cane Extension Manager.
Selected candidate will be responsible for planning, directing and controlling of all cane development activities and will report to the Head of Agriculture.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Formulate and conduct environment-driven sugarcane research to generate new technologies and cane varieties suitable to our ecological zone.
- Identify and develop locally available cane development inputs for use by the company and farmers.
- Develop, coordinate and supervise the implementation of Cane development progammes for the company.
- Training and development of farmers, agriculture staff through extension work and field demonstrations.
- Liaise with other stakeholders like KSB, KESREF and KARI for information on cane development in our sugar zone.
- Prepare budgets and plans for all agriculture services and cane development finances.
- Management and control of workforce under his span of control.
Qualifications and Experience
- BSc. degree in General Agriculture.
- Good leadership qualities, innovative, self driven and result oriented person.
- Computer literacy in MS-Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc)
- Minimum seven years experience in Agriculture Industry out of which three years should be at a senior management level.
accompanied by detailed CV, day time telephone and three referees not later than August 5, 2009 to:-
Human Resources and Administration Manager
West Kenya Sugar Co. Ltd
P.O. Box 2101, Kakamega
E-mail: info @ wksugar.com
Only short listed candidates will be conducted.
