Regenerative agriculture & Agronomy manager

Team leadership and people management 

• Lead supervise mentor and develop the Agronomy Team. 

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

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

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

• Identify training and professional development needs within the team. 

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

• 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 

• Develop annual quarterly and monthly workplans for agronomy activities. 

• Coordinate field schedules farmer training plans and extension activities. 

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

Regenerative agriculture & agronomy program management 

• 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. 

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

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

• 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. 

• Certification Support & Compliance support 

• Support implementation of sustainability and certification programs 

• Ensure agronomic interventions align with certification requirements and projects activities 

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

• Gender equity and youth inclusion  

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

• Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting 

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

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

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

• Stakeholder and Cooperative Engagement 

• Maintain strong relationships with cooperatives farmers service providers and project partners. 

• Collaborate with sustainability teams to strengthen farmer and cooperative compliance and continuous improvement. 

• Coordinate agronomy activities with cooperative leadership and field representatives. 

• Support development and management of agronomy budgets. 

• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets. 

• Budget and Resource Management 

   

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in Agronomy Agricultural Science Environmental Science Soil Science Sustainable Agriculture or a related field. 

Additional Information :

Qualifications & Education

• Bachelors degree in finance Business Administration or a related field. MBA or relevant certification is a plus. 

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in agronomy agricultural development sustainability or farmer support programs. 

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience leading managing and developing field-based technical teams. 

• Demonstrated experience managing geographically dispersed teams and driving performance through multiple levels of supervision. 

• Proven experience in work planning resource allocation performance management and team development. 

• Experience implementing regenerative agriculture and sustainability initiatives is highly desirable. 

Other Competences 

• Strong understanding of agronomy soil health and crop production systems. 

• Knowledge of regenerative agriculture principles and climate-smart agriculture. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (mandatory). 

• Familiarity with digital data collection and monitoring systems. 

• Experience in project planning implementation monitoring and reporting. 

• Budget planning and resource management skills.

Core Competences 

• Strong people leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate coach develop and hold teams accountable. 

• Proven experience building high-performing teams and managing performance across multiple field locations. 

• Excellent planning coordination and organizational skills. 

• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making abilities. 

• Effective communication training and stakeholder engagement skills. 

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in field-based environments. 

• High level of integrity accountability and commitment to farmer impact and sustainability.

Preferred 

• Coffee sector experience is not mandatory but would be considered an added advantage. 

• Experience with farming communities or applied research 

• Wet mills operations 

• Innovation / Technology / Regen Ag (soil water carbon...) / M&E 

Soft skills 

• Inspirational leader and strong communicator. 

• Crosscultural collaboration. 

• Strategic organized and proactive. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time