JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

Date: January 16, 2025

Shagasha Tea Company Ltd is one of Rwanda’s leading tea producers, located in the lush and fertile highlands of Rusizi District, Western Province. The company is dedicated to the cultivation, processing, and marketing of high-quality tea for both local and international markets, is seeking to recruit dynamic, self-motivated, and qualified individuals to fill the following vacant positions:

Job Title: TV Agronomist

Number of Positions: 1

Department: Plantation

Reports to: TV Farm Manager

Supervises: Capitas

Overall purpose of the role

To ensure the delivery of high-quality agronomic services in tea plantations, contributing to increased crop production and improved quality standards.

Key Objectives

• Increase crop production and productivity
• Ensure the production of high-quality tea leaves
• Maintain high standards in plucking practices
• Guaranteeing timely delivery of green leaf to the factory
• Optimize the use of resources across assigned zones

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct demonstrations on tea crop maintenance in assigned fields
• Train workers on proper fertilizer application methods and ensure compliance
• Establish and maintain nurseries for planting materials
• Sensitize and recruit tea pluckers
• Train and supervise pluckers on plucking techniques to ensure leaf quality
• Promote and enforce good agricultural practices (GAPs) in tea fields
• Ensure proper use and safety of all field equipment
• Collaborate with relevant authorities to resolve farmers’ challenges
• Effectively mobilize and utilize resources within your area of responsibility
• Support in disseminating company policies to workers and farmers when required
• Actively work to eliminate hawking in your assigned zone
• Comply with all environmental, health, and safety regulations
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Candidate Profile

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (A0) in Agriculture, Agronomy, or a related field
• Computer literacy is required

Additional Qualifications

• A valid motorcycle driving license (Category A) is an added advantage

Experience

• Minimum of 1-3 years of relevant experience in agronomy or plantation management–

• Conduct demonstrations on tea crop maintenance in assigned fields
• Train workers on proper fertilizer application methods and ensure compliance
• Establish and maintain nurseries for planting materials
• Sensitize and recruit tea pluckers
• Train and supervise pluckers on plucking techniques to ensure leaf quality
• Promote and enforce good agricultural practices (GAPs) in tea fields
• Ensure proper use and safety of all field equipment
• Collaborate with relevant authorities to resolve farmers’ challenges
• Effectively mobilize and utilize resources within your area of responsibility
• Support in disseminating company policies to workers and farmers when required
• Actively work to eliminate hawking in your assigned zone
• Comply with all environmental, health, and safety regulations
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

• Computer literacy
• Good agricultural practices (GAPs)
• Plucking techniques
• Resource mobilization
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Motorcycle driving (advantageous)

• Bachelor’s Degree (A0) in Agriculture, Agronomy, or a related field
• Computer literacy
• A valid motorcycle driving license (Category A) is an added advantage
• Minimum of 1-3 years of relevant experience in agronomy or plantation management