Dairy Farm Manager Job Vacancy In Accra, Ghana 2013

Dairy Farm Manager Job Vacancy In Accra, Ghana 2013

Dairy Farm Manager
Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Accra, Ghana

Remuneration: 2000 USD (Gross)

Job Description:

1. Production & Management

Meet the defined production and performance targets for the farm
Organize (in conjunction with the FIM) all aspects of the management of the farm operation – to include seasonal, weekly and daily operations
Promote herd health and prevent health problems (e.g. mastitis, bloat, milk fever, grass staggers)
Ensure that the mating programme is implemented effectively
Implement the BOFP programme effectively as defined by dairycompany & the farm policy manual
Maintain timeliness with all farm operations, thus keeping the farmrunning smoothly and up to date

2. Milking and Quality

Oversee the operation of cowshed (farm dairy) to ensure grade free supply of milk
Shed & plant hygiene

3. Pasture & Feeding Management:

Pasture and supplementary feed allocation to ensure adequate cost-effective feeding of stock
Complete an accurate farm walk with plate meter – understand the skills required to accurately measure herbage mass
Be able to identify a looming feed deficit or surplus and take appropriate steps to maximise feed utilisation and profit
Understand how to accurately time supplement use in a grazing system to increase cow days in milk and high milk solids response for every kg fed

4. Financial & Business management

Participate in the setting of the budgets
Operate the farm to achieve the budget Farm Working expenses
Complete reports to the standard and timeframes required
Awareness of financial position of the business and managing the income / expenditure accordingly.

5. Personnel Management

Manage all employees in accordance with Farm HR policy and procedures.
Organise, implement and monitor the staff roster
Complete company performance review system, identify training and /or development needs and act on them, (including own development). Evaluate training once completed.

6. Asset Management

7. Compliance

8. Communication

Expressing ideas, thoughts and views clearly
Open and constructive discussions
Ensuring active listening
Written communication – completing all reports, paddock books, effluent records, plant machinery checklist e.t.c in readable format using understandable & clear language

9. Leadership

Accepting accountability/responsibility
Decision making – both own and supporting other people’s
Effective team work, helping others complete tasks
Giving and receiving feedback
Flexibility
Professionalism
Resolves conflicts promptly & fairly
Self management – setting self goals and achieving them
Completing tasks to a standard and on time
Building and maintaining relationships with others – including immediate team,consultants, support staff and suppliers.
Effective delegation & achieving results through others
Coaching staff to achieve results
Use and application of different leadership styles
Use and application of different leadership styles

The ideal candidate will:

Be a graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Dairy Technology or its equivalent and have at least five years relevant experience.
Be innovative, enthusiastic and energetic, able to work with minimum supervision and will possess excellent organizational skills including the ability to multitask under pressure.
Have excellent interpersonal skills, a pleasant and outgoing personality
Be self-motivated and team orientated and work to a high level of integrity and accountability, with keen attention to details.
Have good communication, interpersonal and reporting skills.
Be Computer literate with hands on working experience in operating Microsoft Office suite specially MS Word and MS Excel.
Fluency in both oral and written English

If you feel you fit the above role,please send your CV to jobs@alternatedoors.co.ke