| JTI (Japan Tobacco International) is a leading global tobacco company operating in over 120 countries worldwide, As one of the fastest growing international industry players over a ton year period, we manufacture world- renowned brands such as Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel, Mevius, LD, Sobranie and Glamour.
Operating in Malawi since 1999, JTI Leaf Malawi Limited (JTILM) is part of JTI’s tobacco leaf buying business and is one of the leading tobacco companies in Malawi. An opportunity is currently available for suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position:
Agronomy Technical Specialist.
Position Purpose
The role is responsible for supporting and coordinating JTI and Agronomy Technical programs, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) programs and internal audits to ensure that JTI conducts its operations in a manner that adheres to international standards to produce tobacco of high integrity. The position reports to the Agronomy Technical Manager.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
Coordinating live barn projects to ensure that all targets are achieved with great quality and low mortality rates.
Coordinating all trainings related to agronomy and leaf production.
Coordinating all internal and third party agroforestry and agronomy audits, assessing the impact of the audits and validating the data and findings.
Ensuring minimum quality ISO standards and Sustainable Tobacco Production (STP) requirements are met.
Submitting monthly reports to the line manager on data for crop throw, crop estimates, bill of inputs, forestry and agronomy input purchases.
Coordinating final field crop estimates and crop throw results.
Key qualifications and skills required
A minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry/ Agriculture
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in Agroforestry, Socio Forestry and general Agronomy.
Skills, Competencies and Languages
Excellent written and spoken English and the ability to communicate in vernacular language.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages and internet.
Good communication and team work skills.
Excellent supervisory and planning skills.
To apply, please send your clearly marked application letters and CV to the following by Wednesday 12th April, 2017:
E-mail: Send to
Email: Joinus.Malawi@jti.com
Postal address:
Human Resources Director,
JTI Leaf Malawi Limited,
P.O. Box 40012,
Kanengo,
Lilongwe 4,
Malawi.
Location: Lilongwe
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: N/A
Job deadline: 2017-04-12
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