DBN000265 – Nursery Manager (4 month maternity cover) - Wartburg
Purpose of the job:
To oversee and operate the avocado nursery (producing block, greenhouse, and shade house) – With the possibility to advance into a permanent role as the nursery assistant manager.
Required Qualifications:
- Tertirary Qualification - Advantageous
- Computer literate ( including excel, word, and email)
- Agricultural/ nursery experience advantageous
- Experience managing entry-level staff
- Experience supervising basic workforce teams
Technical Competencies & Experience:- Ensuring the daily tasks are planned, organized, and carried out in accordance with the nursery's monthly requirements.
- Organizing and monitoring the employees' everyday tasks. ensuring that certain tasks are carried out accurately, in accordance with training, and to standard.
- The daily inspections and observations that are necessary to impact the planning of the nursery's monthly needs.
- Keeping track of, updating, and analyzing a variety of records and data that is gathered to provide guidance and information on the quantity and condition of plant progress within the growth cycle of the avocado trees.
- Solving problems based on the immediate and long-term requirements of the nursery and the avocado plants.
- Resolving biological problems like temperature control and plant health as well as staffing challenges.
- Contacting and corresponding with clients about orders and questions.
- Finding new clients, contacting current clients, and completing the procurement and sale of plants to clients.
Behavioural Competencies:- Organisation and ability to plan both long term and short term
- Attention to details and patterns
- Ability to see issues and problems with plants (e.g. notice insects or colour change in leaves)
- Ability to solve problems
- Ability to handle issues and problems under pressure
- Good communicator (able to speak Isizulu advantageous)
- Adaptable and able to handle changes
- Able to work within a team structure but still able to complete work independently
Please Note - Should you not hear back from us within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- nursery manager
- avocado
- nursery supervisor
