Job Description

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Soil Science, Sustainable Agriculture, or a related field.

Additional Information

Qualifications & Education

• Bachelor’s 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.
• Cross‑cultural collaboration.
• Strategic, organized, and proactive.