Sourcing and Farmer On-boarding Officer

Sourcing and Farmer On-boarding Officer at aQysta Nepal

Job Description

Job Category: Agriculture, Business Development

Job Level: Full time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Job Location: Kathmandu, Nepal (with frequent visits out of the valley on a need basis)

Offered Salary: Competitive

Company overview

aQysta Nepal Pvt Ltd is a company that develops and implements hydro-powered irrigation pumping systems in different parts of Nepal. Along with selling pumps, aQysta, is now focused on building a holistic approach for small holder farmers that combines the two interlinked themes: that of water and agriculture . aQysta provides the pumps via a holistic model, the GROWN Farm Incubator.

In the Grown Farm Incubator, aQysta collaborates with smallholder farmers as a partner. aQysta provides everything the smallholder farmers need to become more profitable, resilient, and ecologically sustainable. This entails supporting activities from supplying water for irrigation, agri inputs to linking harvests to the existing and untapped markets and all things in-between. In doing so, farmers choose which services they need from aQysta, and share a percentage of the profit from harvest accordingly.

For more details please visit our website: https://www.aqysta.com/

What aQysta offers and expects

At aQysta, you are welcome to join a diverse team of driven, ambitious, young professionals who proudly own the company’s purpose - ‘to enable smallholder farmers to sustain themselves and their families with just farming.’

aQysta provides an open-minded and safe working environment that encourages innovative thinking, ownership and taking on responsibilities. aQysta provides ample room and tools for you to unleash your creativity and skills to excel in the work you do.

As a company, aQysta adopts the global best practices and believes in taking active role in its employee’s growth, by providing them with challenges, freedom and support required such that they hone their skills, develop confidence and shine as stellar professionals.

Team and role overview

• The Sourcing and Farmer Onboarding Officer is a full-time position at aQysta Nepal.
• The Sourcing and Farmer Onboarding Officer will work to expand aQysta’s Grown. Farm Incubator in Nepal, onboarding more farmers/ farmer-cooperatives, and other partner organizations.

Job profile

• Are you entrepreneurial, proactive, and unafraid to share new ideas with diverse stakeholders?
• Do you have a good network of farmer groups and knowledge of crop pocket areas of Nepal?
• Do you want to bring innovation in the agricultural value chain so as to make farming profitable for Nepali smallholder farmers?

If the answers to the above questions are yes, then this could be the perfect position for you where you can apply your professional passion for leading in the job role of Sourcing and Farmer Onboarding Officer.

As such, Sourcing and Farmer Onboarding Officer will be at the heart of aQysta’s mission of empowering smallholder farmers.

Responsibilities

Execute the GROWN farm incubator expansion plan by:

• Identifying potential areas for expanding Farm Incubator.
• On-boarding farmers and farmer groups by conducting meetings with them and other relevant stakeholders.
• Carrying out expectation management and intermittent monitoring of farmers/groups of already onboarded clusters.
• Establishing partnerships with government and non-government organizations working with smallholder farmers
• Ensuring supply of agricultural products/crops from premium/standard and Graduate Package farmer clusters to meet the market demand generated by AgriSales and Marketing team.

BACKGROUND AND SKILLS

• Minimum of 2 years working experience of working closely with farmers/farmers groups/ cooperatives/Micro Financial Institutions (MFIs).
• Having practical experience in relationship management and building functional alliance with local farmers/groups.
• Having a Bachelors degree BSc.in Agriculture/Agronomy, Bachelors in Business Studies, Administration or related field. Candidates with other backgrounds but with strong work experience will also be considered.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills to communicate with diverse stakeholders ranging from farmers, government officials, business partners and international colleagues.
• Strong presentation skills (verbal, interactive and with preparing slides etc.)
• Commendable negotiation skills.
• Able to plan work, structured way of working and capable of organizing the team and oneself.
• Entrepreneurial, self-driven and proactive in work-approach.
• Candidates possessing a valid driving license will be preferred.

The position will be compensated based on a fixed and variable component based on performance.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Negotiable

If this interests you or if you have any additional questions, please contact us.