SUCAFINA 

SUCAFINA is a coffee trading house based in Switzerland with the vision of becoming the World’s leading sustainable, farm to roaster, coffee supplier by 2025.  The SUCAFINA Ethiopian Representative Office has been in operation since 2016.  Previously focused primarily upon commercial coffees, we are focused upon growing this business while shifting attention towards growing our presence in the specialty coffee market.

Summary of the Role:

Person will be dedicated to working directly with partner suppliers and farmers, providing trainings/technical advice to improve the quality and quantity of coffee harvests.  Will also, help with the completion of twice annual crop surveys to better guide SUCAFINA operations in Ethiopia.

Job Description:

SUNCAFINA Ethiopia is looking for a motivated, dedicated individual to help us coordinate field operations to better monitor the state of the Ethiopian coffee crop and provide trainings and technical oversight to improve the yields and quality of the coffee produced by our partner producers and farmers.   This individual will be a local liaison between partner farmers and suppliers and the SUCAFINA Addis Ababa office.

 Responsibilities:

• Will represent SUCAFINA in any and all activities and as such should embody company values.
• Will implement and oversee agronomy activities in assigned area with partner suppliers and farmers as assigned by the national agronomist.
• Assist with twice-annual agronomy surveys to document and predict coffee crop yields in assigned area.
• Will implement new plans and initiatives to better enable SUCAFINA to monitor the changing state of the coffee crop and to better interact and promote our partner coffee suppliers and farmers.
• Will provide agronomic best practice and improved quality control trainings for partner suppliers/farmers as per SUCAFINA’s training plan.
• Will prepare regular reports for national agronomist regarding coffee status, and any project developments in area assigned.
• Will prepare additional reports as requested by managing staff.
• Conduct regular field/farm visits to assess farmer/supplier proficiency.
• Will collect production related information/data including acreage, yields, and production costs.
• Will assist with project coffees and related project activities as assigned by managing staff.
• In addition to the above job descriptions, the field agronomist is expected to carryout reasonable alternative tasks as directed by SUCAFINA Ethiopia Representative Office to support the work of colleagues.

Reporting Line:

Reports to National Agronomist

Location:

Based in a TBD field site in either western or southern Ethiopia with semi-frequent visits to Addis Ababa.

 Start Date:

• Position to begin as soon as possible.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of BSc in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy or related field.
• At least 2-years of work experience in the coffee sector.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English is a must.
• Proficiency in local language is desired but not required.

Skills:

• Displays ability to work well in a group setting with understanding of corporate hierarchy and chain of reporting.
• Must display a forward thinking ability to analyze and propose solutions to problems that may exist in their field of work to strengthen SUCAFINA operations in Ethiopia.
• Good communication skills are a must.
• Must display an ability to adapt to changing work/field conditions and resourcefulness in completing sometimes challenging tasks.
• Must remain flexible and be willing to travel to remote field sites, when required, to complete tasks in challenging settings.
• Ability to work in a start-up environment as part of a core team building the organization from ground-up.
• Excellent numeric ability & analytical skills.
• Sound planning skills.
• Focused priorities, innovativeness and motivation.
• Good inter-personal as well as intra-personal skills.
• Assertive and energetic.
• Emanate role model behavior and exhibit team based work culture.
• Ability to think in an innovative manner.
• Drive for results.
• Strong negotiation skills.