Ongoing Recruitment at Eastern Plains Integrated Farms Ltd

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directly supervises the pen attendants to ensure the Pen houses and the surroundings are always clean and hygienic.
• Assigns duties to farm attendants and ensures that they are carried out in an efficient manner; duties such as feeding, vaccinating poultry, cleaning and disinfecting /fumigating chicken houses, running of manure belts, shipping eggs or maintaining buildings.
• Assist the Poultry technical Manager in maintaining high standard of biosecurity in the Farm.
• Assist the Poultry technical Manager in ensuring that vaccination and drugs are correctly administered to avoid and treat avian diseases.
• Keeps accurate record and renders timely report on all the activities in the Pen House to the TM - mortality, suspected avian disease symptom, birds condition, feeding, water intake etc.
• Cooperates with the TM to ensure that the birds are adequately fed to achieve good body weight for optimum production.
• Liaises with maintenance team to ensure effective litter and manure disposal.
• Leads and ensures that the attendance adhere and comply with the standard operating procedures.
• Records data and creates reports on worker attendance, budget, supplies and animal growth.
• Liaises with the maintenance team to ensure the machinery that performs certain tasks, such as egg collection, feeding, water lines are functional
• Training new workers, providing care to injured or ill livestock and enforcing workplace sanitation practices to prevent the spread of disease.
• Participates in work activities to expedite workload.
• Prepares worker attendance, egg/broiler production, feed consumption, and poultry mortality report and renders daily report to the Technical Manager

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• An OND/ Bachelors degree in animal science or related fields.
• 2+ years relevant experience.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong knowledge of poultry farming best practices.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

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RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS

• First degree in Accounting/Economics/Finance or any other related discipline
• Must be an ICAN/CA/CPA/ACCA student at professional levels
• Minimum of 3 years’ working experience as an Account Officer
• Minimum Total relevant work experience of 5 Years
• Not more than 30 years old
• Knowledge of accounting package required especially SAGE EVOLUTION
• Good knowledge of quantitative analysis tools
• Adequate record keeping, and document management is also required.
• Knowledge of IFRS & GAAP
• Constantly seeking improvements in business systems and processes
• Excellent skill in MS-Office suit
• Communication skills
• Compliance oriented
• Basic understanding and acumen
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Excel
• Great analytical skills
• Attention to detail to find inaccuracies in reports
• Understanding of basic accounting functions
• Ability to be a team player and lead a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task to handle multiple accounts effectively