Job announcement: Agricultural expert

Education and work experience:

  1. University degree in agriculture
  2. 3-5 years of work experience
  3. Practical experience of agronomist (in a private or own farm)
  4. Knowledge on organic agriculture processes, certification and management
  5. Good knowledge of Russian and English languages is desirable
  6. Computer skills: MS Office - mandatory; Photoshop, Corel Draw - desirable

The main responsibilities:

  1. Organizing and conducting regular trainings for beneficiary farmers of Shen NGO, provision of agricultural consultancy, particularly:
  • Soil cultivation, trees pruning and training, irrigation, fertilizing, anti-frostbite measures
  • Plant protection measures organization using chemical and organic pesticides
  • Harvest planning, crop production and processing
  • Design of handouts and other printed matters on above mentioned themes
  • Designing Power Point presentations on above mentioned themes
  1. Researching the necessary conditions of new land plots for planting perennial crops, salinity processes; proposing complex measures, designing working plans, providing expert advice on farming peculiarities at planting specific perennial saplings in selected areas.
  2. Organising planned visits to orchards and nurseries both established by Shen NGO and adjacent other farms; implementing control on all types of faming activities.
  3. Assessing condition of orchards, preparing intermediary and annual reports based on planned visits.

 Application deadline: 10 November, 2016

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