Nursery Operations Coordinator at Komaza Kenya

Komaza works to unlock the potential of small-scale farmers to solve Africa’s wood supply crisis. Collectively, small farmers possess limitless land and labor resources to plant billions of trees. Komaza provides farmers with support across the forestry value chain, from seedlings to sawmills. With a dramatically lower-cost and more-scalable forestry model, our vision is to become Africa’s largest forestry company, growing an environmentally-sustainable wood supply and generating truly life-changing income for millions of farmers.

About the Role

The Nursery Operations Coordinator will work directly with the Nursery Operations Department to organize, oversee, manage, and coordinate nursery operations activities. To thrive in this role, the job holder should have strong orientation to organization; have a composed disposition; be able to prioritize; be tactful and engage impactfully across the business

This role will be based in Olkalou, Kenya

What You Will Do

• Prepare and compile Seasonal Nursery work plans for the requisite Regional Business Unit (RBU) and in liaison with the Nursery Operations Director ensure accuracy of the same to facilitate budgeting


• By use of dashboards and other data tools, consistently monitors teams’ performance against set KPIs and takes corrective action where necessary


• Ensure that seedling production is done within the set quality and operational standards. Identify operational gaps, build, test and pilot quality control programs to improve nursery operations


• Ensure proper and timely maintenance of the various nursery facilities and equipment, enforce safety and health requirements and ensure DOSH compliance


• Collect learnings by doing yearly debriefs and compile proposals that will inform unit economics and guide the budgeting process. Ensure that the teams maintain accurate and timely financial records for auditing purposes.


• Oversee timely requisition and delivery of various inputs and materials. Maintain accurate and timely records of inventories and stock


• Identify staffing gaps and support recruitment as may be required. Act as a liaison between the HQ office and the nursery team on all matters relating to people and people operations Plan, coordinate and support other operations leads in seedlings and input packaging/handling, distribution and delivery as well as any other logistics or resource needs

What you should have

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Horticulture, Forestry or any environmental/Earth Sciences


• Minimum 5 years’ experience in managing complex operations (Business Administration or Project management)


• Experience managing a team of people with varying cultural orientation.


• An excellent planner in budgeting, logistics and Project planning and monitoring.


• Experience in managing team performance

You’re also

• An excellent communicator both verbally and written


• A keen eye for detail and analytical mind


• An effective team player with a drive to collaborate and engage across various departments. An open minded leader who is at ease with dirtying their hands in any menial tasks


• Comfortable working in a remote location

What’s in it for you?

Great vision without great people is irrelevant, Jim Collins wisely stated. If you share Komaza’s vision and want to help make it a reality, apply today! We offer a competitive remuneration package and an opportunity to further your career.

Komaza is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

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