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Develop/analyze project operations, crops, livestock, staff, training, and farm financial documents and recommend improvements.

Prepare plans and schedules for planting and harvesting and ensure staff understands expectations and schedules for school visits.

Collaborate with the team to review and finalize training session plans for the school groups following the provided project curriculum.

Visit the different divisions to inspect crops, and livestock, and also perform tests on soil and water.

Ensure seeds, organic fertilisers and pesticides, and other supplies are regularly restocked.

Schedule repairs, maintenance, and replacement of equipment and machinery.

Handle the marketing of the farm to meet the annual target of school visits, and selling products produced on the farm like fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, and grain.

Develop site infrastructure to support learning outcomes.

Ensure all staff adhere to health and safety regulations.

Assist with the recruitment and training of new staff members.

Collaborate with senior staff to prepare budgets and financial reports.

Build professional networks and keep abreast of developments in agricultural science.

Work with the team to engage stakeholders and schools, and also participate in the project meetings and workshops.

Collaborate with the team to engage the local stakeholders in the district of operations, introduce the project to them for their buy-in, and ensure that they fully understand the goals and objectives of the project.

Collaborate with the farm managers to conduct workshops to train appointed district farm managers using the central farm as a demo and conduct district workshops to train appointed champion teachers using the set curriculum.

Facilitate garden science classes, incorporating both environmental science and nutrition education as the learners relate the garden to what they learned in the classroom

Work closely with the teachers to guide the learners through the farm visit relating the knowledge acquired to a range of curriculum areas (science, social studies, mathematics, language etc.

Oversee and coordinate students’ hands-on-learning experiences in the garden following the provided curriculum

Maintain an open garden schedule for teachers

Attend school-wide events to build relationships

Monitor, document and report on all activities and the extent of student and teacher participation

Work with the entire school garden team to maintain the school garden blog