Job Title: Horticulturist
Location: Nigeria
Organisation: Sarius Palmetum
Job Description: The horticulturist should have knowledge of many types of plants, flowers and how it grows and must have a managerial skill of design.
JOB RESPONSIBLITIES INCLUDE:
• overseeing horticultural cultivation, maintenance and weed/pest/disease control programmes;
• organising horticultural trials;
• analysing horticultural yields, operational costs and financial returns;
• maintaining financial and administrative records;
• writing/modifying business plans; developing new products;
• negotiating contracts with buyers and suppliers;
• ensuring that deadlines and quality standards are met within set budgets;
• organising/giving presentations and demonstrations;
• marketing and selling produce;
• problem solving;
• Interested in flower and beautification
Desired Skills & Experience:
• Bsc/HND holder in horticulture, agriculture, environmental science
• Relevant Postgraduate is an added advantage
• Minimum of 10years relevant experience
• Must have worked in a very large garden
• Good initiative, commercial awareness and good problem solving, communication, team working and practical cultivation skills
• Conducts experiments and investigations to determine methods of breeding, producing, storing, processing, and transporting of fruits, nuts, berries, vegetables, flowers, bushes, and trees.
• May prepare articles and give lectures on horticultural specialty
• Must have a passion for gardening and well experienced in gardening.
• Age between 35-50years
Company Description: Sarius Palmetum is seeking the service of a Horticulturist, it is the largest private collection of plants in Nigeria, a botanical gardens with unique collection of world palm tree varieties. It is situated in a steep valley filled with palms, gazebos, nursery and pathways through the hills of Abuja, Nigeria.
Type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Functions: Management
Industries: Farming
Job ID: 5352798
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