NFT Consult
Job Description: Field Manager
Location: Mayuge- Uganda
Term: 1 year
Start Date: immediately
Company Overview
Our Client is a rapidly growing social enterprise in Uganda sourcing specialty cacao for export and producing bean to bar chocolate at origin. Working with over 5,000 certified organic smallholder farmers, our mission is to sustainably increase incomes and reduce risk for our suppliers while positively impacting the community and environment surrounding our operations. We aim to provide chocolate makers and consumers in East Africa and around the world with the highest quality, transparently sourced and fully traceable Ugandan cocoa products
Job Description
The Field Manager position is a full-time in-country role reporting directly to the Branch Manager and overseeing a field team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Directly manage LTC field staff (Buyers, Field Officers, Senior Field Officers, and inspectors), including schedules, work assignments, and follow-ups
- Supervise and monitor procurement activities
- Training of farmers and training of trainers on agronomy and organic practices
- Management of buyer performance and fresh cocoa quality
- Planning and managing collection days, including pricing, harvest estimates, transport and weight management
- Certification activities for farmers under catchment area, including contracting, surveys, trainings, inspections, office documentation, and annual audit
- Implementation of Latitude partner programs – agroforestry, financial literacy, digital payments, etc.
- Contribute to strategy around establishment of new collection areas for buying fresh cocoa
- Regularly visit LTC farmers, communities and collection areas
- Proposing community development initiatives that will benefit both LTC and its farmers
- Hosting of LTC customers, investors, donors and development partners as necessary
Qualifications and skills
- 2 – 4 years of experience working in field operations, preferably within the agricultural, cocoa, or food production industry.
- Proven experience in a supervisory or managerial role, demonstrating leadership and team management skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team, manage conflicts, and make decisive decisions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction with team members, stakeholders, and senior management.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to address operational challenges.
- Knowledge of Organic, Fair Trade, and UTZ certification programs
- Previous experience overseeing field activities and trainings
- Willingness to live and work in rural area for extended periods
