Plantation Growth Supervisor job at Kijani Forestry

Main Objective:

The Plantation Growth Supervisor (PGS) provides operational and supervisory leadership for Plantation Growth Coordinators across two designated areas. The PGS ensures consistent implementation of silvicultural activities, improves data quality, and drives timely execution of seasonal work plans. The PGS acts as a key link between PGCs and the PGO.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Supervision & Performance Management:

• Supervise daily work delivery of PGCs via field accompaniment and weekly check-ins.
• Provide coaching on silviculture standards, farmer technical engagement and reporting discipline.
• Conduct structured performance assessments and improvement planning per coordinator.
• Ensure coordinators meet KPIs on garden coverage, quality, survival checks and ethics.

2. Plantation Quality Oversight:

• Validate silviculture completion (weeding, pruning, thinning, gap-filling, firelines).
• Identify early warning signs of pests/disease, grazing damage and climate stress.
• Guide and monitor implementation of corrective actions at garden level.
• Prioritize high-risk gardens and coordinate rapid response with the PGO.

3. Farmer Engagement and Support (Technical):

• Support PGCs to deliver practical farmer coaching sessions.
• Resolve escalated technical farmer issues and ensure respectful engagement.
• Identify and nurture model farmers for demonstrations.
• Mobilize farmers for technical training and maintenance campaigns.

4. Data Quality Assurance & Reporting:

• Verify completeness and accuracy of PGC data submissions before escalation.
• Conduct random spot checks to confirm field reality matches reported data.
• Detect and address anomalies, fraud risks or misreporting.
• Produce weekly cluster performance summaries with clear exception notes.

5. Operational Planning & Coordination:

• Develop weekly/monthly workplans with PGCs based on field seasonality.
• Ensure even area coverage and avoid missed gardens/groups.
• Coordinate joint campaigns with Farmer Relations during critical periods.
• Troubleshoot operational delays (transport, scheduling, staffing).

6. Compliance, Ethics & Safeguards:

• Enforce safety, environmental and operational standards in all PGC work.
• Promote ethical field conduct and zero tolerance for data fraud.
• Lead preliminary investigations on anomalies and escalate findings.
• Ensure resource use is accountable and properly documented.

7. Support to NH Operations During Peak Seasons:

• Provide technical accompaniment during planting and PSR seasons.
• Assist NH teams with mobilisation, seedling distribution verification and spacing checks.
• Train NH teams on best establishment practices.
• Document planting issues and improvement actions.

8. Other Duties as Assigned by Management:

• Provide flexible support for emerging field priorities.
• Represent the PGO in cluster-level meetings when required.
• Support inter-district coordination activities.
• Contribute to SOP and training updates.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Improved PGC performance and compliance with standards.
• Plantation quality improvements (survival, firelines, silviculture).
• Accurate and timely data submission from supervised areas.
• Reduced data discrepancies and integrity issues.
• Farmer technical satisfaction and reduced escalations.
• Strong planting season execution.
• Compliance with safety and environmental standards.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s in Forestry, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Community Development, or related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in plantation management or supervising field teams.
• Strong knowledge of silviculture and rural community dynamics.
• Strong reporting and data verification skills.
• Motorcycle riding and willingness to work predominantly in the field.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong coach and field mentor.
• High integrity and ethics.
• Organized and deadline-driven.
• Analytical problem-solver.
• Respectful, culturally sensitive communicator.

• Supervise daily work delivery of PGCs via field accompaniment and weekly check-ins.
• Provide coaching on silviculture standards, farmer technical engagement and reporting discipline.
• Conduct structured performance assessments and improvement planning per coordinator.
• Ensure coordinators meet KPIs on garden coverage, quality, survival checks and ethics.
• Validate silviculture completion (weeding, pruning, thinning, gap-filling, firelines).
• Identify early warning signs of pests/disease, grazing damage and climate stress.
• Guide and monitor implementation of corrective actions at garden level.
• Prioritize high-risk gardens and coordinate rapid response with the PGO.
• Support PGCs to deliver practical farmer coaching sessions.
• Resolve escalated technical farmer issues and ensure respectful engagement.
• Identify and nurture model farmers for demonstrations.
• Mobilize farmers for technical training and maintenance campaigns.
• Verify completeness and accuracy of PGC data submissions before escalation.
• Conduct random spot checks to confirm field reality matches reported data.
• Detect and address anomalies, fraud risks or misreporting.
• Produce weekly cluster performance summaries with clear exception notes.
• Develop weekly/monthly workplans with PGCs based on field seasonality.
• Ensure even area coverage and avoid missed gardens/groups.
• Coordinate joint campaigns with Farmer Relations during critical periods.
• Troubleshoot operational delays (transport, scheduling, staffing).
• Enforce safety, environmental and operational standards in all PGC work.
• Promote ethical field conduct and zero tolerance for data fraud.
• Lead preliminary investigations on anomalies and escalate findings.
• Ensure resource use is accountable and properly documented.
• Provide technical accompaniment during planting and PSR seasons.
• Assist NH teams with mobilisation, seedling distribution verification and spacing checks.
• Train NH teams on best establishment practices.
• Document planting issues and improvement actions.
• Provide flexible support for emerging field priorities.
• Represent the PGO in cluster-level meetings when required.
• Support inter-district coordination activities.
• Contribute to SOP and training updates.

• Strong knowledge of silviculture and rural community dynamics.
• Strong reporting and data verification skills.
• Motorcycle riding.
• Strong coach and field mentor.
• High integrity and ethics.
• Organized and deadline-driven.
• Analytical problem-solver.
• Respectful, culturally sensitive communicator.

• Diploma or Bachelor’s in Forestry, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Community Development, or related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in plantation management or supervising field teams.