Job Title: Zonal Officer – 2 Positions
Organisation: Mukwano Industries
Duty Station: Lira, Uganda
Job Ref. No. MIUL/ZO/11/25
About Organisation:
The Mukwano Group of Companies is the leading manufacturer of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in the Great Lakes region, producing a wide range of market leader brands in soaps, edible cooking oils and fats, detergents, beverages, personal care products and plastics.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Help producers/ farmers to use their land more effectively and suggest methods to increase yield.
- Create strategies in strengthening crop production and crop management
- Study, assess and evaluate soil chemistry by testing soil of various fields
- Initiate latest techniques of soil management processes
- Counsel and educate producer department staff and site coordinators on latest farming techniques
- Train, develop and motivate agricultural staff both in producer department and commercial farm
- Organize own work plan to spend time effectively and efficiently to meet the company’s business objective
- Assist the extension service manager to prepare and implement annual budget for the agricultural programme
- Monitor the performance of works in the collection, transport to storage and storage of the harvested crop.
- Develop and implement technology to combat pests, plant diseases and weeds.
- Appraise the performance of extension coordinators
- Perform any other duties assigned Extension service manager.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture or a related discipline
- 3 years’ experience in related field
Skills & Professional Attributes Required
- Agricultural background
- Cross-cultural skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills,
- Entrepreneurial and analytical skills
How to Apply:
If finding & hiring great talent excites you, we would like to get into a conversation with you. Interested candidates should visit our website i.e www.mukwano.com, go to the career page and upload the Cover letter, CV and Academic Credentials OR send their Cover letter, CV and Academic documents to [email protected] stating the Job Ref No. in the subject line. All attachments should be submitted as a single PDF document.
Deadline: 21st November 2025.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated with after the closing date. Any form of canvassing is strictly prohibited.
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36