Agroforestry Coordinator And GIS Analyst Goliath Aerospace Technology

Job Information

Number of Positions: 1

Part-time (as operations increase with time, the contract will be changed to Full-Time and monthly based salary)

benefits: sweat equity & commission based

Currently you will not be on a salary as we are a start-up. Some expenses will be covered by the company.

However you will be put on a salary when your contract is changed to Full-Time or the company gains sustainable revenues through your effort.

Location: Must be based in Lusaka, Zambia (unfortunately relocation costs will not be covered if you are based outside Lusaka)

Deadline: 17/01/2023

The kind of prospective team members we are seraching for (watch the video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-zhuuU5vl8

Responsibilities

• Plan, budget and implement activities for timely and effective generation of results.
• Conduct monitoring of project activities.
• Manage the Research and Development (R&D) activities of the project at site level.
• Develop and maintain, in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) expert, a database of project technical activities, and stakeholder profiles.
• Prepare project technical reports.
• Supervise and contribute to the capacity building initiatives of project activities under implementation.
• Establish business performance targets and metrics, and be accountable for the overall performance of the Agricultural and forestry practice.
• Contribute to the global annual strategy, planning and budgeting processes of the project sourcing teams.
• Structure long term, complex and strategic partnerships and deals with project owners and other stakeholders to meet the yearly and quarterly goals of the agricultural sourcing practice.
• Gather market intelligence and identify industry trends in the agricultural practice Serve as a subject expert when required in client meetings, exhibitions and other corporate events and represent South Pole in different forums on the topic of agriculture and environmental markets
• Analyzes GIS and remote sensing data to estimate tree cover on forested areas near the Tsiro intervention area
• Assists with identifying and accessing shape files or GIS data for forested areas and other data from existing data sources
• Access existing, freely available remote sensing data to generate a dataset of tree cover over time in selected forested.
• Assist in planning and implementing farm activates at our subsidiary company

Qualifications/Requirements

• University degree or diploma in Agroforestry
• Below the age of 35
• Strong quantitative skills and the ability to use data and metrics to inform decisions
• Outstanding leadership skills, with the ability to inspire action and get the best out of people
• Resides in Lusaka

About our Organization

Goliath Aerospace Technology is a Zambian company that was established in 2019. We provide sustainable solutions to farmers and foresters through data collection, analysis and processing of data, as well offer drone operation services on their fields such as pesticide and fertilizer application spraying, seed sowing, weed & irrigation management to help reduce labor, time and cost of resources. Transforming ideas into action – action into impact. We are committed to shaping a more live-able world.

Remote sensing technology is fast, effective and does not upset the natural balance.

By joining Goliath you have an opportunity to be part of a team exploring the use of modern innovations in our day to day farming activities and looking to break boundaries within the agricultural and forestry sector which have not been crossed before.