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Role overview
Green.Earth is hiring a Country Lead to manage their complex multi-division operation in Nyeri, Kenya. This full-time role suits an experienced executive who has led large teams and operations in agriculture, land restoration, carbon, or rural development. The position requires hands-on leadership to coordinate field teams and ensure delivery across multiple regions.
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What you will do
- Lead and coordinate seven divisions to function as a unified operation
- Review weekly performance across divisions and identify key obstacles
- Resolve operational issues or delegate them appropriately to avoid delivery delays
- Manage conflicts between divisions and document decisions
- Approve budgets, resource allocation, and hiring within authority
- Halt activities that risk the mission, people, or compliance
- Provide clear and timely reports to head office and escalate decisions beyond authority
- Translate strategic goals into operational priorities for division heads
- Build and develop strong leadership among division heads
- Develop and scale a high-performing outgrower system across project regions
- Own farmer network performance and delivery outcomes
- Establish onboarding, training, and monitoring processes
- Lead and develop local field teams and partners
- Ensure operational consistency across multiple areas
- Maintain relationships with farmer groups and community stakeholders
- Contribute to continuous improvement of field operations and program design
Requirements
- Proven experience leading complex, multi-team country or regional operations, ideally in agriculture, agroforestry, carbon, land restoration, or rural development
- Track record managing large teams and smallholder or community networks
- Hands-on operational approach focused on execution and delivery
- Experience managing budgets, resources, and cross-functional coordination
- Ability to independently solve problems in fast-moving environments
- Clear and honest communication skills with accurate reporting
- Strong leadership skills with ownership and decision-making capability
- Good knowledge of Kenya's agricultural and community landscape including government and regulatory stakeholders
- Fluency in English; Swahili fluency is a strong advantage
Benefits
Salary is competitive and based on experience. The role offers exposure to large international projects and the chance to work directly with smallholder farmers and communities on impactful land restoration projects. The work environment is flexible, performance-driven, and international.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact. The employer has not published a closing date.