Junior Farm Portfolio Executive

About the role

This is the way into farm management at Hebbevu. You are given one farm project of your own on day one, and a senior executive alongside you who is accountable for teaching you to run it.

From the start you are directing a labour team rather than working alongside them. That is the part that takes the longest to learn and it is the reason the role exists. Knowing what a crop needs is the easier half. Deciding how many people and how long it takes, briefing them clearly, and then checking the work honestly is the half that makes a farm run.

It is a real job with a real farm, not an internship. The senior does not do your work and neither do you. Your day runs between the field and the farm office, the same as any portfolio executive, and your senior reviews your plan for the next day until you no longer need them to.

You move up to Farm Portfolio Executive once you can run a project without supervision, judged on your mortality numbers and your record keeping.

Freshers are welcome and experience is not required. Being willing to be on the farm every day, in all weather, is.

What you would do

• Set and track the irrigation, manure, pruning and deweeding cycles on your project
• Walk the project daily and spot pest and disease problems early
• Direct treatments as prescribed and raise anything beyond routine to your senior
• Plan the next day’s work and allocate labour across it
• Allocate equipment to the team and account for its return
• Inspect completed work before signing it off
• Record every job and report it daily through the company app

What we are looking for

• A diploma, BSc or equivalent in agriculture, horticulture or a related field
• No prior work experience
• Willing to direct a labour team rather than do the work yourself
• Genuine interest in field work
• Willing to be based on site
• Fluent in the local language for labour management
• Comfortable using a smartphone for daily reporting

What you can count on

How we hire

1. Step 1Apply in two minutesYour name, your mobile number and your resume. If you have no role in mind, leave your details in the talent pool instead and we will call when something fits.
2. Step 2A call from HRWe call to understand what you have done and what you want to do next, and to answer whatever you want to ask us.
3. Step 3The interviewWith HR and the manager for the role. If you are selected, a founder interview follows before the offer.
4. Step 4The offerIf it is a fit, HR makes you an offer setting out the role, the pay and the start date, and goes through it with you before you decide.

About Hebbevu

Hebbevu farms 1200+ acres without chemicals and looks after 2000+ desi cattle, and has delivered 19+ managed farmland projects for 1600+ co-farmers. Three brands sit on that: Hebbevu Managed Farmland at the farms in Penukonda, Hebbevu Fresh in the factory and the stores around Bengaluru, and Hebbevu Genetics with the cattle.