Nursery Manager - KZN Midlands
HC Recruit
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Senior position
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Wartburg
- Posted 17 Apr 2026 by HC Recruit
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2637347 - Ref DBN000265
About the position
DBN000265 – Nursery Manager (4 month maternity cover) - Wartburg
Purpose of the job:
To oversee and operate the avocado nursery (producing block, greenhouse, and shade house) – With the possibility to advance into a permanent role as the nursery assistant manager.
Required Qualifications:
- Tertirary Qualification - Advantageous
- Computer literate ( including excel, word, and email)
- Agricultural/ nursery experience advantageous
- Experience managing entry-level staff
- Experience supervising basic workforce teams
Technical Competencies & Experience:
- Ensuring the daily tasks are planned, organized, and carried out in accordance with the nursery's monthly requirements.
- Organizing and monitoring the employees' everyday tasks. ensuring that certain tasks are carried out accurately, in accordance with training, and to standard.
- The daily inspections and observations that are necessary to impact the planning of the nursery's monthly needs.
- Keeping track of, updating, and analyzing a variety of records and data that is gathered to provide guidance and information on the quantity and condition of plant progress within the growth cycle of the avocado trees.
- Solving problems based on the immediate and long-term requirements of the nursery and the avocado plants.
- Resolving biological problems like temperature control and plant health as well as staffing challenges.
- Contacting and corresponding with clients about orders and questions.
- Finding new clients, contacting current clients, and completing the procurement and sale of plants to clients.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Organisation and ability to plan both long term and short term
- Attention to details and patterns
- Ability to see issues and problems with plants (e.g. notice insects or colour change in leaves)
- Ability to solve problems
- Ability to handle issues and problems under pressure
- Good communicator (able to speak Isizulu advantageous)
- Adaptable and able to handle changes
- Able to work within a team structure but still able to complete work independently
Please Note - Should you not hear back from us within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- nursery manager
- avocado
- nursery supervisor
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About the agency
Hewitt Colenbrander Recruitment was launched in March 2006 and specialises in recruiting and headhunting for companies needing to fill financial, managerial or IT positions in a variety of industries. The directors of the company are Brian Hewitt and Steve Colenbrander.
Brian Hewitt is a B.Sc. Agric (University of Natal) and MBA (University of Cape Town) graduate with managerial experience in the agribusiness, banking and hospitality industry having worked in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Steve Colenbrander is a B.Com (University of Natal) graduate and founded Colenbrander Incorporated which has grown into a sizeable and well respected Pietermaritzburg accounting firm with clients situated all over KZN.
A critical success factor for business is to employ the right people. Incorrect placements inhibit organisational productivity and can lead to conflict in the work place. Achieving a 'best fit' between company, position and employee are therefore vital for employer and employee alike.
We aim to do this, by understanding our clients - their culture, structure, systems and strategy. We also endeavour to understand the external business environment in which our clients operate. This makes achieving 'best fit' more probable.
Understanding our candidates will be achieved by researching their backgrounds, interviewing them and knowing their aspirations. Where necessary, we will use psychometric profiling. We will then target the organisation and position to which we feel they are best suited.
A 'best fit' between client and candidate, will enable us to add long term value to our clients in a mutually beneficial business partnership.
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