Nursery Associate

Company Introduction:

Varaha is a global, leading, climate tech venture focused on carbon removal solutions such as - regenerative agriculture, afforestation, biochar, and enhanced rock weathering - that support smallholder land stewards at scale. In just the third year of operation, we are removing and avoiding more than 1 million tons of CO2 and distributing the majority of the revenues to more than 100,000 smallholder land stewards in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by leading global investors, our founding and management team comes with a stellar track record of successfully scaling projects and products to millions of smallholder land stewards at leading Agriculture and tech businesses.

Position: Nursery Associate

Location: Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Seedling Production & Operations: Manage the entire seedling lifecycle and oversee nursery infrastructure, including greenhouses, equipment, and irrigation systems etc. with IP.

• Maintain inventory control for seedlings, soil, fertilizers, and tools.

• Quality & Logistics: Implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM), maintain accurate logs for traceability, and coordinate sapling delivery to plantation sites.

• Data & Compliance: Analyze growth and survival rates and ensure all practices meet environmental and regulatory standards.

• Quality Standards: Maintain company’s quality assurance and quality control process at ground.

• To know the specific measures, use for sapling production and health.

• Preparation: To know the acclimate saplings to local conditions and prepare them for transportation?

• Operations & Logistics: Assess nursery capacity and manage the delivery of saplings to plantation sites.

• Maintenance: Manage pests and diseases, and support provided regarding sapling survival. 

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Horticulture, Agricultural Science, or equivalent experience.

• 1-3 years of experience in commercial or forestry nursery management.

• Experience of working with the farmers on the ground in South India.

• Basic knowledge of tree species, soil management, and seed handling.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Excel for reporting and inventory.

• Proficient in English & Telugu language (Hindi is an added advantage)