Vacancy title:
Hatchery Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
Aquasante Rwanda Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 29 2025

Duty Station:
Bugarama, Muganza sector-Rusizi | Rusizi | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 18 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Hatchery Manager to oversee the production of high-quality fry/fingerlings, manage hatchery operations and lead the skilled team to achieve production targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily hatchery logistics, operations including brood fish selection, egg collection and sorting, , incubation, hormone treatment, larval rearing and fry transfer.
• Monitor and maintain optimal water quality, feeding and environmental conditions.
• Implement strict biosecurity and fish health management procedures.
• Supervise and train staff AIT (Thailand) Technology, with egg robbing, hormone treatment and green wat
• Maintain accurate records and prepare periodical performance reports.
• Manage broodstock, feed, chemicals and hatchery equipment inventory.
• Prepare budgets processing for Hatchery and regular biological report
• Continue to develop and improve operations based on new scientific results and on-site experience.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, safety and fish welfare standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience of establishing and implementing protocols for Hatchery
• Experience from tilapia production in ponds.
• 2 to 5 years of experience from Hatchery production using the AIT (Thailand) technology
• Responsible for running broodfish, larval rearing and hatchery using this technology
• Used to preparing plans and budgets
• Experienced manager of people and a team builder
• Person with minimum 2 years of experience from operating a tilapia hatchery according to the methods used at Asian Institute of Technology
• Management experience and good in training of people, building teams and good working environment
• Good with reporting and production control systems using computer programs.
• AIT certificate
• Strong knowledge of hatchery systems, water quality and fish breeding techniques.

Skills

• High levels of physical fitness
• Good people and resource management skills
• Business and social skills, as manager have to deal with staff regularly
• Numerical ability, for calculating feeding regimes and production related records
• Driving license is advantageous
• Knowledge of fish biology, nutrition and water quality, as well as animal health and pathology.
• Logistical and operational mindset
• Able to lead large teams (6-12 direct reports) in multiple work streams
• Efficient in multi-tasking and accomplishing range of projects on schedule.
• Desire to learn and progress within the organization
• Efficiency focused with strong problem-solving skills.
• Diligent and able to follow projects through to completion
• Dedicated to excellence and detail-oriented execution.

Educational level: Bachelor’s degree in Aquaculture, Fisheries Science, or related field (preferred).

Other Environmental Conditions: adaptability of weather and sea conditions

Language: Fluent in English

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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