1. Geoff Lawton

    Geoff Lawton Administrator Staff Member

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    Please find the attached brief Job Description:




    Primary Responsibilities




    Fruit and Vegetable Gardens



    - Purchasing and managing stocks of seeds, tools, organic fertilizers and
    pesticides and ensuring that they arrive on the island as and when needed.

    - Manage the team of gardeners.

    - Cultivation of organic crops for restaurants to reduce food miles (mainly
    perishable items salad, herbs, mushrooms). Constant collaboration with
    executive chef to ensure that crops grown are in line with kitchen
    requirements. Try and diversify crops and increase production.

    - Crop rotation and pest control routine management

    - Conception, research and design of medicinal herb area for spa and herbal
    teas

    - Composting /vermi-composting facilities for kitchen waste, office paper
    and garden waste supervision, monitoring, aeration.

    - Supervise mushroom cultivation at Soneva Fushi, Soneva Gili and evaluate
    the possibility of selling excess production. Experiment with new varieties
    - Reishi, Portobello Almond.



    Waste Management



    - Develop an Implementation Plan for the new waste management strategy.

    - Program to increase and reuse and recycle on the island.

    - Grey water recycling options, irrigation (reed beds, water harvesting) and
    water economy measures

    - Mulching and chipping of garden waste for use on garden beds in compost
    and for mushroom, cultivation



    Zero Carbon



    - Research and implementation of the proposed bio-diesel project

    - Identify locations for renewable energy systems in conjunction with XCO2
    as part of our Zero Carbon Emissions 2010 objectives. Monitor collected
    data, suggest new ideas and create a training module to encourage hosts to
    pay attention to water and energy consumption. Liaise with Juergen Seidel
    and XCO2 on these issues.



    Raising Awareness, SERF and Award Applications



    - Educate local communities about permaculture, composting, recycling, waste
    management, and the environment via workshops or guided tours of the gardens
    - evaluate the possibility of making another garden or mini farm managed by
    local people on a neighboring island. Implement the project if it proves
    feasible -Manage, supervise and train a team of local gardeners (normally
    4-5 people), design the layout, organize the seeds, tools and materials
    necessary and monitor the project continuously.

    - Do guided tours of the gardens with hotel guests and evening presentations
    on permaculture themes as and when required.

    - Help organize benchmarking and certification for Green Globe 21

    - Work on environmental award applications or affiliations as and when
    required.

    - Propose suitable social responsibility projects to the management



    Laamu



    - Coordinate with Six Senses project team to design vegetable, herb and
    fruit gardens for Evason Hideaway Laamu. Coordinate with project manager to
    supervise the construction of the garden project and recruitment of
    gardeners.

    - To spend a week or so marking out paths and villas at Laamu and to make
    sure no larger trees were cut down during construction.





    REMUNERATION PACKAGE & BENEFITS



    Monthly basic salary US$1,300

    Monthly guaranteed service charge US$200

    TOTAL GROSS MONTHLY SALARY US$1,500



    30 days annual leave after 12 months' service and return economy air-ticket
    to point of hire

    8 days Rest & Recreation once a year after 6 months with return economy
    air-ticket to Colombo

    Single accommodation

    Free uniform and uniform laundry

    Free duty meals

    Quarterly Gross Operating Profit (GOP) bonus

    Yearly Goals & Objectives (G&O) bonus

    Yearly Guest Comment bonus



    Regards





    Henry Quah
    Human Resources & Training Director
    Soneva Resorts & Six Senses Spa
    "Intelligent Luxury"
    Maldives
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    C/O Bunny Holdings BVI Ltd.
    4/3 Faamudheyri Magu
    Male, Republic of Maldives
    Tel: 00 960 66 00 304/5 Fax: 00 960 66 00 374
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    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://www.sixsenses.com
     
  2. Cosmic

    Cosmic Junior Member

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    wow, what a great job!
     

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