Location: Nairobi
Are you a detail-oriented, proactive, and results-driven aquaculture professional committed to effective broodstock management, fish health, and consistent hatchery production?
We are seeking a skilled Broodstock Management Assistant Manager to join Victory Farms Kenya. The role focuses on overseeing all broodstock management activities, including fish selection, sexing, sorting, lake broodstock conditioning, pond stocking, stock adjustments, and broodstock movement.
You will play a key role in maintaining a healthy, accurately inventoried, and optimally conditioned broodstock population, ensuring compliance with company SOPs and the consistent supply of high-quality broodstock for hatchery production and reliable egg production.
You will also provide leadership to the Broodstock Management team through effective planning, coaching, performance management, and cross-functional collaboration to support efficient and sustainable aquaculture operations.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who is technically competent, highly organized, solutions-oriented, and committed to continuous improvement, operational excellence, and consistent production outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Broodstock Management
Take full ownership of all broodstock management activities from the agreed fish size at which sorting and sexing begins.
Ensure broodstock are accurately sexed and sorted according to SOP.
Ensure absence of any backlog of Broodstock fish awaiting sorting or sexing in the lake
Maintain balanced male-to-female sex ratios across all broodstock ponds.
Ensure all ponds are stocked to the correct numbers and densities.
Ensure all recounts are completed as per plan and any required adjustments or top-ups are finalized within 3.5 days.
Prioritize newly approved and improved broodstock cohorts for selection and stocking.
Ensure broodstock are handled with the highest welfare standards, minimizing stress during all handling, transport, sorting, and stocking activities.
Ensure all broodstock management SOPs are consistently followed.
2. Broodstock Conditioning
Ensure broodstock are properly conditioned before movement into production ponds.
Work closely with the broodstock pipeline team to optimize fish health, nutrition, and readiness. - Monitor broodstock condition and implement corrective actions where required.
Ensure feeding programmes are correctly implemented to maintain broodstock performance.
3. Broodstock Inventory & Traceability
Develop, maintain, and continuously update a live broodstock bank.
Maintain accurate records of the number, location, age, and status of all broodstock.
Ensure every broodstock movement is fully documented and traceable.
Maintain accurate up to date inventory records at all times.
Identify discrepancies quickly and implement corrective actions.
4. Pond & Production Management
Monitor broodstock performance across all production ponds.
Ensure appropriate stocking densities are maintained.
Monitor survival, mortalities, and fish performance.
Ensure flipping plans are executed accurately and according to schedule.
Ensure all pond operations are completed safely and efficiently.
Escalate production risks promptly and implement mitigation plans.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with the Broodstock Pipeline team to ensure accurate fish availability forecasts.
Provide Broodstock pipeline team with a 6-month Broodstock projection
Communicate broodstock requirements clearly across departments.
Collaborate with water quality, fish health, feeding, and hatchery teams to optimize broodstock performance.
6. Reporting & Data Management
Prepare a comprehensive weekly Broodstock Management Report.
Broodstock inventory and movement.
Fish transfers.
Stocking densities.
Sex ratio performance.
Water quality.
Mortalities.
Broodstock conditioning performance.
Pond performance.
SOP compliance.
Flipping plan compliance.
7. Performance Management
Conduct monthly individual performance…