Agri-Business Finance Specialist

Purpose of the Job

To get involved in developing agricultural-related product offerings, create awareness, market and convert prospects while retaining leadership and oversight of all agricultural value chain initiatives.

Key Responsibilities;

• Develop an agribusiness lending strategy and effectively translate it into business plans to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing functional strategies.
• Identify agricultural-related customer needs & opportunities through extensive market research and intelligence.
• Provide inputs and market demand insights to the product development team
• Develop and share knowledge with staff on agri-business lending.
• Create strategic partnerships necessary for business growth
• Undertake the required actions in order to maximize agri-product penetration and cross-selling.
• Identify priority areas for investment and plan market interventions where KKVL can have the highest impact;
• Guiding service providers in the identification, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of value chain support activities, including the promotion of entrepreneurial skills in farmers’ organizations.
• Ensuring timely reports presentations.

The accountability areas are as follows;

• Development of Agribusiness financing models.
• Identification of possible funding for Agribusiness.
• Training Agribusiness customers.
• Attaining a low-risk high impact diversified portfolio mix.
• Drive results through the marketing of loans

Knowledge and skills required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Rural Development, or any other relevant/equivalent field from a recognized institution;
• Three (3) years working experience in a similar position in a Bank, Sacco, or Microfinance.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating value chain development, value chain analysis, and in building capacity of value chain actors;
• Knowledge of technologies and issues for value chain development, business development, and rural livelihoods;
•  Strong computer, report writing, and communications skills (oral, written
• Experience in the preparation of project proposals.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send a detailed CV and a cover letter that must include their current and expected remuneration, not later than  27th May,2022  to   [email protected]   quoting the job title “Agri-Business Finance Specialist” on the subject line.  All job applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications that do not meet the above qualifications will not be considered.