Job Description: Farmer Finance Manager
Reports To: Project Manager
Job Summary
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Work with farming families to understand and document their farming financing needs.
- Training of farmers on financial management
- Research and document financial products that adequately address farmers' needs for seasonal finance for livestock and food crop production.
- Understand and document how micro-insurance products could be of assistance for farmers
- Supervision of Farmer Finance Officers
Qualifications, Education,
Experience and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Agri-business or a related field
- A t least one year experience in farmer financing
- Proficient in collecting, querying, organizing and analyzing complex data, evaluating information and drawing logical conclusions
- Fluent English and Swahili
- Analytical and writing skills
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Use of MS Word, Excel, Power-point and Outlook
- Standards of Performance and Behavior
- Honesty, integrity and transparency in dealings with stakeholders and clients.
- Analytical and pro active attitude towards problem solving
- Professional conduct in all operational matters
Send CV and
remuneration requirement to jobs@farmshop.co.ke
with the subject line “Farmer Finance Manager” by 31 January, 2014.
