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 jobs@kkvl.co.ke 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.
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