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• Works
  closely with financial Institutions to expand financial services in all
  areas of agribusiness lending and other products.
• Provide
  technical assistance to improve and strengthen financial services for
  agricultural and agribusiness enterprises and broader finance and
  investment issues impacting on rural finance and value chain development;
• The
  incumbent will be participating in design and implementation of aBi
  agribusiness programmes, especially in relation to financial services and
  investment; as required and provide technical backstopping to supported
  field projects;
• Offer
  technical guidance to aBi partners on ways to address strategy and policy
  issues for finance and investment which support increased flows of financing
  of the agricultural sector, especially to small and medium agro-enterprises,
  rural households;
• Appraise
  financing and investment requirements for agribusiness and recommend
  appropriate financing strategies to financial institutions for reducing
  risk and improving effectiveness in agribusiness lending;
• Actively
  participate in capacity assessments and training needs of both existing
  and potential partners, evaluate capacity building needs in financial
  partner institutions for products and services which support improved
  impacts of access to finance and financial inclusion;
• Actively
  participate in coordination and preparation of subcomponents business
  plans annual work plans, quarterly and annual reports;
• Work
  closely with partners and technical assistance consultants to develop,
  pilot and market new products that contribute to value chain development as
  well as participate in the forums for promoting agricultural insurance,
  financial services and innovations, institutional strengthening and other
  stakeholder partnerships;
• Develop
  and maintain working contacts with counterparts in other organizations, associations,
  private sector firms and development agencies specialised in finance and
  agribusiness;
• Support
  component team especially Operations and Portfolio Officer to track
  outstanding technical assistance and provide informative reports in accordance
  with the monitoring and evaluation system; maintain records the
  performance of aBi portfolio with partner financial institutions.
• Perform
  any activities as assigned to him/her by the component Head.

• The
  candidate should possess a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA),
  Development Economics, Statistics and/or related degree(s) required.
• At
  least eight to ten years of proven operational and/or project management
  experience in one and/or a combination of i the following areas in access
  to finance: Microfinance, SME banking, agri-finance, insurance/micro
  insurance, m-banking, credit reporting, and risk management.
• Strong
  expertise and experience working with client I financial institutions;
  experience in participatory and qualitative methodologies such as process
  evaluations, before-after designs, and other approaches that make use of
  interviews and focus-groups; etc.
• Skills
  and competencies in marketing financial services
• Institutional
  Development and strategic management
• Credit
  risk analysis skills
• Working
  knowledge of Branch banking or rural lending needs
• Working
  knowledge of financial product development
• Lending
  to agricultural firms,
• Proficient
  in portfolio analysis and building a lending,
• Guarantee
  or credit portfolio;
• Possess
  excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Keen
  attention to detail, analyse and interpret complex documents.
• Initiative
  and ability to manage multiple tasks with ;
• Excellent
  planning and organizational skills
• Possess
  the ability to effectively communicate and respond to i sensitive
  inquiries.
• A
  good and resilient negotiator with sound judgment
• Past
  excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.

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