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• The
  Financial Services Officer will be tasked to work closely with financial
  Institutions to expand financial services in all areas of agribusiness
  lending and other products.
• The
  incumbent will offer technical support 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
• 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;
• Participate
  in coordination and preparation of subcomponents business plans annual
  work plans, quarterly and annual reports;
• Work
  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;
• In
  charge of developing and maintaining working relations 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 other activities as assigned to him/her by the component Head.

• Financial
  Institutions accessing Technical Assistance; Financial Institutions
  recommended for lines of credit to aBi Finance;
• Financial
  Institutions supported to develop agribusiness financing products;
• Number
  of BDS providers maintained to support partner Financial Institutions
• Value
  chain finance trainings conducted in partner financial institutions
• Collaborations
  made for innovations in agricultural risk management mechanisms

• The
  Financial Services Officer should ideally hold a Master’s Degree in
  Business Administration (MBA), Development Economics, Statistics and/or
  related degree(s) required.
• Demonstrated
  operational and/or project management experience (8-10 years) in one
  and/or a combination of the following areas in access to finance:
  Microfinance, SME banking, agri-finance, insurance/micro insurance,
  m-banking, credit reporting, risk management.
• Strong
  expertise and experience working with client 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
• Branch
  banking or rural lending needs
• Financial
  product development knowledge
• Skills
  in lending to agricultural firms,
• Portfolio
  analysis and building a lending Guarantee or credit portfolio;
• Excellent
  interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Keen
  attention to detail, analyze and interpret complex documents.
• Initiative
  and ability to manage multiple tasks
• Exceptional
  planning and organizational skills
• Ability
  to effectively communicate and respond to sensitive inquiries.
• A
  good and resilient negotiator with sound judgment
• Excellent
  interpersonal and teamwork skills.

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