Closing: Mar 17, 2023
This position has expiredPublished: Mar 13, 2023 (10 days ago)
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Minimum Requirements
a) A relevant Masters degree and a university degree in Agriculture, Finance, Economics, Agribusiness, or related discipline.
b) Relevant professional work experience with at least 7 years in rural finance and agriculture value chains development with at least 3 years in donor funded projects.
c) Good understanding of agriculture value chains development and rural finance
d) Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
e) Practical knowledge of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills.
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Minimum Requirements
a) A relevant Masters degree and a university degree in Agriculture, Finance, Economics, Agribusiness, or related discipline.
b) Relevant professional work experience with at least 7 years in rural finance and agriculture value chains development with at least 3 years in donor funded projects.
c) Good understanding of agriculture value chains development and rural finance
d) Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
e) Practical knowledge of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills.
a) Support together with the Rural Finance Specialist, to the start-up and subsequent implementation to all rural finance-related RK-FINFA activities.
b) Create linkages with the ongoing VC projects (especially IFAD’s VC project portfolio) in Kenya, with the intention to identify pipeline for TSIS services and financing instruments of RK-FINFA.
c) Assist the partner VC projects in provision of relevant pre-support to their target groups, enabling the stakeholders’ incorporation into the RK-FINFA pipeline.
d) Take direct responsibility of the timely start-up of the project’s Value Chain Finance activities related PFI and borrower capacity building operations and their subsequent, effective implementation.
e) Provide support to the Rural Finance Specialist in the finalisation of the contractual arrangements for the establishment of the rural window to the CGS and the smooth start-up of the R-CGF guarantee operations with banks, MFBs and SACCOs
f) Support the GFF Host institution to encourage the active participation of appropriate MFBs and rural DT-SACCOs in the green financing operations with the GFF support.
g) Conduct frequent and systematic field visit to support the PFIs in their RK-FINFA supported field operations.
h) Take active part in the establishment and subsequent operations of the IT-based MIS and reporting systems for the R-CGS and GFF operations.
i) Support the identification of new, appropriate PFIs for the GFF operations when expanding the GFF cover area from the original 14 counties to a nationwide coverage
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