Vacancy title:
Agriculture Loan Products Development
Jobs at:
International Executive Service CorpsDeadline of this Job:
24 August 2022
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
During Assignment:
• Attend an orientation meeting with the F2F team in Nairobi (USVE will attend remotely while LVE visits the host office)
• Hold kickoff meeting with the SACCO Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Credit manager to finetune the work plan and expected outcomes (USVE will attend the meeting via video link)
• Hold an orientation and activity planning meeting with the SACCO Head of Credit (HoC). The HoC will work closely with the VEs throughout the assignment.
• Conduct Interviews with 3 members of the board to understand the vision and strategy of the institution
• Conduct Interviews with 3 key staff to understand their perceptions and views on product offering.
• Conduct interviews with the 5-smallholder farmer clients and 3 non/potential clients to understand their unmet needs.
• Facilitate a product development workshop with key staff and stakeholders
• Design the identified product prototypes and their features and benefits
• Present draft products developed to senior management /credit committee and board representatives for their input
• Train relevant staff on product testing and roll out
• Finalize the documentation of loan products remotely
• Hold debriefing with F2F and a possible meeting with the USAID remotely.
• Develop and submit a final trip report
End of Assignment Report and Other Deliverables Required:
• Summary report on trends, patterns, and insights on loan products on offer, gaps and opportunities
• Loan products developed
• A final trip report detailing work completed as well as recommendations for the host organization.
• A PowerPoint presentation for debriefing purposes
• Training conducted, and people trained
• One blog post or equivalent
The expertise of Volunteer Experts Requested:
• Degree in banking, business intelligence or analytics or equivalent with 10+ years of experience
• Relevant experience (10+ years) in Agri finance and digital finance in (Sub-Saharan) Africa
• Excellent analytical, and presentation skills. Maximum attention to details and quality of outputs.
• Experience in rural financial product(s) development using Human-Centered Design (HCD), Agile approaches (5+ years)
• Experience in loan product testing and roll out
• Experience in providing technical support to financial service providers (Banks, MFIs, SACCOs) to develop, test, adapt and automate credit scoring scorecard solutions (5+ years)
• Familiarity and experience in working in expanding access to financial services to SMEs and implementing innovative financial products and/or facilities.
• Familiarity with the activities required for SME lending development and scaling.
• Experience in credit risk evaluation and management, especially for SMEs
• Familiarity with software/API integrations, APS systems, core banking systems, etc.
• Strong organizational and facilitation skills and the ability to handle complex tasks with tight deadlines
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
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