SME Market & Finance Specialist
Job Description
Title: SME Market & Finance Specialist
Company Name: The International Food Policy Research Institute
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in business management, commerce, economics or agribusiness management plus 7 years of professional experience in SME Banking with a commercial bank, non-bank financing company or digital finance provider in Bangladesh or
∎ Master's degree in the above disciplines or equivalent certification plus 5 years of relevant experience as mentioned above.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ SUPERVISED BY: MULTILATERAL & POLICY ADVISOR
∎ JOB SUMMARY:
∎ HarvestPlus seeks a highly motivated SME Market and Finance Specialist to join our Bangladesh team. Applications are being invited in anticipation of an upcoming project focusing on COVID related stimulus financing for agribusinesses. This 18-month role is expected to enable growth-oriented small and medium enterprises to access both technical assistance and financing in Bangladesh; promote HarvestPlus` private sector development agenda; and develop and manage new financing partnerships.
∎ The position will be based in Dhaka.
∎ The Specialist will report to HarvestPlus` innovative finance workstream lead, based in Washington, DC. Interested applicants must have work authorization to work in Bangladesh and will be expected to travel to other countries in South Asia 10-15% of their time.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Specialist will build a network of banking (and other SME finance provider) and government relationships to accelerate access to finance in biofortification and other nutritious food value chains. Overall objectives will be to: map constraints in access to finance; identify and develop relationships with key stakeholders; manage and run business planning competitions and coordinate the application and monitoring process of finance activities.
∎ Specific duties include but are not limited to:
∎ Testing a new approach to facilitating stimulus finance for agribusinesses.
∎ Building partnerships with financial institutions.
∎ Delivering training on basic financial education for SMEs.
∎ Designing, managing and delivering a business planning competition.
∎ Coordinating applications for stimulus finance.
∎ Facilitating due diligence on selected agribusinesses.
∎ Collating portfolio reports on a regular basis.
∎ Documenting cases studies of entrepreneurs and their experiences.
∎ Expanding the stimulus finance program through partnerships with national donors. government and financing institutions.
∎ Providing support for learning activities as also a separate project track focused on savings groups.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Professional diplomas and undergraduates may apply if they have higher experience.
∎ Candidate should have a track record both in SME relationship management and credit management specifically in the rural segment.
∎ Strong credit and business planning skills. Experience in conducting trainings.
∎ The candidate should be very familiar with the landscape of financial service providers, innovative products in the Southern African region.
∎ Demonstrated experience interacting with stakeholders at various levels of government, including Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Education, etc. as well as with non-government organizations, including donors, private sector, and research organizations.
∎ Self-motivated, ability to work independently and comfortable working in different kinds of situations, rural, online, within a global team, including working well with team members located in multiple time zones and countries.
∎ Excellent English written and oral communication skills.
∎ Able to travel as needed. Full time availability.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 8 Apr 2021
Company Information:
∎ 25 Mar 2021
∎ The International Food Policy Research Institute
∎ Business : IFPRI is one of the international agricultural research institutes organized under the umbrella of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The mandate of IFPRI is to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting world food needs in ways that conserve the natural resource base, with emphasis on low income and on the poorer groups in the countries.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 8th Apr 2021
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