Access to Finance Director at Winrock International

Department: Agriculture & Enterprise

Reports to: Chief of Party

Major Responsibilities:

• Build capacity of market system actors, including pastoralists, processors and service providers to develop bankable business plans and access short, medium, and long-term financing.
• Work with financial institutions to develop and roll-out appropriate saving and lending products, and strengthen their capacity to assess agriculture credit risk related to the livestock sector.
• Identify opportunities for m-banking and other ICT-based solutions to improve accessibility of financial services.
• Identify bank and non-bank finance solutions and products for each level of the livestock market system including: service provision, production, processing and marketing.
• Expand access to risk mitigation products, such as livestock insurance.
• Strengthen community social safety nets through expansion of saving and lending group models.

Qualifications & Background:

Education:

• Advanced degree in degree in finance, business, or a related field

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of practical experience in the financial services sector, including at least 5 years of experience in agriculture, and preferably livestock lending.
• Proven track-record in rolling out new and innovative rural financing products, including supply chain finance instruments.
• Experience with both formal and informal finance mechanisms including savings groups.
• Track record in designing and rolling out training programs targeted as the market systems actors ranging from pastoralists to SMEs.
• Demonstrated understanding of the economic, social, and cultural dynamics of pastoralist production systems in Northern Kenya.
• Demonstrated networks and trust relations within the Kenyan finance community.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Demonstrated strong writing and oral presentation skills in English and Swahili
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong team player
• Ability to maintain the highest ethical standards at all times