Assistant Manager Livestock Husbandry & Monitoring at Equity Bank Kenya

Job Purpose:

The role holder will work jointly with segments and branches in offering advisory on livestock performance, market trends, challenges and opportunities related to livestock financing.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting visits to assess and report on Livestock performance for clients and regions financed by the bank for production as well as on potential borrowers 
• Advise the bank on potential areas and timings for Financing Livestock farmers and traders based on forecasted weather and rainfall patterns.
• Onboard clients on livestock Insurance 
• Advise the bank on Emerging trends and opportunities in livestock production systems.
• Monitor Livestock performance and trigger compensation by underwriters.
• Liaison with key stakeholders in the livestock industry.
• Coordinating bank participation in events within the sub-sector ensuring value maximization.

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree with a major in livestock production, nutrition or Animal breeding/Production Systems. 
•  Any other professional qualification in technical analysis, Research, project management is an added advantage. 
•  At least eight (5) years of relevant experience in the Food & Agriculture, five (3) of which must be in technical level of the sector.
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Sector analysis tools, etc.)

Key Competencies & Skills

• Self-motivated. 
• Strong interpersonal skills 
• Desire to succeed
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems 
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Commitment to working with Agriculture based segment of the population.
• Ability to conduct thorough analysis of livestock status/performance, offer relevant advisory service and develop a farm status / performance report.