Value Chain Finance Officer at The National Treasury and Economic Planning

Reporting to the Rural Finance Specialist, the Value Chain Finance Officer will support the Rural Finance Specialist in the management and coordination of the value chain finance activities of RK FINFA, especially manage the project’s connection with partner value chain projects and identify suitable pipeline for the RK FINFA TSIS services and later investments.
In addition, he/she will monitor the value chain financing model under the R-CGS special investment types. The specific duties of the Value Chain Officer will include:

• Support together with the Rural Finance Specialist, to the start-up and subsequent implementation to all rural finance-related RK-FINFA activities.
• 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.
• Assist the partner VC projects in provision of relevant pre-support to their target groups, enabling the stakeholders’ incorporation into the RK-FINFA pipeline.
• 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.
• Assist the banks in their design and implementation of the R-CGS investments especially the value chain financing product through MSMEs to their supply chains stakeholders
• Support linking of value chain projects to stakeholders to banks, microfinance banks and rural DT-SACCOS
• Conduct systematic and frequent field visits to support the PFIs in their RK FINFA supported field operations
• Conduct frequent and systematic field visit to support the PFIs in their RK-FINFA supported field operations.
• Take active part in the establishment and subsequent operations of the IT-based MIS and reporting systems for the R-CGS and GFF operations.

Minimum Requirements

• A University degree in Agriculture Finance, Economics, Agribusiness, or related discipline.
• Good understanding in rural finance and agriculture finance operations
• Good skills in strategic planning and partnership building
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Excellent communication skills.

Required work experience

• Relevant professional work experience with at least five years in rural finance and agriculture finance. Experience in externally funded development projects with focus on rural finance is an advantage.