The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is a public international organization addressing critical issues such as international food security, the alleviation of global hunger and poverty, environmental protection and the promotion of economic development and self-sufficiency. IFDC focuses on increasing productivity across the agricultural value chain in developing countries. This is achieved by the creation and transfer of effective and environmentally sound crop nutrient technology and agribusiness expertise.
Job Title: Access to Finance Specialist
Location
Abuja
Job Field
Finance, Accounting, Audit, NGO, Non-Profit
Job Detail
The program entitled "Toward Sustainable Clusters in Agribusiness through Learning in Entrepreneurship, 2SCALE aims at improving rural livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Africa. It was created by a consortium of partners, led by the International Fertilizer Development Center, and comprising the Base-of-the-Pyramid Innovation Centre and the International Centre for development-oriented Research in Agriculture. The program is supported by a grant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate-General for International Cooperation, DGIS of the Netherlands.
The 2SCALE technical team is composed of country teams Cluster Advisor and Cluster Assistants Partnership Facilitators supported by cross-cutting thematic specialists with a regional scope access to finance, technical innovation, local empowerment; BoP marketing; action-research in partnership development; communications, grants, monitoring & evaluation IFDC seeks to recruit an Access to Finance Specialist to support 2SCALE interventions in West Africa.
Duties
The Access to Finance Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to significantly improve access to finance for agribusiness cluster- and value chain stakeholders in focus partnerships.
Qualifications
Master"s Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or other related field;
At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, including in one or several of the following areas: small and medium rural enterprise finance, agricultural value chain finance, microfinance, business development services, financial institutions;
Up-to-date knowledge of the agricultural finance environment in West Africa;
Resourceful, innovative and ready to test new approaches;
Result-orientation and ability to take initiatives under minimal supervision, and reach targets.
Ability to strictly meet deadlines;
Team player, at ease in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment;
Excellent spoken and written English, with the ability to write quality documents. Proficiency in French would be an advantage.
Women willing and able to travel intensively are highly encouraged to apply.
All Interested Candidates should forward CV and Application to barthur@ifdc.org or lbello@ifdc.org
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