#Experience
• Minimum of seven years for BA or five years for MA
• Prior experience in the area of business development, project management, research or on another similar areas is required
Education
MA or BA degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Cooperatives, Agricultural Economics, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Agri-Business Management, Seed Science and Technology, Food Science, Apiculture, Economics, Project Management, Developmental Studies and other related fields
Main Role and Responsibility
• Developing linkage strategy with cooperative and agricultural banking customer segments
• Work closely with stakeholders with alike mission of transforming the agricultural and cooperatives sector in order to help the cooperative and agricultural banking customer resource mobilization effort.
• Advises/consults cooperative and agricultural banking customer (federations, unions, primary cooperatives, model farmers and other small holder framers) about the banking solutions provided by the bank
• Understand the need of the cooperative and agricultural banking customers at all level and design the appropriate values for them.
• Provide regular value-added engagement with clients and other stakeholders via periodic business visit, meetings, consistent communication, and seminars
• Understand cooperative and agricultural banking business models and integrate the bank’s products and services with the business model.
• Study trends and analyze competition of the market and prepare feasible new lines of business for the bank’s cooperative and agricultural banking sub-segment.
• Provide input and participate in the development and implementation of Cooperative and Agricultural Banking process strategies, policies, and procedures to achieve Coopbank’s strategic objectives.
• Participate in continuously reviewing the Process’s business and operating models to ensure efficiency; reduce wastage of resources and drive productivity by improving systems and work processes.
• Identifying cooperatives of different types and levels and propose and administer different intervention so as to create model cooperatives to encourage cooperative sector business development and enhance cooperatives business operations through the bank.
• Conduct assessment to identify gaps in cooperative and agricultural banking operation areas that can be addressed through different business development interventions.
• Developing concept notes and business proposals to create a strategic partnership with development partners such as NGO’s, cooperative promotion offices and agriculture offices working at federal and regional level;
• Developing Cooperative and Agriculture tailored new products and services;
• Engaging in promoting and advocating the role of cooperatives, model cooperatives in improving the livelihood of the communities at the grassroots level to the general public;
• Preparing the policy papers, and participating on various policy and research engagements in areas of cooperatives and rural development.
• Prepare tailored business plan that can be used for cooperatives and agricultural banking customers
• Work with other stake holders to create business linkage among cooperatives and market linkage for farmers.
• Minimum of seven years for BA or five years for MA
• Prior experience in the area of business development, project management, research or on another similar areas is required
Education
MA or BA degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Cooperatives, Agricultural Economics, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Agri-Business Management, Seed Science and Technology, Food Science, Apiculture, Economics, Project Management, Developmental Studies and other related fields
Main Role and Responsibility
• Developing linkage strategy with cooperative and agricultural banking customer segments
• Work closely with stakeholders with alike mission of transforming the agricultural and cooperatives sector in order to help the cooperative and agricultural banking customer resource mobilization effort.
• Advises/consults cooperative and agricultural banking customer (federations, unions, primary cooperatives, model farmers and other small holder framers) about the banking solutions provided by the bank
• Understand the need of the cooperative and agricultural banking customers at all level and design the appropriate values for them.
• Provide regular value-added engagement with clients and other stakeholders via periodic business visit, meetings, consistent communication, and seminars
• Understand cooperative and agricultural banking business models and integrate the bank’s products and services with the business model.
• Study trends and analyze competition of the market and prepare feasible new lines of business for the bank’s cooperative and agricultural banking sub-segment.
• Provide input and participate in the development and implementation of Cooperative and Agricultural Banking process strategies, policies, and procedures to achieve Coopbank’s strategic objectives.
• Participate in continuously reviewing the Process’s business and operating models to ensure efficiency; reduce wastage of resources and drive productivity by improving systems and work processes.
• Identifying cooperatives of different types and levels and propose and administer different intervention so as to create model cooperatives to encourage cooperative sector business development and enhance cooperatives business operations through the bank.
• Conduct assessment to identify gaps in cooperative and agricultural banking operation areas that can be addressed through different business development interventions.
• Developing concept notes and business proposals to create a strategic partnership with development partners such as NGO’s, cooperative promotion offices and agriculture offices working at federal and regional level;
• Developing Cooperative and Agriculture tailored new products and services;
• Engaging in promoting and advocating the role of cooperatives, model cooperatives in improving the livelihood of the communities at the grassroots level to the general public;
• Preparing the policy papers, and participating on various policy and research engagements in areas of cooperatives and rural development.
• Prepare tailored business plan that can be used for cooperatives and agricultural banking customers
• Work with other stake holders to create business linkage among cooperatives and market linkage for farmers.