Job Description

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Job Advert Summary

(Land Bank) is South Africa's only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank's sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.



To drive activities to develop and manage strategic partnerships with the private sector, development banks and financial institutions and major implementing partners and agriculture ecosystem partners; that are necessary to drive agricultural transformation and inclusion

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Key Performance Areas

1. Strategic Partnership Development and Coordination

Strategic Partnerships Development Secure Strategic Partners Develop partnership implementation plan Implementation of Agricultural Support Projects with strategic partners Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination and Communication Advocacy and Promotion

2. Enterprise and Supplier Development Implementation and Coordination

Enterprise and Supplier Development Strategy and Implementation Plan Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme Support implementation of Preferential Procurement Drive ESD Audit Drive ESD performance management and Reporting Drive ESD marketing and communication

3. Fund Raising and Farmer Acquisition

Marketing & Outreach for Land Bank Initiatives Funding & Capital Raising Farmer Client Acquisition & Development

4. Support Pre and Post Investment Implementation

Pre Investment Support Post Investment Support

5. Implementation of Partnership Agriculture and Value Chain Support Initiatives

Drive Agriculture Support Initiatives Agricultural Value Chain Support

6. People Management

Performance Management Capacity Planning





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Preferred Minimum Education and Experience

Degree in Communications, Commerce / Science / Agriculture



Experience at management level > 3 years



Experience at specialist level as ESD specialist, preferably in agriculture > 5 years

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Critical Competencies

1. Agriculture Ecosystem Stakeholder and client management



2. Farmer development and technical support



3. ESD



4. Partnership Development



5. Legislative and regulatory context

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Additional Requirements

1. Knowledge of PFMA



2. Knowledge of Land Bank Act



3. Knowledge Banking Products



4. Knowledge of Agricultural Operations