Project Manager: Project Development Facilitation at Secondments

Duties and Responsibilities    

Portfolio Management;

• Actively Manage Client Portfolio to ensure loan book sustainability and growth.
• Facilitate meetings with clients / partners / intermediaries to ascertain development lending requirements.
•  Project Identification, Preparation and Structuring
• Identify, pursue, and initiate opportunities to grow the development market within the Agri Sector and ensure alignment to the Strategic Pillars.
• Engage appropriate team resources to initiate negotiations with potential partners and lead transactors of funders/sponsors to address development financing needs.
• Conduct detailed feasibility studies (economic, technical, financials, social, environmental etc.).
• Provide innovative and flexible financing solutions for the project/s.
• Structure and package the project to ensure the most optimal deal considering legal aspects, regulations and the mandate of the Bank, and specifically the objective of development.
• Identify the key project role players, negotiate key performance areas and project milestones, manage project scope and develop project reporting mechanisms.
• Negotiate the essential success factors of the projects / transactions / deals with the relevant parties to the projects/transactions.

Stakeholder Relationship Management;

• Build, foster and maintain consistent, effective, and strong relationships with key industry role players and strengthen relationships.
• Special focus on partners that have similar development objectives with the Bank, such as Government Departments, Development Finance Institutions, Other Sponsor Funders, and Intermediaries.
• Stay up to date with Agri initiatives and developments and further strengthen the relationship to assess further business opportunities to promote long term mutually beneficial relationships.
• Participate in marketing events, whether hosted or invited.
• Ensure that all stakeholders remain aware of the value of the company products, the processes and principles related to agricultural financing within the company environment.
• Provide information to emerging farmers, potential agents and other stakeholders through presentations, attendance of agricultural shows/events and the like.

Team and Business Support;

• Work closely with other members of the division to deliver outstanding performance.
• Attend team meetings and contribute fully, including making suggestions for ways of improving service delivery and processes.
• Support the team by sharing knowledge and best practice.
• Attend to ad-hoc requests from management and contributes to the team success.
• Manage own career and personal development.
• Keep informed of relevant developments in the field of structured and project finance, and related expertise.
• Live the company values and demonstrates behaviour that is consistent with the company culture.

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience:

• Relevant B-Degree in Finance, Business Management, Economics, or Development Finance or NQF level 6 qualification in one of the following areas of specialisation– Accounting / Finance / Banking / Economics.
• Identifying, negotiating, and closing Projects in development  - 5 years
• Feasibility Studies, Structuring and Packaging of transactions - 3 to 5 years
• Relationship development and management of Key Stakeholders and External technical, legal, and advisory teams - 3 years

Critical Competencies:

• Microsoft Office
• Negotiations
• Project Management
• Risk Management Principles
• Market Development 
• Relevant legislative frameworks such as King III, PFMA, NCA etc.