Current Opportunities at Land Bank Careers

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To plan, direct, lead and manage the provincial business unit within relevant governance structures to attain approved provincial objectives, including business growth and profitability targets as well as development objectives. Drives business value by developing and implementing new and reviewed operational strategies across the deal origination environment as well as ensure acceptable customer service standards are met.
• Build and maintain external stakeholder relations, including the local community, local as well as provincial government, and to increase the Bank's visibility to enhance new and existing business opportunities.
• Manages the day-to-day operations, including sales and business support services and related administration activities, incorporating lending, product sales, customer service, operations, security and safety in accordance with the Bank's guidelines, policies and objectives, thereby ensuring high levels of performance as well as sound security, quality, risk control and governance at provincial level.
• The suitable candidate will have diversified and multidisciplinary knowledge and experience, with strong leadership qualities to strategically and innovatively lead the province. The suitable candidate will demonstrate excellent knowledge, skills and experience in the following key performance areas.

Key Performance Areas    
Business and Operations Management

• Define and plan the objectives of the Provincial Office (PO) in accordance with the Commercial and Development strategy;
• Determine the deliverables of the PO in line with agreed overall objectives;
• Ongoing evaluation of operations, with input provided as potential areas of improvement are identified to improve the efficiency of recommend improvements to systems and processes to meet defined professional standards;
• Monitor, evaluate and manage business performance at provincial level in accordance with the agreed targets and customer service level benchmarks;

Business Growth and Delivery of Value Proposition

• Align Provincial Business Plan to the organisation’s strategy and determine the applicable deliverables and targets for the Provincial team;
• Technical business case assessment and recommendations for Credit approvals;
• Gatekeeping responsibility for the quality of, and mandate fit of customer applications in the Region.
• Make pricing Recommendations to Credit Committees.
• Customer service failure recovery interventions / decisions.

Development Impact Mandate

• Deliver on agreed provincial development mandate in support of the overarching Regional and Divisional targets
• Identify, facilitate and manage the execution of agricultural development projects at a provincial level.

Customer Value and Stakeholder Management

• Create a strong sales and service culture, fostering collaboration to drive the achievement of all scorecard targets and behaviours to continuously improve the customer service experience; and
• Resolve escalated customer complaints / issues promptly and effectively with relevant feedback captured and appropriately communicated.
• Identify, establish and maintain key stakeholder relationships within the province and targeted industry segments in accordance with Land Bank values, including provincial government structures, agriculture role players and local community leaders to create opportunities for growth;

Financial Sustainability

• Facilitate the achievement of the agreed financial sustainability and profitability targets for the province;
• Ensure achievement of appropriate pricing and financial returns on transactions, in accordance with the prevailing organisational strategic objectives;
• Provide input into the annual budget and monitor the implementation by effectively managing costs and avoid over spending;
• Manage the budget in accordance with relevant governance and take appropriate corrective action as required;

Governance, Risk and Compliance Enablement

• Analysis of the Bank’s policies, processes and practices to identify where amendments are required;
• Review processes and procedures and manage compliance in line with changes to bank wide policy;
• Ensure successful implementation of new policies, processes, systems and controls;
• Ensure alignment to the Delegation of Powers with the necessary procedure amendments;
• Manage the exposure with respect to applications granted at provincial level to protect the interests of the Bank;
• Action and resolve all audit queries pertaining to the PO;

Departmental and People Management
Performance Management

• Analyse the business plan to determine the applicable deliverables and targets
• Compile the Performance Management documentation in collaboration with the staff member in terms of:
• Job Profile requirements

Key Performance Areas

Personal Development Plan

• Conduct performance planning session and Track and monitor performance in accordance with performance contracts

Capacity Planning

• Create a healthy work environment where the full potential of employees is utilized and developed
• Ongoing support and advice to management teams, entities, shareholders, internal and external clients
• Determine the human resource requirements, in accordance with the expected deliverables and current capacity
• Secure the human capital requirements to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets

Financial Management

• Develop and manage budget
• Manage expenditure and ensure no fruitless expenditure
• Adhere to financial guidelines and thus ensure proper control over expenditure
• Pursue divisional targets and manage the financial health and stability of division
• Preferred Minimum Education and Experience    
• B Degree in Commerce, Business Sciences, or other equivalent qualification in Banking and Financial Service
• 5-8 years experience in Development Finance or Commercial Banking environment
• 5-8 years experience in Credit / Lending / Loan Assessment (Due Diligence & Financial Modelling)
• 2-3 years experience at management level as Branch Manager or Sales Manager which includes:
• Operations and service experience
• Stakeholder management experience
• Sales management experience

Critical Competencies    

• Microsoft Office
• Knowledge / Experience in SAP
• Accounting Principles
• Credit / Lending / Loan Assessment
• Financial Analysis / Due Diligence
• Customer service orientation
• Financial / Business Acumen
• Additional Requirements    
• Extended hours as and when required
• Willing to travel extensively

Closing Date    
2023/06/06

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MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Manage and lead the specific commodity (Grains, Livestock or Horticulture) team and ensure mobilisation of expert agriculture industry economics support services across the Bank with particular emphasis on where there are either skills / competency shortages or where potential investments are either highly complex or high value. 
• Provide ongoing technical advice and knowledge/information sharing to the Bank’s team to ensure submission of high quality accurate applications through support when requested in terms of good governance and compliance to legislation and best practice within the Land Bank’s policies and guidelines.

Key Performance Areas    

• Manage and ensure Mobilisation of Specialist Skills into Business Case Viability
• Take lead in the development and execution of a project plan in the processing of applications.
• Manage and lead the commodity team in their area of speciality in order to provide expert agricultural support to the Bank to facilitate accurate and efficient structuring of appropriate financial solutions and feasible transactions.
• Application of appropriate project management principles in the determination of the development phase of the farming venture, conducting the required valuation of the entity’s assets crop inspection, determining the realisable assets value, calculation of the production value and related loan value.
• Manage and lead the collaboration with and support of other Bank divisions, conduct collateral management valuations in accordance with the relevant Land Bank policy and procedures.
• Agricultural Knowledge Database and Knowledge Sharing
• To manage and lead the team in order to ensure support with the collection, process, and packaging of information in order to determine, amongst others, the following:
• Market value of property
• Production costs
• Establishment costs
• Profit margins
• Ensure relevant and updated information for knowledge sharing as and when required
• Contribute information to the national agricultural specialists’ database
• To ensure knowledge transfer to the various Bank representatives in order to ensure skills transfer and empowerment in terms of technical context.
• Customer and Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Build, foster and maintain consistent, effective and strong relationships with all stakeholders in order to strengthen relationships with the potential to secure new business opportunities for the bank.
• Ensure that all stakeholders remain aware of the value of the Land Bank’s products, the processes and principles related to agricultural financing within the Land Bank environment.
• Stay up to date with provincial initiatives and developments and further strengthen the relationship to assess further business opportunities to promote long-term mutually beneficial relationships.

People Management

Performance Management

• Analyse the business plan to determine the applicable deliverables and targets
• Compile the Performance Management documentation in collaboration with the staff member in terms of:

Job Profile requirements

Key Performance Areas

• Personal Development Plan
• Conduct performance planning session and Track and monitor performance in accordance with performance contracts.

Capacity Planning

• Determine the human resource requirements, in accordance with the expected deliverables and current capacity
• Secure the human capital requirements to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets
• Set and achieve employment equity targets.
• Minimise staff turnover
• Lead the department in such a manner as to foster innovation and technological excellence.

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience    

• Masters Level business Degree with Agriculture as base with project management experience
• Experience in Agricultural management and financial Extension Services - 7 years
• Experience in Agricultural businesses, a Co-op, or similar organisations, focusing on farm related financing - 7 years
• Project Management experience - 7 years

Critical Competencies    

• Microsoft Office
• Knowledge / Experience of financial and business analytical principles, tools and systems
• Farm Valuation Principles
• Agricultural Economics
• Risk Management Principles
• Lending / Credit Assessment Principles
• Financial and Business Acumen
• Project Management
• Additional Requirements    
• Knowledge/Experience of Agricultural Industry and commodities
• Knowledge of PFMA
• Knowledge of the National Credit Act, Company Law, Contract Law
• Knowledge of the Land Bank Act
• Extended hours as and when required
• Travel as and when required
• Needs to keep abreast with micro and macro agricultural economic trends

Closing Date    
2023/06/05

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MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• The purpose of this position is to assist the Chief Executive Officer in leading and directing the Bank through the project management of various strategic initiatives and operations management interventions to achieve effective and efficient application of corporate resources. To support the Chief Executive Officer to direct and control the office activities with particular emphasis on Strategic Management, Operational and Administrative functions. To review and validate organisational requests prior to sending to the Chief Executive Officer to determine relevance as aligned to the strategic direction of the organisation. 

Key Performance Areas    
Project Management of Strategic Interventions

• In liaison with the Chief Executive Officer manage various strategic initiatives and projects on behalf of the Office of the CEO. These include amongst others the following:
• Assist with the coordination of the development and implementation of the Corporate plan through planning and project management of required activities and inputs from executives
• Preparation and monitoring of the CEO Balanced Scorecard.
• Advise Exco management team to implement key strategies, projects and initiatives for the Bank.
• Undertake project/programme management initiatives as directed by the CEO
• Review the organisations Strategic Risk register as prepared by Risk Management and keep CEO up to date on lack of progress on identified risk areas and on emerging risks
• Attend and support relevant committees
• When required, serve at various committee meetings on behalf of the CEO
• Office Management and Strategic Resource Planning and Utilisation

Proactively manage the CEO’s Office with specific reference to the following:

• Coordinate and manage the development of the Office budget – short and long term and ensure alignment to the business plan and balanced scorecard
• Liaise and consult with the CEO’s PA on a continuous basis to ensure effective flow of documents/work and office procedures
• Procurement of professional services on behalf of CEO by preparing the relevant documents in accordance with policy
• Support the management of all external service provider arrangements/agreements on behalf of the CEO
• Brief and prepare the CEO in advance of meetings.
• Analyse and interpret data and/or reports to advice the CEO on appropriate way forward.
• Managing the administration of the CEO’s Office
• Act as the Office’s Risk champion. Co-ordination of all aspects related to business continuity and Enterprise Risk Management. Follow-up on Audit and Risk matters of the Office
• Works closely with Executives in order to evaluate resources (human, physical, technological, financial resources, time) deployments and decisions.
• Provides advice on possible adjustment regarding resource planning and allocation to keep such resources focused on high-priority projects (such as human, equipment, financial, resources.)

Documentation and Reporting

• Coordinate and/or prepares concept documents, reports, memos, letters and presentations on behalf of the CEO as and when required.
• Preparing CEO’s various submissions to Board, Sub Committees of Board and other initiatives.
• Tracking of all Board and Sub-Committee of Board resolutions and action items arising from the various meetings and ensure follow through actions to implement such.
• Following up on action items and ensuring that all actions are done by the agreed deadline

Providing inputs on documents when directed by the CEO:

• Work with Corporate Secretariat to co-ordinate the submissions to the various committees on behalf of the CEO.
• Coordinate and assist in the preparation of CEO’s submissions to Corporate Exco, Business Review, Board and Sub-Committee of Boards.
• Coordinate and assist in the preparation of submissions/reports to various meetings/initiatives as required by the CEO.

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience    

• Postgraduate tertiary qualification in Business Management
• 10 years of Relevant Strategic Project management / General Management work experience, particularly in the banking industry and/or economic development services.
• 10 years Operational and general management as well as leadership experience in a comparable environment

Critical Competencies    

• Microsoft Office
• Financial management
• Strategy formulation and execution
• Planning and project management experience
• Analytics and strategic reporting writing
• Business acumen and strategic advisory experience
• Policies and Procedures
• Systems 
• Legislation
• Additional Requirements    
• Extended hours as and when required
• Travel as and when required

Closing Date    
2023/06/07