March 21st, 2023 at 01:21 pm
Access to Finance Advisor at SNV Ghana
Company Description
SNV is a non-profit international development organization that uses practical knowledge to improve the lives of poor people in a way that lasts. We use our large and long-term presence in the country to use and adapt our top-notch expertise in agriculture, energy, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to local needs.
SNV makes €130 million a year and has over 1,250 employees in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We are proud to be a non-profit organization that uses project financing to carry out its mission. This means we have to work well and put money into improving how we do things.
During project planning and implementation, SNV works more directly to change systems. We do this by strengthening institutions and getting markets going, which help many more people get out of poverty after our projects end. We keep putting ourselves out there as a high-quality organization with decentralized management.
Our teams all over the world are helped by our Global Support Unit, which has 70 people on staff. Visit our website, www.snv.org, to learn more about SNV.
Overview and Background
As a development organization that works to help the poor, SNV helps smallholder farmers improve their production efficiency and product quality, get better access to inputs and farm management services, and make their farms more resistant to climate change by using climate-smart practices.
SNV also helps farmers organize themselves better, gives them better access to markets, and secures companies’ supply bases by making farmers more loyal and investing in fair, equitable, and long-term practices.
SNV is getting ready to start a project that will help improve the supply of high-quality white sorghum for processing. The project will help over 13,000 smallholders in up to 16 districts in Ghana’s sorghum-growing belt.
The planned project should make it easier for small farmers and commercial farmers, like women and young people, to get access to production resources and create a strong environment for growth. The main goal is to turn around the white sorghum supply chain so that farmers see high-quality sorghum as a profitable business crop that works well with sustainable farming systems.
SNV is looking for people to apply for a full-time job as an Advisor, Access to Finance for the planned project. This will help the project get started.
Job Description
Under the direction of the Project Manager, the “Advisor, Access to Finance” is in charge of developing and putting into action the project’s inclusive finance part. S/he will be in charge of designing and carrying out interventions that help actors in the sorghum value chain get access to production financing. Farmers, aggregators, input dealers, and service providers who use machines will be among these actors, but they won’t be the only ones.
He or she will also be in charge of making it easier for people to use other financial services, like payment systems, savings, credit, and measures to reduce risk. The Access to Finance Advisor will also work with private sector players in the sorghum value chain and financial institutions to develop agri-finance products that support investments in the sorghum value chain. This will help increase the production of sorghum in a sustainable way. The person who gets the job will work with the project manager.
Duties & Responsibilities
Some of the most important things the Advisor will have to do are:
- Help set up VSLAs and make it easier for farmers to get fair and reliable access to agricultural inputs, financing, and business practices that include everyone.
- Help farmers and other actors in the value chain get credit by dividing them into groups and building their creditworthiness. On the other hand, work with the right financial institutions to create the right agri-finance product that meets the needs of actors in the sorghum value chain.
- Make sure that the project plan is carried out well so that small farmers and commercial farmers in the project districts can grow more sorghum.
- Getting people to work together to make sorghum.
- Lead training activities for actors on how to get access to money.
- Profiling or assessing the financial needs of actors and making sure they have the connections they need to get financial services.
- Check out financial institutions to see if they can help actors get the money they need.
- In the sorghum value chain, you will be in charge of building technical and organizational skills to help businesses grow and develop. This will give women and young people (both men and women) more power.
- Lead the business development plans of aggregators to improve their ability to work with farmers to get sorghum.
- Help farmers learn about preparing the land for planting and planting, as well as good farming practices after planting. You can also help with pre-harvesting meetings, making farmers aware of pricing agreements, grain quality standards, and ways to prevent losses after harvesting.
- Make farmers more loyal to sorghum grain sources.
- Lead, manage, and help with sorghum production in at least four (4) districts.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Development Finance, Agriculture Economics, Development Economics, Economics, Public Policy, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least five (5) years of professional experience in the agri-finance sector working with SMEs, MSMEs, farmers, input credit schemes, etc.
- Proven experience working in rural communities with commercial financial institutions, impact investors, rural banks, and microfinance institutions.
- Experience developing and implementing the part of a project that deals with inclusive finance. Experience with larger, more complex, or multi-sectoral projects or programs is preferred.
- Know about cooperatives for saving and borrowing money, rotating savings groups, and village savings and loan associations.
- Strong communication skills, such as being able to write reports and give presentations.
- Keep an eye on and write down signs that the project is in line with production and finances.
- Any other job that the project manager gives him or her.
Key competencies
- Entrepreneurial, focused on getting things done, and a change agent.
- Ability to talk to farmers and business owners along the agricultural value chain in a good way.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including good social and networking skills, the ability to work with governments and the private sector, including the ability to persuade, and the ability to work well in a matrix organization.
- Able to help and motivate the private sector to grow businesses.
- Experience with managing and writing down information.
- Team player and confident to work in a setting with people from different backgrounds and fields of study.
- Ability to meet deadlines; Ability to work on your own and take the initiative; Ability to work on your own.
- Being able to coach can help a business grow.
- They are willing and able to do the tasks they are given.
How to Apply for Access to Finance Advisor at SNV Ghana
Closing Date: 21st March 2023
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