MSME & Agricultural Lending Senior Consultant

Business & Finance Consulting (BFC) (www.bfconsulting.com), a Swiss consultancy with an excellent international profile in development finance, invites applications for the position of MSME & Agricultural LendingConsultant within our on-going projects in Georgia, Armenia and Kirgizia.

Duty station: Georgia, Armenia and Kirgizia

Duration: 12 months full-time input or short term assignments possible.

Job responsibilities:

• Advise and assist partner financial institutions (PFIs) in best practice lending approaches to rural MSME, agribusiness, and farmers
• Lead the diagnostics, design and implementation of the PFIs agrifinance operations
• Develop the strategy for the enhancement of the agricultural lending operations
• Set-up agricultural lending scheme and participate in the development of adequate lending procedures and policies
• Design new financial products for rural MSMEs
• Assess capacity building needs, design and implement necessary training measures for PFIs

Requirements:

• University degree in Finance and/or Banking or related fields
• At least 5 years of lending experience in banks or microfinance institutions
• Practical experience in agricultural lending
• Good knowledge of international good case practices in agricultural lending
• Previous consulting and/or training experience is an advantage
• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Initiative and ability to perform under time pressure
• Fluent English (both written and spoken)
• Russian is an advantage

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter online at http://bfconsulting.com/about/vacancies/or to recruiting@bfconsulting.com.

The deadline for applications is April 30 th, 2016, COB.