Job Vacancy: Broker Lead

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Job Vacancy: Job title: Broker Lead

Job description: About IFDCIFDC is a public international organization active in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, and America. IFDC uniquely approaches the global issues of food security and poverty by bridging the gap between research and impact, combining science-based innovations, holistic market systems development, an enabling policy environment, and strategic partnerships to assist farmers and countries to identify and scale sustainable agricultural solutions, including improved nutrient use efficiency. These approaches are needed to boost soil health and crop productivity while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizer use. IFDC translates research into action by using locally driven, environmentally sound, and impact-oriented solutions. With our partners, we seek to close the yield gap, eradicate global hunger, safeguard the soils on which our lives depend, and generate economic resilience for farming households and the countries in which they live.IFDC is currently seeking passionate individuals to join its team, as the organization continues to expand its impact and work towards creating positive changes in agriculture and sustainable soil management across the world.Position SummaryThe Broker Lead will champion financial brokerage between the suppliers and demanders of finances for the Soil-Values program activities. (S)he will be posted in one of the four Soil Values focus countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Northern Nigeria).ResponsibilitiesResponsible for leading Soil Values financial brokering activities, partners’ access to finance, financial inclusion, investment readiness analyses working with a wide range of partners including but not limited to agri-finance/value-chain specialists, consultants and/or interns in a manner that supports and guides the Program’s sustainable investments in soil health management practices.

• Origination of financial deals, execution, and financial deals portfolio management.
• Development and review of the financial models and conducting financial sensitivity analyses for the investment proposals while matching supply-side and demand-side of finances.
• Evaluate investment proposals and investment risks of the deals; identify, measure, and mitigate the risk of new transactions and make recommendations regarding deals structuring, and pricing.
• Identify areas of exposure within the project activities with regard to brokering/inclusion, climate risk – develop mitigating factors, and investments monitoring tools.
• Maintain relations by visiting project/client’s businesses, collecting data, and understanding the economies of the business for financial advisory services.
• Provide capacity strengthening (training, coaching, and mentoring) to internal and external partners supporting soil health investment activities to ensure increased revenue and impact from their operations.
• Work with the private sector to determine how the program can facilitate investment in long-term, multi-facetted productivity improvements and implement chosen solutions.
• Involve and create financial opportunities for women (e.g., farmer groups, service providers).

Job Requirements

• A degree in agriculture, agribusiness, economics, business administration, finance, banking, or any discipline relevant to Agri-Finance and Investment Banking, a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 6 years’ experience in agricultural finance, Agri-banking consulting/advisory of which 3-5 years of relevant experience in the Agri-Credit-Financing department/field for a bank.
• Track record in investment plan preparation, Agri-value chains profitability analysis, access to finance brokering and indebt knowledge of Agri- financial products/instruments available in the financial market suitable for smallholder farmers, and Agri-SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Proven capacity to work with teams operating at a distance in a development work (NGO) environment for at least 3 years is a must.
• Experience in working with FinTech and supply chain financial digital platforms is desirable.
• A history of successfully generating new revenue streams and improving financial results
• Ability to coach, lead, stimulate, and inspire professionals.
• Fluency in speaking and writing English and French.
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout the West African region.

Reporting and Work RelationshipsThe Component Lead – Broker is supervised by and reports to the Deputy Program Director – Technical. (S)he works in close collaboration with project colleagues, other IFDC staff and colleagues from other project consortium members.LocationThis role is for nationally recruited staff and is based in one of the IFDC offices in Niger, Northern Nigeria, Mali, or Burkina Faso.BenefitsIFDC’s benefits include annual and sick leave, health and group life insurance coverage, a 13th-month salary, social security and pension contribution in compliance with local laws and end-of-contract benefits.Salary ClauseThe salary grade for this position is BG 9.The determination of new employee salaries considers numerous factors. These include the salary range linked to the assigned job grade, the candidate’s qualifications in relation to the job’s responsibilities and prerequisites, internal fairness, the competitive state of the job market, as well as potential organizational and budgetary considerations.Diversity ClauseIFDC is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, and offers equal employment opportunities based on ability, performance, and potential. Equal opportunity is integral to the recruitment and selection practices at IFDC. IFDC recognizes the value in recruiting employees with different backgrounds, knowledge, experiences, perspectives, and beliefs. IFDC recognizes and values the contribution of people with a diverse background in capabilities, experience, and perspectives. Diversity encompasses gender, age, experience, education, ethnicity, religious, sexual orientation and cultural backgrounds as well as other dimensions such as lifestyle and family responsibilities.About Soil ValuesSoil Values is a 100 million 10-years program funded by The Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) to cover four focus countries i.e. Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Northern Nigeria.The goal of Soil Values is to sustainably manage soil fertility towards increasing food production and improving resilience of small-scale food producers to climate change and shocks in the Sahel.Soil Values will cover five intervention areas namely:

• Bundling agro-technical and socio-economic interventions into packages adapted to farm conditions.
• Optimizing landscape and watershed management through participatory planning for the integrated efficient use of soil, water, and biodiversity.
• Brokering financial instruments to provide financial and other incentives for farmers to sustainably manage soil fertility.
• Convening parties to collectively develop conducive policies on sustainable soil fertility management practices for stakeholders to co-opt.
• Scoping potential solutions worldwide and learning from proven technologies and approaches to arrive at innovative agro-technical and socio-institutional interventions.

Through the above, Soil Values seeks to address soil fertility constraints and to achieve sustainable management of soil health and fertility in a way that contributes to ecologically sustainable improvements in food productivity and to increased resilience of small-scale food producers (arable and/or livestock farmers) in the Sahel.Required SkillsRequired Experience

Location: Mali – Nigeria

Job date: Thu, 09 May 2024 22:25:53 GMT

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