Job Description

The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africaxe2x80x99s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bankxe2x80x99s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To ensure the development, growth and sustainability of the Land Bank loan Portfolio through the execution of development projects for the AGRI sector:

• Identifying, pursuing and initiating projects to grow the sector in partnership with relevant DFIxe2x80x99s, Intermediaries, Clients and, or Private Entities.
• In collaboration with Management set the strategic and operational direction for project origination and project preparation for investment with relevant partners.
• Taking a lead in terms of appraisal of development projects with inputs from sectorial specialists and business analysts to confirm the development impact.
• Conducting a comprehensive analysis required for the effective structuring and packaging of development project transactions and provide innovative and flexible financial structures / solutions for various levels (complexity) of development transactions.

Land Bank