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 effectively and efficiently administer from creation through to use, storage, reuse, and disposition (destruction and/or archiving), all the recorded information and in-process records of the Land Bank, regardless of medium or characteristics. To develop and manage a Land Bank wide Records Management programme designed to ensure record keeping and records management practices effectively meet the institutions
objectives and to ensure that records management practices of Land Bank comply with the legislative requirements, standards and international best practices. To develop high-quality records management systems for the Land Bank and to develop and promote improved records management practice across the whole organisation.

Land Bank