Executive Manager: Strategic Partnerships

at  Land Bank Careers

JOB ADVERT SUMMARY

(Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s 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.

PREFERRED MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• B.degree in Agriculture
• 15 years experience in Strategic Partnership Management in the Agriculture sector
• 15 years exposure to Banking and Insurance
• 15 years experience in a Development Finance institution and/or State Owned Entity Environment
• 15 years track record of managing Partnership Development
• 15 years experience with the Commercial farmer sector
• 15 years experience with the Development farmer sector

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Travel extensively
• Extended hours as and when required
• Driver’s License (Code 08)

Develop and drive a strategic partnerships plan in order to establish relationships with key stakeholders in the sector. Examples of strategic partnerships are with DFI’s, National/Provincial/Local Government, Commodity Organisations, Farming Organisations and Agricultural Associations and Private Partnerships. Leverage key partnerships in the Land Bank that align with the LBI strategy and objectives. Evaluate strategic partnerships that would create the most social impact and new business opportunities for LBI. Ensure alignment of the Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes with the Land Bank and maximise impact by developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on CSI engagements. Define, develop, implement and monitor a strategic partnerships management policy, framework and engagement plans in line with the Bank’s strategy and objectives and ensure their review and amendment where required. Be instrumental in the development of new MOU’s and maintain repository of existing MOU’s and ensure hand over to relevant departments to take partnerships forward, where applicable.