Key Expert “Senior Business Development Specialist” for EIB Technical Assistance Programme to the EIB West and Central Africa MF & M/SME Funds (350 working days)

Key Expert “Senior Business Development Specialist” for EIB Technical Assistance Programme to the EIB West and Central Africa MF & M/SME Funds (350 working days)

Agriculture & Finance Consultants GmbH (AFC) is a private German consulting firm focusing on agriculture/agribusiness and financial sector development projects in developing and transition countries (https://www.afci.de/). We employ 47 permanent staff members at our headquarters in Bonn/Germany and on average contract 50 long-term and more than 350 short-term consultants throughout the year implementing projects for various donor organizations  (e.g. EIB, KfW, GIZ, World Bank, AFD, EBRD). In 2007, AFC became a member of GOPA Consulting Group, Germany's largest group of consulting firms in development cooperation.

Objective of Project

AFC is preparing the tender documents for the EIB Technical Assistance Programme to the EIB West and Central Africa MF & M/SME Funds.  The purpose of this technical assistance operation is to support EIB partner FIs in West and Central Africa to deploy funding in an efficient, responsible and sustainable manner, in accordance with the EIB’s standards and requirements through capacity building and technical assistance, thereby safeguarding the EIB’s reputation and investments.

AFC is currently managing two similar EIB Technical Assistance projects in East Africa and in Eastern Europe with a focus on MSME finance.  For further information please visit http://www.ta-eca.eu/ .

Scope of Work

The Senior Business Development Specialist will work as coach-trainer, and will diagnose needs among the Final Beneficiaries and draft TOR to mobilise Short-term experts and quality control their deliverables. Key expert 3 will be in close contact with the FIs to detect Final Beneficiaries training needs.

 

Qualifications: 

Qualification and Skills:

  • At least a university degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Finance,
  • Banking, or related field;
  • Educational / trainer certification;
  • Full fluency in English and/or French with a strong working knowledge of the other is required;
  • Computer literate;

General Professional Experience

  • Excellent management skills as demonstrated by 3 years in a recent senior management role;
  • 3 years practical experience and proven track record in delivering professional bank and/or business training programmes, preferably in West and Central Africa;
  • Experience of designing financial literacy programs also at an academic level is an advantage;
  • Good analytical skills in all aspects of the loan generation cycle, and in identification and mitigation of lending risks in the MSME sector, as demonstrated by 3 years relevant experience.

Specific Professional Experience

  • Strong regional experience as demonstrated by 5 years of relevant international professional experience (based outside the country of origin) of which 2-3 years should have been spent managing financial services activities in sub-Saharan Africa preferably in at least one of the countries of West and Central Africa;
  • 5 years professional experience and proven track record in the MSME sector preferably in the Region
  • Practical experience and proven track record of 5 years in organising and delivering successful tailored training programmes to MSMEs and self-employed persons on topics such as financial literacy and business management;
  • 2 years’ experience in conducting successful banking, micro-lending or BDS training of trainers (adult learning).

Interested candidates please send their most recent CVs to Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de until January, 30 2019 latest.

Kindly note that the suitable expert will be requested to present certificates of all underlying assignments in the course of the tender process, as a requirement by the EIB.