Regional Coordinator

Location

Rangpur & Jashore

iFarmer is an award-winning agri-fintech business focusing on innovative financial services for smallholder farmers. iFarmer uses agriculture expertise, agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile phones to deliver financing, high-quality agriculture inputs, optimized farm advises and creates access to markets that can improve profitability for millions of farmers.

We are on a mission to “Democratize Agriculture financing and Supply chain”.

iFarmer works closely with multiple stakeholders across the agriculture value chain. We are supported by organizations such as UNCDF, UNESCAP, Asia Accelerator, Falcon Ventures, Startup Bangladesh, UNDP Youth CoLab, Acumen, and more.

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Vacancy

Fulltime

Job Type

40000-50000 BDT

Salary

15 August 2022

Deadline

Vacancy

Job Type

Fulltime

Salary

40000-50000 BDT

Deadline

15 August 2022

Department

Field Operations

Job Responsibilities

Overall management and coordination of iFarmer`s regional offices
Manage and coordinate iFarmer’s regional office; facilitate coordination and discussion between input, field operations and supply chain teams
Own and drive iFarmer’s financing/loan portfolio – grow the number of farmers applying for financial/support, ensure KYC, risk assessment and relevant information of farmer customers applying for loan/financial services, monitor the farmers and ensure recovery
Check & verify the accuracy of the loan applicants and project details to the point as per loan requisition
Timely credit recovery from field through MF’s and Sub-MF and prepare collection report
Support partner financial institutions to disburse and recover loans from the farmers.
Manage, monitor and where possible resolve customer (farmer) issues with regards to financial services and services from the iFarmer Centers
Coordinate with supply chain teams in planning and management of product sourcing, financial transactions for iFarmer Limited with regards to buying and selling of agricultural products from the region
Coordinate with Agri Input team to ensure smooth supply of agriculture inputs to the iFarmer Centers
Coordinates with finance team to ensure all financial processes, due diligence of the regional offices are compliant with the financial policy of iFarmer
Support and coordinate with regional legal and external affairs (Lawyer) to recover loans
Supervision and manage the performance of the iFarmer Centers in the region
Ensure that the iFarmer Centers are running smoothly and being able to offer the required services to the farmers
Prepare weekly/biweekly/monthly report of activities and progress of field activities
Plan, Update and monitor of daily field activity by the field facilitators
Set, Manage, and monitor the performance metrics and KPIs of Field Facilitators
Create and maintain accounting ledger of every field facilitator and the iFarmer Centers
Ensure timely recovery and revenue generation from the iFarmer Centers
From time to time visit the iFarmer Centers in different districts under the region
Loan disburses and collection report analysis, compile and follow-up
Manage local stakeholders such as govt offices, DAE, DLO and DOF offices, Banks and Insurance companies to ensure they are aware of iFarmer services and where necessary get support from these offices for iFarmer operations
Coordinates with Dhaka office finance team to ensure all financial processes, loan disburse and collection status update etc.
Provide Training to field staffs regarding norms, values, product of iFarmer to run the field activities smoothly
Daily, weekly and monthly accounts related report preparation and checking
Provide logistics support to field team
Regular and systematic credits follow up
Help senior management in facing the internal and external audit teams and serve them with all required data and documents

Requirements

5-10 years’ proven experience of working in and managing field operations for Microfinance organizations, Agriculture input companies and Financial Institutions
Master’s degree in relevant subject is a must.
Knowledge of farmer financing, credit recovery and agriculture product trading will be preferred
Experience in managing govt stakeholders and other Division and District level stakeholders is highly desirable
Ability to establish operational systems and processes to meet deliverables
Excellent Communications in Bangla and working level communication in English, with the ability to develop presentations and reports from the field office.
Skill required: Analytical ability, staff handling, Strong in MS Office (MS Word MS Excel and PowerPoint), ERP Software.
Frequently field visit.

Addtional Requirements

Strong communication and interpersonal skill
Interest to work in a coordination role.
Flexibility to travel for official tours.
Profound analysis and people management skill
Good in problem solving and decision-making skill which require independent and original thinking.

Other Benefits

Salary review: Once in a year
Weekly holidays
Group Insurance
Hospitalization benefits
2 yearly festival bonus

Apply Procedure

If you think you are eligible for the post, you can send your updated CV to career@ifarmer.asia by mentioning "Application for Regional Coordinator_ (Preferred Location)" in the subject line by August 15, 2022.

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