The position exists to develop markets for the Trust Funds and manage the operational tasks of the Trust, ensuring that the lending institutions adhere to the goals and overall objectives of the Funds and to report on the impact of the Funds in line with the objectives of the Trust. According to set unit budgets from time to time. Ensuring sustainable business growth and market development for the Trust. Reviewing, processing of fund requests from partner financial institutions and monitoring of funded projects to ensure compliance with fund(s) objectives. Promoting and monitoring portfolio growth and preservation in line with laid down operational policies and procedures. Establish sustainable relationship management with borrower financial institutional institutions and beneficiary agricultural value chain actors to ensure repeat business and that all borrowed funds are repaid. Identifies or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities. Working directly with partner financial institutions and  agribusinesses to promote the expansion of credit opportunities to support smallholder farmer; Develop, grow and administer a sustainable revolving fund channelled towards providing direct and indirect support in the small holder farmer value chain; Promoting  the growth and preservation of the Trust Funds by ensuring that all borrowed funds are  repaid; Reviewing and processing of fund requests from partner financial institutions; Screens and recommends potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities. Develops negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with the Trust strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals. Ensuring fund quality and organizational stability through development and implementation of standards and controls, systems, procedures, and regular evaluation; Establishing and maintaining a fully functional tracking and reporting system to manage the day-to-day operations of the fund; Working with partner financial institutions in creating  awareness on the Trust Funds to value chain actors such as contracting companies, processors, traders, transporters, agro-dealers, distributors and service providers; Recovery of the disbursed loans; Developing a marketing strategy for the Trust  Funds; Carrying out due diligence on and maintain regular contact with Clients of banks to ensure that the funds are used in compliance with objectives of the Trust Funds; Monitoring the  use of borrowed funds by the clients of Financial institutions through regular visits to client premises; Recommending training courses on general business management skills to beneficiaries of the fund; Liaising with Financial institutions to identify training needs of current and potential borrowers of the Funds; Developing criteria for risk assessment and applying this to minimise risks to the Funds; Receive and assess periodic reports from the Financial Institutions in line with reporting criteria; Compile periodic reports about the state of the Fund.

Job evaluation subgrade: E