SPECIALIST - AGRICULTURAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT - Gauteng, Centurion

SPECIALIST - AGRICULTURAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT - Gauteng, Centurion

SPECIALIST: AGRICULTURAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT
SALARY: R 800 522
CLOSING DATE 24 OCTOBER 2024

PURPOSE

- To design, develop and document agricultural models used for the assessment of agricultural enterprises in the primary agriculture segment. The model outputs assist Banking and Risk Management teams to make informed decisions about the bank ability of each transaction.
- To provide capacity building to the team of Agricultural Specialist and relevant transaction teams for a better understanding of the use of the agri tools or output interpretation. Make the teams understand the complex interaction between environmental factors, natural capital, management practices, agricultural norms,





financial performance and affordability to inform credit decision-making.
- To automate agricultural models within the credit value chain in order to create efficiencies and building database for analytics to improve agricultural adviosory and decision-making..
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Economics or similar..
EXPERIENCE
- Experience in agricultural and agricultural financial environment - 5 to 7 years
- Experience in management and farming operations - 5 to 7 years
- Experience in agricultural model development - 5 to 7 years
- Experience in training and coaching - 5 to 7 years.
JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop and Review agricultural evaluation tools (BF90, Cash Flow, Livestock calculators, etc)
- Develops and reviews agricultural evaluation tools at least annually or when required.
- Gets approval for implementation of updated or agricultural tools from the governance structures in line with DOP.
- Facilitate development of the tools on an IT platform and integration with other tools and systems.






- Project management of the process to automate the tools.
Training and Coaching of agricultural model users
- Conducts training sessions and coaching to the Agricultural Specialist in the provincial network on how to use agricultural tools, i.e., BF90, cash flow model, livestock calculators, etc.

Desired Skills:

- Experience in agricultural and agricultural financial environment
- Develop and Review agricultural evaluation tools
- BF90

Desired Work Experience:

- 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

- Degree

▶️ SPECIALIST - AGRICULTURAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT - Gauteng, Centurion
🖊️ M Ploy Global Resourcing
📍 Centurion