Job Profile: Reporting to the Zonal Manager, the Principal Business Development Officer II is responsible for driving zonal business growth, overseeing business operations, and safeguarding portfolio quality and principal financial performance. The role ensures alignment of zonal initiatives with the bank’s strategic objectives, project implementation, and the highest standards of integrity in delivering sustainable, sound judgment, and impactful results. The Officer leads business stakeholder development engagement within the Zone, building and managing high-level relationships with government institutions, regulators, private sector actors, and development partners to unlock financing opportunities and strengthen institutional presence.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Business Development Management
   • To monitor the implementation of policies, procedures, activities, and decisions in respective zone.
   • To provide technical support to developmental activities and clients.
   • To participate in monitoring and evaluating on-going and completed projects.
   • To seek and evaluate monitoring business opportunities in respective zone.
   • To monitor the implementation of loan/credit and related policies, processes and procedures.
   • To ensure applications for loan/credit are reviewed and approved.
   • To control overdrafts relating to development projects financing and development activities.
   • To develop and implement zone work plans for the zone.
   • To ensure adequate work plans to ensure development activities are adequately made in respective zone.
   • To develop and implement zone work plans for corporate and clients.
   • To maintain good working relationships with other divisions, departments and units as well as external stakeholders.
   • To perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.
2. Strategic Stakeholder Management
   • Build, manage, and deepen strategic government relationships, regulatory, and Ministries.
   • Develop and operationalize a structured stakeholder engagement management.
3. Government and Strategic Institutional Partnerships
   • Identify and originate strategic interventions, particularly agriculture, social sectors, and inclusive growth priority sectors.
   • Facilitate coordination and synergies among value chain actors to enhance productivity, competitiveness, and financial inclusion.
   • Oversee implementation and monitoring of strategic engagement programs within the Zone.
4. Public Engagement and Brand Visibility
   • Represent the bank in strategic public engagements, conferences, industry forums, events, and policy roundtables.
   • Enhance brand visibility and stakeholder confidence in the Zone.
   • Strengthen strategic communications with key partners and ecosystem players.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Experience working with financial institutions, agribusiness projects, or donor-funded programs.
• Proven knowledge of agriculture value chains (crops, livestock, fisheries, etc.), indicators, risk assessment, and performance use of M&E or MIS tools and dashboards.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams.
• High level of integrity, adaptability, and commitment to our mission as a development finance institution.
• Solid analytical and financial modelling skills to support credit and investment decision-making.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across high-level teams in a dynamic environment.
• Experience working with financial institutions, agribusiness projects, donor-funded programs will be an added advantage.
• Strong knowledge of project economics, finance, accounts, banking, and agricultural development.

Qualifications and Experience: Holder of bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Economics, Business Administration, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Accounts or its equivalent from a recognized institution with experience of at least seven (7) years in credit, portfolio management, business development, or agricultural development.

• To monitor the implementation of policies, procedures, activities, and decisions in respective zone.
• To provide technical support to developmental activities and clients.
• To participate in monitoring and evaluating on-going and completed projects.
• To seek and evaluate monitoring business opportunities in respective zone.
• To monitor the implementation of loan/credit and related policies, processes and procedures.
• To ensure applications for loan/credit are reviewed and approved.
• To control overdrafts relating to development projects financing and development activities.
• To develop and implement zone work plans for the zone.
• To ensure adequate work plans to ensure development activities are adequately made in respective zone.
• To develop and implement zone work plans for corporate and clients.
• To maintain good working relationships with other divisions, departments and units as well as external stakeholders.
• To perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.
• Build, manage, and deepen strategic government relationships, regulatory, and Ministries.
• Develop and operationalize a structured stakeholder engagement management.
• Identify and originate strategic interventions, particularly agriculture, social sectors, and inclusive growth priority sectors.
• Facilitate coordination and synergies among value chain actors to enhance productivity, competitiveness, and financial inclusion.
• Oversee implementation and monitoring of strategic engagement programs within the Zone.
• Represent the bank in strategic public engagements, conferences, industry forums, events, and policy roundtables.
• Enhance brand visibility and stakeholder confidence in the Zone.
• Strengthen strategic communications with key partners and ecosystem players.

• Experience working with financial institutions, agribusiness projects, or donor-funded programs.
• Proven knowledge of agriculture value chains (crops, livestock, fisheries, etc.), indicators, risk assessment, and performance use of M&E or MIS tools and dashboards.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams.
• High level of integrity, adaptability, and commitment to our mission as a development finance institution.
• Solid analytical and financial modelling skills to support credit and investment decision-making.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across high-level teams in a dynamic environment.
• Strong knowledge of project economics, finance, accounts, banking, and agricultural development.

• Holder of bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Economics, Business Administration, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Accounts or its equivalent from a recognized institution with experience of at least seven (7) years in credit, portfolio management, business development, or agricultural development.