Land Bank and Agriculture Bank of South Africa Jobs

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Agricultural Specialist: CB&SI (Head Office)

Closing Date
2025/07/21
Reference Number
LAN250707-3
Job Title Agricultural Specialist: CB&SI (Head Office)
Division Agricultural Economics and Advisory
Unit Agricultural Economics
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Town / City Centurion
Job Advert Summary
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To provide a professional agriculture, economics and technical specialist service to support the Province in effectively evaluating the business case viability of financing customers, including conducting on-site visits to familiarize the Bank with the business operations in which the Bank will be investing its funds, with the additional objective of minimizing potential risks and financial losses.

To conduct on-farm agronomical and financial assessments for high-risk and delinquent clients and make recommendations to remediate as well as rate the farm/business according to the approved bank’s risk rating models, schedule inspections of the bank security and re-valuations, effectively manage the collateral in terms of the loan agreement and Collateral Management System (CMS) policy thereby identifying collateral shortfalls to minimise risk and prevent financial losses, refer farmers to service providers for technical support and make recommendations to improve the overall Farm status and mitigate potential risks

To provide ongoing technical advice to the provincial team to ensure the submission of high-quality applications for both new and distressed loans.

Key Performance Areas

1. Specialist Inputs into Business Case Viability

Provide specialist support to Bankers to enable the structuring of appropriate financial solutions and feasible transactions.
Determine the development phase of the farming venture and conditions of the infrastructure, management skills, topography, accessibility, development potential of the farm, grazing component and carrying capacity and any other relevant general conditions.
Responsible for conducting the required valuation of the entity’s assets through an on-site visit to the business property to evaluate the viability of financing customers, based on the strength of their assets.
Inspect crops on the land and calculate the net realisation and impact on financial position.
Determine the realisable value of movable assets, and identify and locate the security offered.

2. Provincial Agricultural Knowledge Database and Knowledge Sharing

Keep the database up to date as appropriate and share at a divisional level
Contribute information to the national agricultural specialists’ database
Ensure availability and access to identified users.
Transfer knowledge to the team to empower them in understanding the technical context.

3. Customer and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Build, foster and maintain consistent, effective and strong relationships with key role players and strengthen relationships with the potential to secure new business opportunities for the bank.
Participate in agriculture events in the province, and contribute to research and insights as a subject matter specialist respected by peers in the industry.
Represent Land Bank in appropriate forums and events as appropriate.
Ensure that all stakeholders remain aware of the value of the Land Bank’s products, processes and principles related to agricultural financing within the Land Bank environment.

4. Monitoring, Advisory and Support

Implement Effective Collateral Management by conducting inspections following the relevant Land Bank policy and procedures and ensure that the bank’s collateral has the most up-to-date collateral valuations as per the banks’ requirements per asset class.
Engage external stakeholders including cooperatives, commodity associations, provincial government departments and farmer’s associations as required in respect of distressed accounts.
Compile the farm inspection report and ensure all identified and potential risks are clearly articulated and list remedial actions to mitigate them.
Provide management with monthly consolidated collateral management status reports on the allocated portfolio.

5. Conduct Agronomical and Financial Assessments

Perform farm visits to ascertain whether the farm funding was utilised as intended:
Ensure that the funds have been used for their stated purpose
Monitor and evaluate the progress and financial position of the client for any early warning signs of distress
Advise with subject matter experts and link clients with relevant stakeholders to provide technical advice to clients where necessary.
Conduct in-depth farm Agronomical Assessment specifically for High Risk, Delinquent and Non-Performing Accounts
Determine factors for delinquency or default.
In the event of an identified default or arrears client account make proposals for rectifying the problem
List possible interventions for rehabilitation or referral to Legal.
Provide possible solutions and recommendations with motivation.
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
A relevant 3-year qualification in Agriculture or an equivalent
Experience in Agricultural Extension Services – 5 years or
Experience in Agricultural businesses, a Co-op, or similar organisations – 5 years
Critical Competencies
Microsoft Office
Knowledge / Experience of financial and business analytical principles, tools and systems
Property Valuation Principles
Agricultural Economics
Risk Management Principles
Lending / Credit Assessment Principles
Financial and Business Acumen
Additional Requirements
Extended hours as and when required
Travel as and when required
Needs to keep abreast with agricultural economic trends

Agricultural Specialist: Workout & Restructuring – (Head Office)

Closing Date
2025/07/21
Reference Number
LAN250707-1
Job Title Agricultural Specialist: Workout & Restructuring – (Head Office)
Division Agricultural Economics and Advisory
Unit Agricultural Economics
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Town / City Centurion
Job Advert Summary
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To find innovative commercial restructuring solutions for Banking clients identified as in need of a proactive intervention to mitigate risk and prevent or minimise losses.

To give technical expertise using the turnaround methodologies to develop, implement and monitor business rescue plan.

To manage the end-to-end process of identified distressed Banking clients.

Key Performance Areas

1. Innovative restructuring solutions to Banking accounts

Assume a portfolio management responsibility for allocated Banking clients that have been transferred to Workout and Restructuring Unit.
Engage internal stakeholders such as the Banking, Credit team, Legal and collections teams to obtain an understanding of the client and the client’s business.
Obtain all the necessary and required information to conduct a full diagnostic analysis and undertake a preliminary due diligence and recommend procuring an external due diligence where necessary and justifiable.
Conduct research through engaging various stakeholders and sources to determine long term business and financial viability
Engage client and conduct a high level review to establish if the client matter requires critical urgent attention by the Bank and report the position accordingly.

2. Manage the implementation of the approved restructure of customer accounts

Engage clients, all relevant internal and external stakeholders on the outcome of the restructure proposal.
Negotiate an equitable deal considering the Bank’s interest.
Gather all the necessary documents required in drafting the new agreements.
Provide input to the drafting of loan agreements, equity agreements and security documents in collaboration with the Legal Team and in line with the approved Terms and Conditions by the various Credit Committees.
Issue the client with signed agreements.

3. Monitoring and Evaluation of restructured customer accounts

Monitor all accounts within given portfolio to ensure that desired results are achieved pertaining to the approved turnaround and performance and ensure that all subsequent terms and conditions of approval are met.
Obtain management information from client within prescribed timelines, analyse and engage clients regarding performance variances ensuring that action plans are in place to close the gaps of any negative variances.
Provide regular (as prescribed) performance status update for each client and represent the account at the various governance structures (EXCO, Credit Committee or Board).
Provide portfolio and client information to Finance Division for consideration in impairment calculation.

4. Provide advisory services to internal and external stakeholders where required

Provide advice and guidance to the collections teams and the Banking team with respect to the identification of client accounts that should be flagged for a workout intervention based on lessons learnt in managing high risk clients.
Participate in the reviewing of policies and procedures where workout and restructuring subject expertise may be required.
Accompany Banking team members on request to client meetings to provide support and expert opinion on possible workout and restructuring related issues, processes and procedures.
Attend internal and external forums at request where subject expertise is required on turnaround, workout and restructuring matters.

5. Record Keeping and Reporting

In consultation with Client Administration, Performance Analytics and Reporting, ensure that client information is managed in terms of the Bank’s record management policy.
Compile reports as required for the different governance structures and management.
Ensure that client’s information is updated on the relevant systems as and when required in collaboration with the Specialist: Client Administration.
Furnish various trend reports to various governance structures on matters that will potentially be worked out and those that are currently being worked out.
Attend to audit findings providing corrective actions.
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
3 years Business / Agriculture/ Commercial Qualification (BCOM).
Banking experience of 3 to 5 years’ which includes:

• Finance/Banking deal structuring
• Primary agriculture
• Structured trade and commodity finance
• Strong Financial and Credit Analysis and Assessment background
• Formulating business turnaround plans
• Evaluation of business restructures or workouts
• Managing turnaround of distressed clients.
  Critical Competencies
  Microsoft Office
  Business Acumen
  Legal procedures
  Deal structuring
  Turnarounds, workout and restructuring
  Credit and Financial Analysis
  Credit assessment / evaluation
  Additional Requirements
  Travel as and when required.
  Extended hours as and when required / Time management.
  Willing to work outdoors.
  Valid SA Driver’s License.
  Stress management.

Agricultural Specialist: Banking & Monitoring Support (Douglas)

Closing Date
2025/07/16
Reference Number
LAN250702-1
Job Title Agricultural Specialist: Banking & Monitoring Support (Douglas)
Division Agricultural Economics and Advisory
Unit Agricultural Economics
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Northern Cape
Location – Town / City Douglas
Job Advert Summary
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To provide a professional agriculture, economics and technical specialist service to support the Province in effectively evaluating the business case viability of financing customers, including conducting on-site visits to familiarize the Bank with the business operations in which the Bank will be investing its funds, with the additional objective of minimizing potential risks and financial losses.

To conduct on-farm agronomical and financial assessments for high-risk and delinquent clients and make recommendations to remediate as well as rate the farm/business according to the approved bank’s risk rating models, schedule inspections of the bank security and re-valuations, effectively manage the collateral in terms of the loan agreement and Collateral Management System (CMS) policy thereby identifying collateral shortfalls to minimise risk and prevent financial losses, refer farmers to service providers for technical support and make recommendations to improve the overall Farm status and mitigate potential risks

To provide ongoing technical advice to the provincial team to ensure the submission of high-quality applications for both new and distressed loans.

Key Performance Areas

1. Specialist Inputs into Business Case Viability

Provide specialist support to Bankers to enable the structuring of appropriate financial solutions and feasible transactions.
Determine the development phase of the farming venture and conditions of the infrastructure, management skills, topography, accessibility, development potential of the farm, grazing component and carrying capacity and any other relevant general conditions.
Responsible for conducting the required valuation of the entity’s assets through an on-site visit to the business property to evaluate the viability of financing customers, based on the strength of their assets.
Inspect crops on the land and calculate the net realisation and impact on financial position.
Determine the realisable value of movable assets, and identify and locate the security offered.

2. Provincial Agricultural Knowledge Database and Knowledge Sharing

Keep the database up to date as appropriate and share at a divisional level
Contribute information to the national agricultural specialists’ database
Ensure availability and access to identified users.
Transfer knowledge to the team to empower them in understanding the technical context.

3. Customer and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Build, foster and maintain consistent, effective and strong relationships with key role players and strengthen relationships with the potential to secure new business opportunities for the bank.
Participate in agriculture events in the province, and contribute to research and insights as a subject matter specialist respected by peers in the industry.
Represent Land Bank in appropriate forums and events as appropriate.
Ensure that all stakeholders remain aware of the value of the Land Bank’s products, processes and principles related to agricultural financing within the Land Bank environment.

4. Monitoring, Advisory and Support

Implement Effective Collateral Management by conducting inspections following the relevant Land Bank policy and procedures and ensure that the bank’s collateral has the most up-to-date collateral valuations as per the banks’ requirements per asset class.
Engage external stakeholders including cooperatives, commodity associations, provincial government departments and farmer’s associations as required in respect of distressed accounts.
Compile the farm inspection report and ensure all identified and potential risks are clearly articulated and list remedial actions to mitigate them.
Provide management with monthly consolidated collateral management status reports on the allocated portfolio.

5. Conduct Agronomical and Financial Assessments

Perform farm visits to ascertain whether the farm funding was utilised as intended:
Ensure that the funds have been used for their stated purpose
Monitor and evaluate the progress and financial position of the client for any early warning signs of distress
Advise with subject matter experts and link clients with relevant stakeholders to provide technical advice to clients where necessary.
Conduct in-depth farm Agronomical Assessment specifically for High Risk, Delinquent and Non-Performing Accounts
Determine factors for delinquency or default.
In the event of an identified default or arrears client account make proposals for rectifying the problem
List possible interventions for rehabilitation or referral to Legal.
Provide possible solutions and recommendations with motivation.
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
A relevant 3-year qualification in Agriculture or an equivalent
Experience in Agricultural Extension Services – 5 years or
Experience in Agricultural businesses, a Co-op, or similar organisations – 5 years
Critical Competencies
Microsoft Office
Knowledge / Experience of financial and business analytical principles, tools and systems
Property Valuation Principles
Agricultural Economics
Risk Management Principles
Lending / Credit Assessment Principles
Financial and Business Acumen
Additional Requirements
Extended hours as and when required
Travel as and when required
Needs to keep abreast with agricultural economic trends

Manager: Funding

Closing Date
2025/07/22
Reference Number
LAN250711-1
Job Title Manager: Funding
Division Finance and Treasury
Unit Finance
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Town / City Centurion
Job Advert Summary
(Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To support the funding activities of the bank, optimise returns on surplus cash and manage overdrafts and overnight loans

Key Performance Areas

1. Customer & Stakeholder Relationships

Stakeholder Management: National Treasury (NT)

Compile and send thirty days rolling cash flow projection to NT on a daily basis; and
Compile Quarterly Debt Maturity Profile to NT.
Stakeholder Management: Domestic Funders & Multi-lateral funders

Front line in terms of deal initiation, rolling of maturing debt, investor communication and investor maintenance to source liquidity for the bank;
Attend networking sessions to maintain investor relations; and
Liaise with funders, JSE sponsors, arrangers and lawyers to put in place all legal documents, agreements and certificates to conclude private and listed bond or note placements.
Board / committee contribution

Attend and present at Liquidity committee meetings;
Compile reports for Assets and Liability Committee (ALCO)

2. Funding and Liquidity Management

Cost of Funding (COF)

Continuously monitor movement in money market rates in the domestic market during trading hours;
Determine money market rates on Land Bank’s own paper, based on benchmark rates, as quoted on Reuters platform;
Quote money market rates on Reuters platform;
Issue money market paper to investors at prices quoted on the Land Bank Reuters page; and
Negotiate call bond rates daily or as on request of funders.
Liquidity Management

Communicate with funders and business in advance to determine potential roll-over of maturing debt and business requirements;
Based on expected roll-over rate of maturing debt and loan book movement, raise funding to meet financial commitments on time;
Pre-Fund expected outflows and build up an adequate liquidity buffer as informed by the Liquidity Coverage Ratio; and
Invest surplus cash taking into consideration – perseverance of capital, maintenance of sufficient liquidity and maximise return.
Funding

Subject to investor appetite and market developments, adjust the type of funding instrument, maturity buckets and develop new funding instruments where applicable; and
In line with the strategy to lengthen the best maturity profile endeavour to raise funding according to the approved maturity distribution profile.
Repo Transactions

Ensure there is sufficient stock or cash for settlement by calculating short positions and making sure that it is covered

3. Market volatility

Contribute meaningful when Treasury related legal documents and certificates are drawn up by Legal advisors and Attorneys; and promote the bank during interaction with financial market participants.

Reviews and researches the market to anticipate and advise on trends and instances of increased market volatility
Update all stakeholders on changing market conditions and predictions of future volatilities
Reports on trends on market changes
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
BCom Degree or equivalent
Registered Persons Exam
4 years Experience in Treasury front Office activities including funding and investment of surplus funds
Critical Competencies
Advanced Microsoft Office
Reuters Trading Platform
Treasury/ Financial reporting software
JSE Nutron Booking System
Knowledge of the money and capital markets
Additional Requirements
Extended hours as and when required.
Travel as and when required
Cope in a stressful Trading Environment

IT Architect – Applications, Technology and Security

Closing Date
2025/07/22
Reference Number
LAN250627-2
Job Title IT Architect – Applications, Technology and Security
Division IT and Operations
Unit Finance Treasury & IT
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Town / City Centurion
Job Advert Summary
The role of IT Architect – Applications, Technology and Security is responsible for the strategic applications, technology and security transformation within Landbank and overseeing critical deliverables; such as application catalogue, rationalisation, robust security architecture and related programmes. This role is further responsible for leading the architecture of new technology or re-architecting legacy for technology modernisation to address the Landbank strategic objectives. The IT Architect – Applications, Technology and Security is also responsible for setting the technology architecture principles, create enterprise integrations to enable seamless flow of data that enable the implementation of the intended business processes.

Key Performance Areas
Application & Technology Architecture Strategy:

Develop, implement, and monitor the end-to-end application and technology strategy.
Collaborate on EA governance, focusing on applications and technology.
Create models, catalogues, views, and capabilities for applications and technology.
Application & Technology Architecture Blueprint and Roadmap:

Work with stakeholders to design the architecture blueprint and roadmap.
Develop architecture descriptions, perform gap analysis, and align architecture with strategic objectives.
Application & Technology Governance:

Manage and govern application and technology architecture.
Collaborate with IT divisions to ensure goals are met, and adopt best practices for business architecture.
Cyber Security Strategy:

Develop and monitor the cybersecurity strategy.
Align security architecture with organizational goals and adopt best practices for security frameworks.
Security Architecture Blueprint and Roadmap:

Develop the enterprise security model, create security architecture patterns, and perform gap analysis.
Implement security controls and roadmap for systems protection.
Security Solutions and Migration Plans:

Identify security opportunities and constraints.
Develop migration plans and ensure readiness for security transformation.
Stakeholder Engagement:

Create and execute engagement strategies with stakeholders.
Map and manage stakeholder relationships, addressing risks, maximizing opportunities, and facilitating decision-making
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in in Information Systems/ Information Technology / Computer Science or related field
TOGAF 9/10 Certification and Enterprise Architecture

Minimum Experience:

8 – 10 years Enterprise Architecture Leadership
8 – 10 years Doman Architect for Data and Business

Critical Competencies
Knowledge of Land Bank Act
Protection of Personal Information Act.
Knowledge of PFMA

Additional Requirements
Enterprise Architecture Leadership
Solution Architecture
IT Portolio Managemet & optimisation
Technology Modernisation
Doman Architect for Data, Application, Technology and Security

IT Architect – Business and Data

Closing Date
2025/07/22
Reference Number
LAN250627-1
Job Title IT Architect – Business and Data
Division IT and Operations
Unit Finance Treasury & IT
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Town / City Centurion
Job Advert Summary
(Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

The role of IT Architect – Business and Data is responsible for the strategic business transformation within Landbank and overseeing critical deliverables; such as business capability models, business capabilities, and value streams. This role is further responsible for leading the architecture of new organizations or re-architecting aspects of existing business operations and capabilites. The IT Architect – Business and Data is also responsible for setting the data architecture principles, create enterprise models of data that enable the implementation of the intended business architecture, create architecture strategic models showing key data entities, and create an inventory of the data needed to implement the architecture vision.

Key Performance Areas
Business Architecture Strategy Development:

Collaborate with the Head of Enterprise Architecture (EA) to establish governance, focusing on business architecture.
Develop and monitor the Business Architecture Vision, Capability Model, Business Process Modelling, and Value Streams for Landbank.
Ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
Business Architecture Blueprint & Roadmap:

Collaborate with stakeholders and architects (applications, technology, security) to select reference models and create baseline and target business architecture descriptions.
Perform gap analysis and develop a roadmap aligned with Landbank’s strategic objectives.
Business Architecture Governance:

Manage activities to develop, maintain, and govern business architecture.
Ensure architecture goals are met and assess best practices to improve business frameworks and data quality management.
Data Architecture Strategy Development:

Develop and implement the Data Architecture Vision and Principles.
Collaborate with other IT divisions to create data management practices and ensure data architecture goals are achieved.
Data Architecture Blueprint & Roadmap:

Consult with stakeholders to develop an Enterprise Data Model, data flows, integration patterns, and master data management architecture.
Conduct gap analysis and participate in creating a Data Warehouse, Data Mart, or Data Lake roadmap.
Opportunities and Implementation Planning:

Identify business and data change opportunities and constraints.
Perform gap analysis, refine architecture dependencies, and create implementation and migration plans for business and data transformation.
Stakeholder Engagement & Management:

Develop a stakeholder engagement strategy, map stakeholders by influence, and manage expectations.
Maximize opportunities, mitigate risks, and improve stakeholder relationships to support architecture goals.
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in in Information Systems/ Information Technology / Computer Science or related field
TOGAF 9/10 Certification and Enterprise Architecture
Minimum Experience:
8 – 10 years in Enterprise Architecture Leadership and Doman Architect for Data and Business

Critical Competencies
Knowledge of Land Bank Act

Protection of Personal Information Act.

Knowledge of PFMA

Additional Requirements
Enterprise Architecture Leadership

Solution Architecture

IT Portolio Managemet & optimisation

Technology Modernisation

Doman Architect for Data, Application, Technology and Security

Lead: Grower Programmes, Pre & Post Support (Re-advertised)

Closing Date
2025/07/16
Reference Number
LAN250710-1
Job Title Lead: Grower Programmes, Pre & Post Support (Re-advertised)
Division Strategy, Marketing, Communications and Policy
Unit Corporate Strategy and Innovation
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Country South Africa
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Town / City Centurion
Job Advert Summary
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

Main Purpose

To provide support to farmers beyond financing, through the implementation of grower programmes and the provision of technical support to farmers, within the context of partnership programmes.

Key Performance Areas

1. Grower Programme Development

Develops Grower Programmes for farmers, within the ambit of partnership programmes; for specified commodities.
Partners with Credit Risk and Agricultural Economics and Advisory to determine commodities where the Bank has financing appetite in order to prioritize Grower Programmes
Establishes relationships with off-takers and leverages their expertise and the market networks to support the growth and success of farmers.
Identifies and selects supplier aggregators based on set criteria to create market access for and to support the development of low-scale farmers.
Ensures that grower programmes enable sustainable farming practices, manage stakeholder interests and enable market access.
Makes data-led decisions regarding resource deployment and continuous improvement of grower programmes

2. Grower Programme Capacitation

Recruits farmers to grower programmes by using a development and merit-based process for farmer selection.
Builds a pipeline of qualifying grower programme participants, to ensure the long-term continuity and viability of programmes.
Works collaboratively to leverage the Bank’s marketing capabilities to create market awareness of grower programmes and success stories via digital, social and traditional media channels.
Effectively maps stakeholders and formulates comprehensive plans to engage and consult community leaders and relevant authorities where required.
Develops robust systems for collecting, tracking and analysing data pertaining to grower programs and farmer data.

3. Farmer Development

Works collaboratively across functions within the bank to establish and develop programmes and content input for the Land Bank Farmer Academy.
Ensures that grower programmes provide structured market access to farmers to increase trading volumes while simultaneously achieving significant social impact with regard to development farmers
Selects and implements organizational models that enable high levels of farmer-partnership interaction to build trust, while transferring knowledge and skills to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of farmers enrolled in grower programmes.
Facilitates increased private sector investment in developing farmers; promoting sustainable sourcing practices through strategic procurement linkages that are commercially viable for Land Bank.
Puts structures in place to support farmers in meeting the compliance, governance and contractual obligations applicable to grower programmes and strategic partnership agreements.

4. Farmer Development Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Develops models for monitoring of development farmers’ projects.
Encourage comprehensive risk management strategies within grower programs, emphasizing the importance of adopting insurance solutions provided by LBI.
Manages varied projects including status reporting and program management across multiple projects.
Develops and maintains effective interface across business areas to understand the business transformation agenda, priorities and delivery needs.
Ensures compliance with governance practices, standards and architectural standards in the delivery of grower programmes and farmer pre and post-support initiatives.

5. People Management

Performance Management

Ensure the overall team is meeting their targets as prescribed by the Head.
Monitor manager’s achievements against their development plans.
Provide inputs to head on performance tracking and monitoring of managers.
Participate in performance reviews with the head.
Provide coaching and feedback to subordinates.
Capacity Planning

Determine the human resource requirements, in accordance with the expected deliverables and current capacity.
Set out the resourcing and human capital requirements to the head to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets.
Minimise staff turnover.
Lead the subordinates in such a manner as to foster innovation.
Demonstrate behaviour aligned to the corporate Land Bank values.
Equitable distribution of responsibilities and accountabilities and plan appropriate human capacity and full utilisation for projects under management.

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
Degree in Commerce / Science / Agriculture
A minimum of 7 years experience at management level.
A minimum of 3 years experience in the development and implementation of grower programmes.
Critical Competencies
Business development and networking
Farmer development
Stakeholder and client management
Operationalising strategy
Legislative and regulatory context
Additional Requirements
Knowledge of PFMA
Knowledge of Land Bank Act
Knowledge Banking Products
Knowledge of Agricultural Operations

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