Rabobank International Indonesia (RII) is a Rabobank Nederland subsidiary, headquartered in Utrecth, the Netherlands. Rabobank Nederland is a global financial institution with the highest credit status rating (AAA) from prominent international rating agencies Standard & Poor and Moody’s and was ranked the world’s 4th safest bank in 2008 by Global Finance magazine. RII aims to be the bank reference in providing full financial solutions on Food and Agribusiness chain and SME sector in Indonesia.

Rabobank Foundation helps those groups in society that need assistance to develop a more independent way of living. With funding and knowledge of the local Rabobanks and other entities of Rabobank Group, the Rabobank Foundation supports projects in the Netherlands and several developing countries. The projects abroad focus on the transfer of cooperative and banking knowledge in rural areas. Rabobank Foundation stimulates local cooperative credit and savings initiatives and farmer organisations by providing technical assistance, grants and loans

The project officer will be stationed in Jakarta at the headquarters of Rabobank International Indonesia. The job is a contract employment and will initially take one year. Depending on an evaluation after this year the contract of the project officer may be extended.

 

Project Officer – Rabobank Foundation
(Jakarta Raya)

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the progress of the projects supported by Rabobank Foundation
• Identifying interesting new partner organisations for Rabobank Foundation
• Acquire new projects in line with Rabobank International Indonesia policies, offering financial services in rural areas
• Identifying strengths and weaknesses in the support given to partner organisations and reporting the findings to the Rabobank Foundation
• Creating knowledge of the philosophy and beliefs of the Rabobank in Indonesia

Requirements:

• Having 8 to 10 years of relevant professional experience in rural banking and agricultural credit, of which several years in Indonesia
• University level in Economics, Business Administration or Finance & Accounting
• Experience in monitoring microfinance programs, assessing and benchmarking organizations
• Experience in the organization of rural banking, microfinance and cooperative issues.
• Experience with community based projects
• Experience with working in a dense net of partner organizations
• Fluent English and Indonesian writing and speaking skills

Please submit your CV to:

HRD_RII@rabobank.com not later than December 10, 2008

Please put the position code in your email subject
Nonqualified candidates are not encouraged to apply