Indonesia: Agriculture Finance Consultants

Agriculture Finance Consultants

Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported by four key pillars:

• International Development


• Strategy Execution Consulting


• Impact Investment


• Training and Events

We create positive impact through more than 100 current projects with more than 2000 employees operating in over 90 countries.

Activity Background

Strengthening Agricultural Finance in Rural Areas (SAFIRA) is a 3 year project that is part of the Government of Indonesia (GoI) strategy to accelerate poverty reduction through inclusive economic development. It is supported by BAPPENAS and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) under the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Rural Economic Development (AIP-Rural).

The SAFIRA project will work with partner financial institutions (PFIs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (e.g. seed producers, other input suppliers, collectors, processors, other traders) and farmers, to equip them with the skills and capability to engage in sustainable applications of agriculture value chain financing (VCF).

Purpose of Role

The objective of this Call for Consultants is to set up a panel of national and international consultants for specific appropriate assignments over the life of the SAFIRA project (to the end of 2018).

Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare and provide training and capacity building to PFIs, SMEs, PRISMA employees and/or other interested parties;


• Conduct research on potential and current VCFs; and


• Advise on, and design, appropriate financial services for smallholder farmers.

Minimum education and experience required

• Master’s level degree in economics, finance, development or other relevant social science;


• Strong conceptual foundation on VCF and/or market development approach (M4P) and practical experience in its application in different contexts;


• Recent experience in VCF, microfinance and/or access to finance programs in developing countries, with Indonesia experience an advantage;


• Broader expertise in the agricultural sector and more general private sector development programs;


• Previous experience in developing and delivering training and capacity building in VCF and/or financial service design;


• Specific skills in writing sector or market studies (or other related studies) and/or preparing training materials, with general strengths in written and oral communications; and


• Fluency in English with Indonesian an advantage.

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Applications close on 23 Nov 2015.