Junior Business Manager

Junior Business Manager – Rabo Partnerships

Imagine creating impact and return in emerging markets through sharing knowledge, investing in long-term partnerships and working on innovative business propositions with strategic partners and increasingly with Wholesale & Rural Clients. As a Junior Business Manager, you are an energetic, proactive self-starter who likes to work on various projects to support our Advisory Services and Inclusive Venture Building, Investments, Blended Finance and Smallholder Ecosystems activities in emerging markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

You and your job

As Junior Business Manager you know the secrets of communication, project management, reporting and data. You will collaborate with team members on a number of projects and tasks. For example you will be active in communication and community building of Rabo Partnerships and will help us to increase our visibility in the organization and also externally. Together with another team member you will create communication products, such as newsletters, the impact report and therefore an affinity for writing and editing articles will be a part of your responsibility. Another project relates to data and impact management, where you will help to play an active role in impact measurement and reporting. This is how you share your talent for 36 hours a week as Junior Business Manager at Rabobank.

Inspirational practical examples

• Assist the (senior) Business Manager of Rabo Partnerships on various topics and co-operate with the four business teams within Rabo Partnerships: Advisory Services and Inclusive Venture Building, Investments, Blended Finance and Smallholder Ecosystems.
• Lead and participate in various projects, such as communications, impact management, our Partnerships’ Future Leadership programme, team engagement.
• Support in the internal and external communication and visibility of our impact in emerging markets.
• Monitor milestones and KPIs, guide colleagues on realizing agreed objectives, flag risks and opportunities and advise management on additional actions needed.
• Support in monitoring and reporting on the annual plan and other activities to the management of RP and other teams.
• Point of coordination for various cross-team programs and improvement plans.
   

This challenging role offers a great opportunity to build your network internationally and within the Netherlands and learn a lot about our inspiring activities in emerging markets. You will get a lot of freedom to do your projects and you will be the linking pin in a various projects. Success in the role will heavily depend on your communication and co-operation skills, the quality you deliver and how proactive you are in picking things up and getting things done.

Work and pleasure

With you as a Junior Business Manager, the Business Support team will consist of 5 diverse colleagues in a variety of roles, including Alice van Dijk, Assistant Rabo Partnerships: “Being part of the Rabo Partnerships team and assisting the project managers and team members, gives me a positive feeling. Never a dull moment in this international environment and each day is different. Together with my colleagues you will be the backbone of Rabo Partnerships.”

The big picture

Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Our Rabo Partnerships team brings talented people together to create impact and return in emerging markets. We offer advisory services and blended finance solutions, invest in financial institutions and actively participate in networks, alliances and innovative value chain projects. With you as a Junior Business Manager, the team will consist of 30+ diverse colleagues in a variety of roles. You form part of the Business Support Team, with four enthusiastic colleagues focusing on general support, communications and process management, and you report directly to the senior Business Manager.

We achieve more together than alone
We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. So we are very curious about what you can bring to our team at the Business Support Team at Rabo Partnerships.

“One of my objectives is to set up and manage partnerships with financial institutions in emerging countries. These countries are often no standard travel destinations, and their local customs and habits are often quite different from the Dutch structured and planned culture. That requires flexibility and the ability to improvise, which makes Rabo Partnerships great fun to work for.” Joris Timmers, Senior Program Manager at Rabo Partnerships

The 4 people in the Business Support Team at Rabo Partnerships can't wait to meet you. Now it's your turn to make them stronger in communication and visibility, reporting and data.  Working together is the way we work; as 1 reliable and services oriented support team at Rabobank. Talking of Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9,500,000 customers. Together with these customers, our members and partners we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business.

You and your talent

Customer focus, judgement and decision making, collaborating and project management are clearly essential for the role of Junior Business Manager. In addition, it's important that you recognize everything in the checklist below:

• Strong academic background (academic degree) with proven conceptual and strategic capabilities;
• At least 2 years of experience in banking, preferably in different areas;
• Good knowledge of MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel) required;
• Affinity with writing, editing and the creation of communication products, is a plus;
• Affinity with data is required, knowledge of PowerBI/PowerAutomate is an advantage;
• Affinity (and preferably experience) in fields of marketing and communications is required;
• Knowledge of Rabobank (context, organisational structure, systems, regulatory framework);
• Affinity with and willingness to develop knowledge on the markets in which Rabo Partnerships operates;
• Excellent oral and writing skills in Dutch and English; Spanish or French is an advantage;
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team player, perform activities pro-actively and initiate proper actions on urgent matters;
• Creative, love for chaos, deadlines, multitasking and (predominantly) internal stakeholder management;
• Forward looking, agile, persistent, delegating, empowering, reliable, connecting, motivating.
   

This is what we offer you

• Up to € 4889.68 (schale 8) gross per month;
• a thirteenth month and holiday pay;
• an Employee Benefit Budget (9% of your monthly salary). You decide how to spend this budget. This may include purchasing extra leave days, making extra pension contributions or even receiving a monthly cash payout.
   

This is a selection from the terms of employment for a Junior Business Manager based on a 36 hour working week. You can find all terms of employment on rabobank.jobs/en/conditions-of-employment.

You and the job application process

You're probably really enthusiastic already. Which is only logical with such an exciting vacancy for Junior Business Manager at Rabobank. Apply straight away (and certainly before the closing date of 29 August 2023.

• Any questions about the job content? Contact Belén Barberis, Head of Business Support via belen.barberis@rabobank.nl or +31 (0)6 29170918.
• Any questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Contact Lydia van Adrichem, Recruiter, via lydia.van.adrichem@rabobank.nl.
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