Team Lead, Agriculture job

United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Dar es Salaam Full time Jobs

Position information

Job Details

Job LocationDar es Salaam

Job CategoryAdministration Jobs , Banking and Finance Jobs

Job TypeFull time Jobs

Job PostedAugust 31, 2026

Job Description

Team Lead, Agriculture

Job titleTeam Lead, Agriculture

Division/UnitAgriculture

Organisation Function: Corporate Banking

LocationHead Office, Dar es Salaam

Reporting relationships

• Functionally reports to: Head, Corporate Banking

• Administratively reports to: Head, Corporate Banking

• Supervises: Relationship Managers (direct); Relationship Officers (indirect)

Overall objective/job summary

Drive Corporate and Commercial Banking towards the realisation of the Bank’s mission and vision through achievement of the set targets for the Agriculture sector.

Duties and responsibilities

• Drive client acquisition and manage existing corporate and commercial client relationships within Agriculture, consistent with the Bank’s business development strategy, ensuring clients receive the appropriate level of service and advice to meet their banking needs.

• Generate new-to-bank business to achieve defined sales targets, and reactivate dormant relationships to improve deposit liability growth and mix.

• Conduct regular customer site visits to review and assess business operations, property, plant, premises, equipment and other collateral, followed by a call report for management. Recommend changes required to meet customer expectations while remaining compliant with Bank policy.

• Analyse and monitor market trends within Agriculture, interpret customer requirements, and provide integrated products and solutions in line with Bank policy; recommend product development and improvement.

• Enhance client retention by serving as a one-stop point of contact for client needs, and develop sales strategies in liaison with the Product Development Team and other stakeholder departments.

• Monitor and track approved risk triggers, conditions and covenants on availed credit facilities, and continuously monitor non-performing facilities.

• Initiate recovery action on deteriorating, watch-listed and non-performing accounts within the sector portfolio.

• Recommend the creation of viable and profitable risk assets to increase business profitability.

• Source and monitor customers’ tenured investments and facilities.

• Offer products tailored to the needs of the Agriculture sector and maintain regular contact with client executives.

• Meet and exceed set targets for Revenue/PBT, risk assets, guarantees, deposits, foreign exchange and other targets as advised from time to time.

• Lead, supervise and develop the sector team, ensuring Relationship Managers and Relationship Officers are equipped to meet their individual targets.