Dashen Bank is the first bank in Ethiopia to provide a full-fledged payment card service as a principal plus member of AMEX, VISA, MasterCard and Union Pay (as the first African Bank to sign such agreement). The Bank issues AMEX branded debit cards that give clients the added convenience of round-the-clock banking through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and conduct purchases at a growing number of merchant locations via point of sale terminals (POS). Dashen is exclusively acquires and issues American Express cards in Ethiopia.

DB/ Vacancy- 0013/24

Job Summary

The District Relationship Officer will be responsible for achieving business growth for Retail & MSME/IFB Banking by providing quality relationship management to new and existing customers in assigned district. This will entail sustaining customer satisfaction so as to retain existing and potential customers thereby generating additional business through cross-sell opportunities

Academic & Professional Qualification

• Bachelor Degree in business administration, banking, finance, management or related fields.
• Trainings and courses in banking operations (domestic, credit and international banking operations).

Job Requirements

Experience : At least five (5) years successful experience in banking or customer contact role

Behavioral Competency

• Interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including ability to build collaborative relationships with sensitivity to diversity/inclusion.
• Creativity and innovation skills.
• Action oriented.
• Quality focus and attention to detail.
• Professionalism and integrity in line with Dashen Bank values.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Critical and analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Personal motivation and drive exhibited through commitment to hard work, continuous improvement and achievement of goals.
• Good customer relationship management skills (internal and external customers).
• Risk awareness and focus – demonstrates understanding of risk management practices, standards and regulatory requirements.

Required Technical Competency

• Business development skills to effectively segment the target market, gather market intelligence and identify opportunities for the Bank to sell its products
• Commercial awareness to understand and apply commercial and financial principles to business thinking.
• Strong networking skills to establish mutually beneficial relationships with other business people and potential clients and customers in order to grow business.
• Relationship Management skills to effectively perform Relationship Management activities/tasks in a manner that consistently achieves high quality standards.
• Knowledge of Retail and MSME Banking products.
• Knowledge and effective application of all relevant banking policies, processes, procedures and guidelines to consistently achieve required compliance standards or benchmarks.