More than 80 new local jobs at the Orange-based Regional Investment Corporation will be advertised in coming months.
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Included will be three executive directors.
The regional recruitment campaign follows an additional $50 million in operational funding over four years from 2020-21 allocated by the federal government "to meet the strong demand for its low interest loans" for farmers and farm-related small businesses.
RIC chief executive officer Bruce King said new team members would work out of Orange or remotely.
"The RIC has received an incredible amount of demand for our loans, so expanding our team will support us to deliver loans for farmers and farm-related small businesses in a timely way," said Mr King.
"The recruitment campaign has already started with three executive director roles to lead the organisation's delivery strategy, followed by more than 80 additional permanent and fixed term roles to be advertised over coming months."
The RIC currently has about 30 permanent and fixed term staff, with the majority based in Orange.
"We also currently have almost 60 regionally based labour hire contractors that have commenced with us this year to support the immediate demand," said Mr King.
"We're pleased to have a regionally focused workforce because it is where our customers are located, so understanding their environment and needs are important."
The types of roles that will be available will be in credit and loan processing, quality assurance, human resources, governance, information technology, finance and administration.
The Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) is a federal government-backed specialist finance provider for farmers and farm-related small businesses.
As of September 30, the RIC had approved more than 360 loans valued at over $370 million in the 2020/21 financial year.
For more information see www.ric.gov.au/employment