JOB OPPORTUNITY Internal/External/ |
Reference No: | REC/015/22 |
Job title: | Financial Inclusion And Business Development Services Manager |
Location: | Addis Ababa |
Reports to: | Livestock Production and Business Development Services Manager |
Number of Posts | 1 (One) |
Closing date: | January 31, 2022 |
About GOAL
GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.
GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years, towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS. Currently, we work with pastoralist, agropastoral, pastoral dropouts, rural small holder farmers, rural/urban youth and street children to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience in Ethiopia working closely with local communities, local government, donors and other key actors. GOAL E Humanitarian Response is centered on nutrition, WASH, livelihoods, multipurpose cash, NFIs and protection interventions in country wide while the recovery and development focus on livelihoods, economic opportunities, health, health and nutrition system strengthening and WASH with solid emphasis on integrated programming and community-based approach in Oromiya regional state. The Street Children programme is implemented with local partners in Addis Ababa and Hawassa.
We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.
Description of the IFAA Programme:
Ifaa is a five-year initiative (2021 – 2026), implemented by CRS, CCL (Centre for Creative Leadership) GSAP (Global Sustainable Aid Project), GOAL, Harar Catholic Service (HCS), Land O’Lakes Venture 37 (V37), Making Cents International, Whiz Kids Workshops (WKW) and Feinstein International Centre, Tufts University (Tufts). The purpose of Ifaa is to improve food security of vulnerable households in targeted PSNP communities, contributing to a sustained reduction in rural poverty in Oromia. it is supported by USAID/BHA in Ethiopia.
Ifaa will target 9 woredas (districts) based on poverty, Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) caseload/potential for scale, potential for continuum of response with other programs, partner presence, and opportunity for impact. This includes eight woredas in East Haraghe (Babile, Chinaksen, Deder, Fedis, Gursum, Jarso, Melka Belo, Meta, Midega Tola. Ifaa will prioritize pregnant and lactating women (PLW), with a particular focus on first-time mothers, caregivers, and influential community members to ensure children under 5 (CU5) receive adequate nutrition, vulnerable community members are reached, and behaviour change takes root to create lasting change.
The programme has three purposes, CRS as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID/BHA’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:
GOAL will Lead the Livestock component which cut across the three purposes.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE
The Financial Inclusion/BDS Manager will co-design, co-invest and manage multiple partnerships with Financial Service Providers (FSP) to increase access to formal financial products and services for pastoral and farming communities. Additionally, the post holder will manage and provide Business Development Services and support private sector partners in the livestock market system to secure appropriate investment. The post holder is required to work with multiple partners of diverse background (experience) and is responsible to make sure the market systems development approach is well understood and rooted in the consortium. Be able to work independently, be solution orientated and have a business and finance background and the life and professional experience to work appropriately with corporate entities, SMEs and consortium partners.
Description of Functional Relation Ships of the role
The Financial Inclusion/BDS Manager will directly report to Livestock production and marketing team leader. S/he will have a horizontal work relationship with Ifaa’s team in CRS and HCS. Will also work with the Senior livestock production and marketing officers. Accordingly, the Livestock production and marketing team leader is the direct Supervisor.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES (de tailed list of tasks and outputs categorized by “daily” “weekly” “monthly” or any other category which fits the role)
1. Financial services (demand & supply)
To have a detailed understanding of how the financial sector works, its players and their products and services and the barriers pastoral and formal communities have to accessing financial services.
· Lead the market assessment of the financial sector and all the players (including mobile network operators) and understand all the financial products and services (financial literacy, bank accounts, savings, loans, insurance, mobile money, VSLA linkages, investment & business development services), available in the market at a zonal, regional and national level.
· Lead the market assessment of the financial sector to understand the social, cultural, gender, age and physical barriers to accessing financial services.
· Keep the financial sector market assessment slide deck up to date and review regularly.
· Leverage secondary data, including data from the previous DFSA and other projects to inform the market assessment of the financial sector.
· Provide up to date information to the consortium team on financial products and services and support linkages between informal and formal financial services.
2. Partnership management
To identify and manage partnerships with financial service providers to extend financial services to pastoral and farming communities.
· Develop professional relationships with financial service providers.
· Map financial service players against the incentive and capacities matrix to identify providers with increased will and skill to extend financial services to pastoral and ago pastoral communities.
· Leveraging the data from the market assessment of financial services, co-design co-investment proposals with financial service providers to extend their reach towards pastoral and agropastoral communities.
· Manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not) and take successful initiatives to scale through the implementing partner organizations.
· Advise all partners so that all documentation is appropriately approved, closed out and filed.
3. Business Development Services (BDS)
To build business capacity with private sector partners who have capacity to grow and extend access to goods and services in the livestock market systems.
· Have a thorough understanding of BDS and investors available in the market and their products and services and terms and conditions.
· Identify existing private sector partners who have the incentive and capacity to absorb and benefit from an external BDS engagement (capacity building).
· Identify existing private sector partners who have the incentive and capacity to absorb and benefit from a BDS engagement and provide BDS to them.
· Identify investment opportunities for private sector partners, link and support their application and management.
4. Team management
Manage a small team of financial inclusion officers in order to achieve P2Rs financial inclusion objectives to increase access to formal financial services for pastoral and farming communities.
· Recruit and induct a small financial inclusion team
· Provide strong and professional leadership to the team and mange using an agile management approach
· Develop strong and professional relationships across the consortium
· Provide professional performance management to the financial inclusion team, supporting creativity and rewarding solution orientated team members.
5. Collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA)
To manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not), take successful initiatives to scale and contribute to learning in financial inclusion for pastoral and farming communities within the consortium and more broadly within the sector.
· Work collaboratively with the Ifaa’s Livestock Market System Learning Coordinator ensure the monitoring and evaluation plan (as regards financial inclusion), is fit for purpose, and reflects all internal and donor reporting requirements.
· Work collaboratively with the Livestock Market System Learning Coordinator team to develop the financial inclusion learning questions and ensure that appropriate data is being collected and analyzed.
· Produce at least one financial inclusion learning brief each year, prior to the annual learning event
· Manage joint initiatives with financial service provider partners adaptively, monitoring KPI very regularly to know what is working and what is not, adapt initiatives and either stop those that are not working or take to scale those that are.
· Convene at least quarterly informal learning events with key stakeholders (e.g. government, communities / civil society and financial service providers and private sector partners), to learn about what is working and what is not.
· Plan and manage the financial inclusion content and participants for the Ifaa’s annual learning event.
Review and report financial inclusion data on a monthly basis to the Livestock Production & Marketing Team Leader.
Qualification ( Education, Experience , key qualities, skill and competence)
JOIN US
Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement? Then join us if you have:
Essential Requirements:
1. BA/MA degree from recognized University in economics, agricultural economics, agri-business, accounting, business administrations and related disciplines
2. At least 8/6 years of previous experience in private business agencies and commercial finance preferably from the bank and micro-finance industries
3. Able to work independently and act on own initiative
4. Good communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills
5. Good computer skills with ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
6. Good English language skills
REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:
COMMITMENTS:
GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other policy, rules and regulation of the organization.