JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
CARE Rwanda is seeking to recruit a “Technical Advisor – Financial Inclusion”.
Introduction
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International aims to be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.
Are you passionate about financial inclusion and eager to create lasting change in the lives of vulnerable women and girls? Do you want to make a tangible impact on the lives of women and girls in Rwanda? Do you have the expertise to develop innovative strategies and tools that drive financial empowerment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dynamic team at CARE Rwanda as a Financial Inclusion Technical Advisor.
Key Responsibilities:
The Financial Inclusion Technical Advisor is responsible for the development of strategy, interventions and tools as required for ensuring best practice in Financial Inclusion . She/he develops quality control tools/mechanisms that are used to evaluate the effective implementation of strategies and builds capacity of staff and partners to positively impact the lives of vulnerable women and girls. The position holder represents CARE in Financial Inclusion forums and strategically positions CARE as a major voice in the development sector. The position holder liaises with the program quality and learning team, project team and stakeholders to develop and pilot innovative approaches related access to finance/financial Inclusion , facilitates their evaluation and recommends scale up strategies.
Your responsibilities will include:
- You will pprovide leadership and transfer knowledge and capacity to staff and partners; enabling them to implement Access to finance and Financial Inclusion strategies effectively, and positively impact the lives of vulnerable women and girls;
- You will Develop and implement quality control mechanisms that will support CARE staff, implementing partners and other project stakeholders to implement best practice in area of Financial Inclusion;
- You will Lead the design and development and implementation of new theories of change, approaches and tools in area of Financial Inclusion, including piloting new and scaling up successful interventions;
- You will Contribute to the development and implementation of CARE Rwanda’s strategy; aiming to maximise our beneficial impact on vulnerable women and girls
- Under the leadership of the Programs Director, and Program manager, actively participate in the development and implementation of CARE Rwanda’s relationships, and advocacy efforts to maximize CARE’s impact on poverty and social justice.
Position requirements
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (e.g. Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Financial Education, Business Management, Micro-finance, Development Management or Social Science)
- Project Management Certification (PIMM)
- Master’s Degree in Development Management or Agriculture/Development Economics
Experience required:
- At least 8 years of professional experience in micro-finance, banking, rural and agriculture investment finance; business development services, and private sector development and banking for donor-funded projects.
- 5 years’ experience in designing, coordinating, and managing projects in area of Financial Inclusion projects.
- At least 3 years’ experience in designing strategies and coordinating capacity building of partner organizations
- At least Demonstrated experience in program design, implementation and evaluation; including participatory approaches
- Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with implementing partners, donors and government counterparts.
- Experience in Agri-value chain development, market access and Agric- financing models such as FFBS, VSLAs and other digital models that suits better for youth in agriculture.
- Demonstrated experience and competence in drafting and advising on agri-business and SME/MSME business plans, forecasting profit/loss, etc. with strong ability to understand and address financing needed of entrepreneurs and businesses
What We Offer:
- A Mission-Driven Career: Contribute to meaningful work that changes lives.
- A competitive salary
- Professional Growth: Good Opportunities for learning, development, and career advancement.
- Inclusive Culture: An extremely Work in a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusivity.
If you’re ready to take on this rewarding challenge and contribute to reshaping the future for vulnerable women and girls, we invite you to apply! Share your resume and a compelling cover letter detailing your relevant experience and vision for empowering marginalized women and girls.
Applications should be submitted via the apply button not later than August 15th, 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps.
Notes:
- CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We are an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity, diversity and Inclusion. CARE’s focus as an organization is to empower women and girls as we strongly believe that they are most affected by poverty. In line with our values, we highly encourage women to apply for this position.
- We are committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework.
- CARE International has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of any person or child by any of our staff, or partners. CARE International reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.
- We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that they have no objection to CARE International requesting the information specified above.
*Disclaimer: CARE International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment
