Training Programme Coordinator - Technical Assistance Programme to various EIB Financial Sector Operations in Southern Africa: Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and Botswana
About DAI:
DAI is an employee-owned global development company. For 40 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governments, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 60 countries. Our integrated development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines—crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS and disease control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
Objectives of the role:
The Training Programme Coordinator will work in collaboration with the Key Expert team to provide the required technical assistance to the financial sector operations in the Southern Africa region, specifically in Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and Botswana. The role will include (but is not limited to) the implementation of the 4 main project components which include the assurance of the smooth flow of the Global Loan Allocation Request from the EIB’s Financial Intermediary borrowers, the provision of targeted capacity building to financial intermediaries, the organisation or various M/SME support actions aimed at raising the level of financial literacy and management capacity and, finally, the creation and implementation of extensive training curricula and launch training programmes for financial intermediaries and M/SMEs.
The Training Programme Coordinator will work on activities including: 1) establish and developing appropriate course appropriate courses and curricula at local universities 2) deliver targeted and validated training programmes for financial intermediaries and 2) offer M/SME and microfinance borrowers the appropriate entrepreneurship, business and financial literacy skills.
Length of the project:36 months
Start Date:November 2014
Qualifications and Skills:
- University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Banking, or related field; or equivalent professional experience
- Speak/write English with native level proficiency
General Professional Experience:
- Minimum of 8 years in the financial and credit analysis function in a M/SME department of a commercial bank, or a consulting firm specialising in M/SME banking activities
- Advanced skills in financial analysis and financial reporting
Specific Professional Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience coordinating financial training M/SME programmes and developing curricula and training materials with the aim of enhancing teaching and research capacity in MSME financing
- Good analytical skills in economic and SME project finance planning and implementation, fully conversant with market and financial analysis risk analysis techniques with ability to implement computer based models to analyse balance sheets and calculate key financial ratios for lending analysis
Deadline for Application:20th May 2014
"Please note that all profiles are indicative only and therefore subject to change once the ToR is made available."
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