Summary
Date Posted: Friday, December 20, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About the organization Zambian Financial Sector Deepening Limited (FSD Zambia) is a Zambian organization working closely with key players throughout the economy to ensure that all Zambians are financially healthy, particularly the most excluded and underserved. We help rural families, women, youth, low income people, and other households in Zambia to understand and access a wide range of sustainable, comparable and affordable financial services. To expand financial inclusion, we collaborate with both public and private sector institutions to make financial markets work better. FSD Zambia enhances trust between clients and suppliers of financial services by helping to bring people together, cultivate understanding, stimulate innovation, and lower costs. In this way, all women, men, girls and boys can learn about, choose, and use a wide range of financial services that have the most positive impact on their lives. FSD Zambia enjoys the active support of financing partners UK Aid, SIDA, Rural Finance Expansion Programme (RUFEP) and Comic Relief/Jersey Overseas Aid.
About the Job
The objective of this role is to manage and support the facilitation of the Informal Finance thematic portfolio. The Project Manager IF will work under the supervision of the Head-Informal Finance and closely collaborate with other thematic, analytics and operational areas. The Project Manager will specifically provide support in conceptualizing and supervising Informal Finance interventions and will be instrumental in program backstopping and engagement with stakeholders. .

Job Responsibilities:
• Can break down projects and issues, thinks through logically and set priorities:
• Ability to see relationships between diverse issues and identify solutions as well as identifying patterns/trends in data and developments.
• Thinks creatively and strategically and in the medium-term, adapting accordingly to changes in circumstances.
• Enables innovation and cross-theme thinking and options, particularly watching the markets to see how opportunities can be seized.
• Sets challenging standards and goals for self and others.
• Can envision ways forward and is focused on programme results.
• Able to manage external stakeholder relationships effectively and encourage them to collaborate for mutual gain
• Ability to publish articles, blogs and tweets on Informal finance and other thematic areas where there is collaboration.
• Ability to monitor and keep track of all program progress and contractual deadlines Timely and strong in assessing priorities and completing them to deadlines.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in development studies; business administration or any related field. Master's degree is an added advantage.
• At least 5 years' professional experience of which 3 years should have been in a substantive role in supporting savings group implementation among poor rural households, preferably in the field.
• A clear understanding of the Zambian and global informal finance landscape, and role of the informal financial sector in economic development and financial inclusion.
• Excellent collaboration skills with demonstrated ability with various partners, including government, private sector, and NGOs.
• A motivated individual who can work with minimal supervision, adhering to deadlines and used to meeting targets.
• IT literate with proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Power Point The ability to produce consistently high-quality written outputs, demonstrating attention to detail and understanding.
• Experience facilitating training modules using adult education/participatory methods
• Experience developing, managing and implementing multi-party projects with defined objectives, deliverables, monitoring and evaluation of results.
• Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, and diplomacy both individually and as part of a team effort. Team engagement is critical.

Job Education Requirements:
• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in development studies; business administration or any related field. Master's degree is an added advantage.

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
FSD Zambia is an equal opportunity employer. Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination due to disability, ethnicity, race, religion or gender. We strongly encourage people with disabilities who have the relevant skills and experience to apply.
Visit our website at www.fsdzambia.org  for a detailed job description.
Candidates are invited to submit a one-page cover letter indicating current and expected remuneration, together with maximum three-page CV to recruitment@fsdzambia.org  by close of business Monday, 6 January 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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