Habitat for Humanity Regional Housing Microfinance Project Manager (Africa/Middle East region)

In Africa and the Middle East (AME), Habitat for Humanity is building homes in 19 countries. By working in partnership with families to provide safe affordable shelter, Habitat empowers them to break the cycle of poverty and build the foundation for a secure future.

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is currently seeking a microfinance professional to serve as the Regional Housing Microfinance Project Manager for our AME Area Office. This key position will lead the overall implementation of the project “Building the Shelter Assets of the Poor” in the region and will oversee and manage all in-country Project staff. The Regional Housing Microfinance Manager will report to the Director of Housing Finance, be based at our AME Area Office in Pretoria, South Africa, and will be the primary HFHI contact for all in-country project initiatives.

Interested candidates should visit: http://www.habitatjobs.org/JobDetail.asp?jid=51853

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide technical assistance to financial service partners:

  1. Participate in formulating and implementing the partner selection process
  2. Carry out due diligence of potential and existing HMF partners when required
  3. Lead the planning, and oversee the implementation of market research studies, and product development processes for partner institutions
  4. Design, develop, promote, define and refine housing micro finance partnerships with financial institutions

Technical Leadership:

  1. Development of TORs for various consulting assignments, and identification/selection of consultants
  2. Develop reporting standards (financial and narrative), and maintain consolidated project wide report
  3. Participate in the design, planning, monitoring and evaluation of the program activities
  4. Oversee and, in some cases, directly manage external consultants engaged to carry out different activities throughout the program implementation (i.e. trainings, various studies, and assessments)
  5. Collect and collate monitoring reports from the project countries on monthly basis and provide support to country based managers to address issues identified
  6. Manage country based project staff

Training to partner MFIs and other stakeholders (including consultants):

  1. Train the country based project staff, and consultants, when required, to increase their capacity to deliver with excellence the outputs included within the program implementation
  2. Design and development of HMF trainings, based on HMF best practice delivery and management processes

Research and knowledge management:

  1. Support in the design of monitoring systems for the program implementation
  2. Manage and, when required, participate of HMF impact assessments, evaluations, supply and demand studies, and other studies as may be required
  3. Oversee the implementation of market research for HMF (demand and supply analysis)
  4. Coordinate the documentation of case studies highlighting emerging lessons
  5. Where necessary review, redesign or design new housing finance products

Peer Learning:

  1. Increase visibility of HMF and Habitat’s work by sharing the emerging best practices based on project results
  2. Facilitate the advancement of knowledge and learning amongst peers in the sector within the region

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

  1. Master’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Social Sciences or development related field OR a degree in a related field, and equivalent field experience
  2. High level understanding and a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the field of microfinance/development finance
  3. Fluency in English (written and spoken)
  4. Experience in housing microfinance, housing finance, microfinance and community development work
  5. Organizational / project management skills, and proven experience

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE A MAJOR PLUS:

  1. 5 years working in the African context is desirable
  2. Experience in conducting or supervising research and product development process
  3. Experience and capacity to deliver training
  4. Experience in Market Research
  5. Good people skills with the ability to communicate cross-culturally and work in teams
  6. Ability to work independently, often managing multiple and simultaneous tasks at varying levels of complexity and detail

HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Keywords: International, Finance, Specialist, Coordinator, Manager, Regional, Housing Finance Manager, Finance, NGO, Nonprofit, non-profit, Project Management, Financial Management, Africa, Africa/Middle East, AME, Finance Specialist, Director, International NGO, Low-Income, progressive housing finance, microfinance, microenterprise development, project design, implementation and evaluation, coss-cultural leadership, regulatory reform, financial analysis, Budgeting, Credit, Capacity Building, Economic, Rural, SME, Small, Medium, training,

How to apply:

Interested candidates should visit: http://www.habitatjobs.org/JobDetail.asp?jid=51853

HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Keywords: International, Finance, Specialist, Coordinator, Manager, Regional, Housing Finance Manager, Finance, NGO, Nonprofit, non-profit, Project Management, Financial Management, Africa, Africa/Middle East, AME, Finance Specialist, Director, International NGO, Low-Income, progressive housing finance, microfinance, microenterprise development, project design, implementation and evaluation, coss-cultural leadership, regulatory reform, financial analysis, Budgeting, Credit, Capacity Building, Economic, Rural, SME, Small, Medium, training,

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