Micro Finance Officer Jobs in Kenya

Micro Finance Officer Jobs in Kenya
The Liliane Foundation is a special foundation for disabled children in developing countries and operates on a personalized, small-scale and direct way. One of the big challenges is to include the people with disabilities and/or their families in the normal economic life and to try to help them to create a better quality of life.

The key words in this regard are work and access to financial markets. Creating job and training opportunities for PWD’s is at least as important as starting an own business as the great majority of them will never qualify to become an entrepreneur.

The Liliane Foundation is looking for a Micro Finance Officer who will guide this process.

Specific tasks
* Assess partner organizations (PO) for micro finance and being involved in training activities for PO’s
* Introduction to interested groups of parents and youngsters with a disability of a particular PO about empowerment and self reliance and on the opportunities and possibilities of micro finance programmes
* Train mediators involved in the micro finance programme on micro finance in order to prepare them in selecting clients, in doing a first assessment on the small business initiatives of the clients, and in advising and stimulating the clients properly.
* Assess the potential groups of clients and their business initiatives & hand over potential groups who passed the selection, to the Micro Finance Institution (MFI)* Monitor and guide the selected groups together with the MFI
* Stimulate job development by networking with enterprises and looking for relevant training opportunities for PWD’s
* Develop strategies and initiatives to create more job opportunities

Qualifications
* Degree in Business Studies.

Work experience
Essential

* At least 4 years work experience in the private sector involving either financial or business management.
* Work experience in entrepreneurial development.

Desired
* Good knowledge of working with (donor funded) projects.
* Experience in monitoring and evaluating programme activities.
* Experience in policy advice.
* Experience in developing and facilitating trainings.

Competencies
* Besides business skills the Micro Finance Officer should have some knowledge of the social part of the job. She or he must know how to maintain good relationships with people with disabilities their families, organisations and networks!
* Adaptability to different working environments and ability to work with smaller entities.
* Be able to see opportunities and initiate new projects.
* Proposal and report writing skills are essential.
* Good interpersonal skills and flexibility in working with people of diverse social backgrounds.
* Good communication and networking skills.

Personal qualities
* Patience, tolerance and resilience are important for mutual understanding with the other colleagues.
* The Micro Finance Officer needs to be able to work individually and as a team member.

Applications should be sent to

Liliane Foundation,
P.O Box 476 – 00517,
Uhuru Gardens

or by email to info@lilianefonds.co.ke, and no other email address.

Applications received later than 8th November 2010 shall not be considered.