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Position Title: Resident Manager- Digital Financial Services
Organisation: MicroSave
Primary Location: Kampala, Uganda
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Closing date: 30th June 2014
Brief Company Profile:
About MicroSave:
MicroSave is a market leader in providing consulting services to retail
financial institutions globally.
Our clients include leading commercial banks,
deposit taking microfinance institutions, SACCOs, microfinance institutions and
multilateral and bi-lateral donors.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
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Technically support the
development of strategic plan for country initiatives in the digital financial
services space including strategic plans for partner MNOs and banks
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Draft technical assistance
agreement, appraisal and budget for each potential partner support and obtain
approval from donor(s) under two work streams
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Development of rural agent
networks for branchless banking / payments
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Product development beyond basic
payments
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Working with the Central Bank of
Uganda and other stakeholders to further digital financial services in Uganda
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Monitor and review of the
off-site and on-site work of other staff involved in key functional areas
·
Offer training, technical assistance,
and implementation support to partners as per the work plan - including
leveraging The Helix Institute of Digital Finance .
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Attend mobile money working group
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meetings, conferences and
seminars and represent MicroSave as also the donor(s)
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Maintain excellent rapport with
other donor agencies and identify synergies between donor programmes
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Recommend adoption of
international best practices customised to the ecosystem, target clients, and
initiative of the partner organisation
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Coordinate at the overall country
level and acting as the focal/contact point for all the stakeholders
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Develop excellent relationship
with all stakeholder institutions (partners and non-partners)
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Promote partnership between
partner organisations to develop the DFS ecosystem.
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Ensure quarterly/ yearly
reporting by all partner organisations to donors
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Draft quarterly country dashboard
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Report to MicroSave and to donors
on a periodic basis
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Identify suitable opportunities to
improve the business for other business domains within MicroSave and coordinate
with and support the MicroSave Country Manager in business development efforts.
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Perform any other
responsibilities as maybe mentioned by donors and/or MicroSave.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The successful candidate will possess a master's degree with experience in
east Africa/Uganda and expertise in digital financial services delivery /
mobile money and in managing medium to large donor projects.
Mode of Application:
All candidates should send their detailed CVs to: Microsave HR Manager and
should be sent by email to hr@microsave.net. Please clearly indicate the
subject as: “Resident Manager - Digital Financial Services, Uganda.”
