Deadline of this Job: 05 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Resource Mobilization & Business Development Intern
The NBD Intern will part of Save the Children's East and Southern Africa Regional Office. He/ She will provide resource mobilization and NBD support to the Regional Resource Mobilization (RRM) team that comprised of the Regional Head of Resource Mobilization, the Senior Regional Business Development Manager, Senior Programme Development Manager for Southern Africa region and the Corporate and Philanthropic Partnerships Manager.
In order to be successful, you will bring/have:
Essential/Desired
• Recently completed degree or studying for a degree course in business management, project management, international relations, international development, or related field who wishes to gain some practical experience.
• Demonstrates some form of international development or fundraising BD experience in an NGO/ INGO sector highly desired.
• A high degree of attention to detail and the ability to lead key tasks to on-time completion under significant pressure and with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and information management skills;
• Excellent computer skills especially in MS Excel spread sheets, PDF and MS Word required
• High level of integrity and ability to work as part of a professional team
• Excellent communication, process and time management skills.
• Proven ability to handle challenging work load
• Cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity;
• Strong/ Excellent interpersonal, networking written and oral communication and re/presentation skills;
• English fluency (written and verbal) required
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
Deadline of this Job: 05 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Associate Financial Officer - Derivatives, Structured Finance and Capital Markets
Description
IFC’s Treasury Client Solutions Department is a client-facing transaction-structuring and execution team that provides IFC’s clients with innovative fixed-income solutions. The group has global responsibility for derivative transactions, structured products, local currency solutions, and debt capital markets solutions. The team takes pride in contributing to many innovative transactions across the region that provide meaningful solutions to IFC’s clients.
IFC is looking for a dynamic and highly motivated finance professional to join the Treasury Client Solutions EMEA team based in Nairobi, covering markets across Africa, Middle East, Europe, and parts of Asia. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a truly multicultural environment, contribute to IFC's strategic priorities and facilitate innovative transactions across a variety of structures, asset classes, sectors, and markets
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Structure, price and execute fixed income transactions for IFC’s clients including debt capital markets, structured products (including securitizations, covered bonds, structured debt funds, credit guarantees, risk sharing facilities and other instruments), as well as interest rate and currency derivatives.
• Build and maintain relationship with key partners, including international investment banks, local banks, capital market firms, investors, and regulators.
• Contribute to business development and market treasury products to internal and external clients.
• Conduct market intelligence of local and international debt capital markets.
• Coordinate the preparation and execution of IFC’s local currency bond issuances in domestic and international markets.
• Design, maintain, and improve financial models to structure, evaluate, and price innovative transactions; and
• Provide training and knowledge management services to colleagues and external clients.
Selection Criteria
• MBA/Master’s degree in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Financial Mathematics, Statistics, or related area.
• Between 4 and 8 years of relevant work experience in finance, preferable in fixed income and/or structured products within an investment bank, rating agency, or capital markets related institution.
• Solid theoretical and practical knowledge of fixed income markets including interest rate and cross currency derivatives and/or structured products.
• Highly motivated, results-oriented team player with an ability to multi-task and thrive in a transaction-driven environment and to pay attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong data analysis and financial modelling skills.
• Good business judgment and good track record in transaction execution in an investment environment; and
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
Deadline of this Job: 02 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Accounts Payables
• Ensures adequacy of supporting documentation for all documentation forwarded for payment
• Timely processing of staff advances for travel and activities.
• Processing of supplier invoices within stipulated period.
• Ensuring vouchers are duly authorized before payment and filing.
• Manage a systematic online financial filing system that is sequential, complete and up to date at all times.
• Pro-actively address identified monthly compliance issues regarding payables from HQ and between Nairobi & Sub-Offices.
Accounts Receivables
• Implement EGPAF Kenya’s advances liquidation policy.
• Reviews and signs off on all submitted Field Expense Reports, ensuring the validity and accuracy of all submitted receipts. Periodically samples receipts and clarifies sampled expenses with vendors.
• Accurately posts the advances liquidating expenses to QuickBooks.
Cash/Bank Management
• Monitor bank account balances and request for top ups whenever the account runs low.
• Performs accurate monthly bank reconciliations.
Monthly Reporting activities
• Daily posting of all transactions in quick books and ensuring consistency, accuracy and completeness of such transactions.
• Work on key end month KPIs to facilitate EGPAF –K finance office meets all HQ reporting deadlines for Quick Books closing.
Other Responsibilities
• Orientation of new staff on finance policies and procedures.
• Support of both internal and external audit.
• Focal finance representative in Dhibiti Project.
• A member of budget monitoring Committee- Dhibiti Project.
• Any other work related duties as may be assigned.
To Be Successful, You Will Have
• Minimum Degree in related Business Field.
• CPA Finalist.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Strong work ethic and ability and willingness to work long hours.
• Able to work in team settings and willingness to learn.
• Cross-cultural competence as demonstrated by confidence and ability to make relevant presentations to diverse audiences.
• IT Savvy, including accounting soft wares.
• Willingness to travel.
JOB DETAILS:
Accounts Payables
• Ensures adequacy of supporting documentation for all documentation forwarded for payment
• Timely processing of staff advances for travel and activities.
• Processing of supplier invoices within stipulated period.
• Ensuring vouchers are duly authorized before payment and filing.
• Manage a systematic online financial filing system that is sequential, complete and up to date at all times.
• Pro-actively address identified monthly compliance issues regarding payables from HQ and between Nairobi & Sub-Offices.
Accounts Receivables
• Implement EGPAF Kenya’s advances liquidation policy.
• Reviews and signs off on all submitted Field Expense Reports, ensuring the validity and accuracy of all submitted receipts. Periodically samples receipts and clarifies sampled expenses with vendors.
• Accurately posts the advances liquidating expenses to QuickBooks.
Cash/Bank Management
• Monitor bank account balances and request for top ups whenever the account runs low.
• Performs accurate monthly bank reconciliations.
Monthly Reporting activities
• Daily posting of all transactions in quick books and ensuring consistency, accuracy and completeness of such transactions.
• Work on key end month KPIs to facilitate EGPAF –K finance office meets all HQ reporting deadlines for Quick Books closing.
Other Responsibilities
• Orientation of new staff on finance policies and procedures.
• Support of both internal and external audit.
• Focal finance representative in Dhibiti Project.
• A member of budget monitoring Committee- Dhibiti Project.
• Any other work related duties as may be assigned.
To Be Successful, You Will Have
• Minimum Degree in related Business Field.
• CPA Finalist.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Strong work ethic and ability and willingness to work long hours.
• Able to work in team settings and willingness to learn.
• Cross-cultural competence as demonstrated by confidence and ability to make relevant presentations to diverse audiences.
• IT Savvy, including accounting soft wares.
• Willingness to travel.
Deadline of this Job: 31 August 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Location : Nairobi, Kenya
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing...when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Job Summary:
The Finance & Budgeting Analyst will support the Chief of Party in all aspects of financial management & budgeting of AINFP including: oversight of program accounting, internal auditing, and internal controls; supporting Regional Controller with timely financial reporting; support program budgeting at a regional and country level, regular tracking of burn rate against budget; support country program teams to develop and understand activity-based budgets, and to monitor expenditure against budget and work plans; provide staff training and capacity building of staff to implement financial management policies and procedures.
Program Overview:
TechnoServe is implementing the USAID-funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) regional program in collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS). The program leverages the power of the private sector to increase the production of safer, more nutritious foods that prioritize procurement from local smallholder farmers and increase the availability of these foods to BoP consumers. This is achieved by supporting local food processing companies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia through remote technical assistance from world-leading food processing companies under PFS and training to increase the availability of safe, affordable, and nutritious food. The core activities that build the capacity of food processors to become more competitive include customized technical assistance (CTA) and Sector-Wide Training (SWT).
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Budget Preparation and Monitoring
• Support detailed country activity-based budget development closely linked to work plans.
• Build capacity of country teams to understand and manage the budget.
• Prepare a monthly report to track expenditure against each country’s budget. Participate in a country level call to explain variances from the budget.
• Participate in quarterly burn rate calls with VP East Africa.
• Support the annual and mid-year budgeting, forecasting and planning, and ensure that they are consistent with TechnoServe’s guidelines and procedures
Financial Management and Analysis
• Provide financial and accounting oversight to the AINFP regional and country operations.
• Establish and ensure compliance with budget codes which allow accurate tracking of costs of different types of intervention/client. Consolidate and analyse this information to feed into more accurate budgeting and forecasting.
• Ensure that all financial data recorded in the financial management system across the AINFP countries have the mandatory accounting dimensions to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Review monthly accounting transactions online in Navision and follow up with Country Project accountants to fix errors noted before they are posted.
• Ensure all accounting program data is updated in the system, reconciled and fully supported in accordance with USAID rules and regulations.
• Liaise with the Regional Controller to ensure timely and accurate preparation of quarterly financial reporting to the donor (SF425) and accruals.
• Liaise with country Financial Controllers to ensure timely completion of month-end procedures and that the results are posted on time.
• Review disbursement to the program partner including review of partners’ financial reports and documentation before posting in Navision.
• Monitor expenditure against partner grant budget.
• Maintenance and filing of accounting records.
Compliance with Finance Policies
• Maintain high levels of confidentiality in relation to sensitive and confidential commercial and business financial decisions and issues.
• Provide proactive advice to ensure optimal financial systems, and reporting and maintenance of TechnoServe’s accounting policies, financial procedures and guidelines.
• Ensure that all processes and procurements adhere to corporate policy, legal and contractual obligations, and corporate and donor standards;
Staff Capacity Building
• Regular travel to program countries to provide support to the teams in budget management and adherence with financial procedures.
• Provision of orientation to new staff on financial systems as required.
• Provision of training/ sharing best practice in team meetings.
• Troubleshooting and support to in-country finance teams
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree + 7 years’ experience, or Master’s degree + 5 years’ experience preferably in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field,
• Minimum of 5 years of experience, preferably in international development
• Proven analytic and budgeting skills, including the ability to model the costs of different program designs.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Technical qualifications or working experience as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent.
• Experience working for a USG funded program
• Travel
• Ability to travel regionally; (up to 20% of time)
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills; able to effectively interact with diverse groups of domestic and regional colleagues.
We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.
JOB DETAILS:
Location : Nairobi, Kenya
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing...when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Job Summary:
The Finance & Budgeting Analyst will support the Chief of Party in all aspects of financial management & budgeting of AINFP including: oversight of program accounting, internal auditing, and internal controls; supporting Regional Controller with timely financial reporting; support program budgeting at a regional and country level, regular tracking of burn rate against budget; support country program teams to develop and understand activity-based budgets, and to monitor expenditure against budget and work plans; provide staff training and capacity building of staff to implement financial management policies and procedures.
Program Overview:
TechnoServe is implementing the USAID-funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) regional program in collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS). The program leverages the power of the private sector to increase the production of safer, more nutritious foods that prioritize procurement from local smallholder farmers and increase the availability of these foods to BoP consumers. This is achieved by supporting local food processing companies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia through remote technical assistance from world-leading food processing companies under PFS and training to increase the availability of safe, affordable, and nutritious food. The core activities that build the capacity of food processors to become more competitive include customized technical assistance (CTA) and Sector-Wide Training (SWT).
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Budget Preparation and Monitoring
• Support detailed country activity-based budget development closely linked to work plans.
• Build capacity of country teams to understand and manage the budget.
• Prepare a monthly report to track expenditure against each country’s budget. Participate in a country level call to explain variances from the budget.
• Participate in quarterly burn rate calls with VP East Africa.
• Support the annual and mid-year budgeting, forecasting and planning, and ensure that they are consistent with TechnoServe’s guidelines and procedures
Financial Management and Analysis
• Provide financial and accounting oversight to the AINFP regional and country operations.
• Establish and ensure compliance with budget codes which allow accurate tracking of costs of different types of intervention/client. Consolidate and analyse this information to feed into more accurate budgeting and forecasting.
• Ensure that all financial data recorded in the financial management system across the AINFP countries have the mandatory accounting dimensions to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Review monthly accounting transactions online in Navision and follow up with Country Project accountants to fix errors noted before they are posted.
• Ensure all accounting program data is updated in the system, reconciled and fully supported in accordance with USAID rules and regulations.
• Liaise with the Regional Controller to ensure timely and accurate preparation of quarterly financial reporting to the donor (SF425) and accruals.
• Liaise with country Financial Controllers to ensure timely completion of month-end procedures and that the results are posted on time.
• Review disbursement to the program partner including review of partners’ financial reports and documentation before posting in Navision.
• Monitor expenditure against partner grant budget.
• Maintenance and filing of accounting records.
Compliance with Finance Policies
• Maintain high levels of confidentiality in relation to sensitive and confidential commercial and business financial decisions and issues.
• Provide proactive advice to ensure optimal financial systems, and reporting and maintenance of TechnoServe’s accounting policies, financial procedures and guidelines.
• Ensure that all processes and procurements adhere to corporate policy, legal and contractual obligations, and corporate and donor standards;
Staff Capacity Building
• Regular travel to program countries to provide support to the teams in budget management and adherence with financial procedures.
• Provision of orientation to new staff on financial systems as required.
• Provision of training/ sharing best practice in team meetings.
• Troubleshooting and support to in-country finance teams
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree + 7 years’ experience, or Master’s degree + 5 years’ experience preferably in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field,
• Minimum of 5 years of experience, preferably in international development
• Proven analytic and budgeting skills, including the ability to model the costs of different program designs.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Technical qualifications or working experience as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent.
• Experience working for a USG funded program
• Travel
• Ability to travel regionally; (up to 20% of time)
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills; able to effectively interact with diverse groups of domestic and regional colleagues.
We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.
Deadline of this Job: 04 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Financial Inclusion Junior Consultant - 2SCALE
Background
The 2SCALE program[1] is designed to incubate and accelerate inclusive business development in African agri-food systems. 2SCALE works together with companies (African, Dutch, and other small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs) and producer organizations (POs) to develop business models and partnership models that promote inclusiveness, develop competitive edge, and have potential for scaling. These partnerships, also referred to as public-private partnerships (PPPs), are the core implementation modality to achieve the objectives of the program.
Specifically, 2SCALE supports partnerships in target agri-food industries with significant potential to:
improve food and nutrition security, both at grassroots level and at the consumer end of the value chain by serving local and regional markets (including Base-of-the-Pyramid – BoP - markets) with nutritious food products.
improve the terms of inclusion of smallholder farmers and other micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the value chains.
attract and employ the youth.
engage and empower women.
To strengthen PPPs, 2SCALE also collaborates with companies and organizations that provide a specific expertise to support the target agri-food value chains or act as a major off-taker in the chain. 2SCALE is co-funded by the private sector and by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS). Building on a first phase (2012-18), the current phase of 2SCALE runs from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2023. It is awarded to a consortium led by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and comprising the Base-of-the-Pyramid Innovation Center (BoPInc) and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV).
Partnership with Batian Nuts Limited
Batian is a processor and exporter of macadamia operating in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties of Kenya. 2SCALE partnered with Batian Nuts to improve the production of groundnuts by farmers in Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties and increase the availability of nutritious groundnuts products to low-income consumers. The partnership is building a cluster of farmers who produce aflatoxin free groundnuts sustainably and channel it through Batian for processing and finally to consumers. We support farmers to improve their production through sustainable practices and Batian to secure financing and develop processing capacity for groundnut products. The partnership is particularly keen to support youth and women enterprises that provide services in the supply chain of Batian.
Partnership with Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Limited.
Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd is farmer-led grain aggregator, trader, and supplier operating in the semi-arid counties in eastern Kenya. The partnership between Tegemeo and 2SCALE aims to is to build resilience of smallholder farmers’ commercial farming ventures and to develop affordable and nutritious of sorghum and pearl millet-based products for low-income consumers in the semi-arid counties of Tharaka Nithi, Makueni and Kitui. Resilience of farmer ventures will be built by increasing their production, productivity, and incomes through introduction of high yielding and bio-fortified drought tolerant varieties of sorghum and pearl millet alongside eco-efficient innovations and climate smart farming practices.
About the Financial Inclusion Junior Consultant Role
Access to finance smallholder farmers and other actors in the partnerships is one of the huddles the that must overcome for the partnerships to achieve their ambitions. Financial inclusion interventions are thus a key priority for 2SCALE in 2022. 2SCALE, Batian Nuts and Tegemeo agreed to strengthen internal capitalization of smallholders and other value chain actors by engaging a Financial Inclusion Junior Consultant to operationalization and strengthening Village and Savings Loans Associations (VSLAs) smallholder farmers linked to Batian Nuts and Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd. This activity is captured in Batian Nuts’ and Tegemeo’s 2022 action plans as Activity 3.1 and Activity 2.1, respectively and is due for implementation. In this SoW, 2SCALE will hire this consultant for a period of one year.
Objectives
Operationalize and strengthen 250 Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) of smallholder farmers linked to Batian Nuts and Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd.
Tasks
• Take a participative and active role in the overall implementation of 2SCALE’s financial inclusion interventions.
• Mobilization, recruitment, and registration of VSLA/farmer organizations linked to Batian Nuts and Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd.
• Participate in development and review of group-lending specific financial products based on market needs.
• Work with VSLAs/ farmer organizations to deliver a range of financial literacy training targeted to their individual needs. These include record keeping assistance, cash-flow management, credit management, and referrals to financial institutions.
• Coaching, mentoring, and hand holding of Batian Nuts and Tegemeo extensionists in delivery of financial literacy training.
• Recording, verifying and assessment of data on VSLA/ farmer organization savings.
• Identify, initiate, and manage community strategic partnerships that increase quality of 2SSCALE’s Financial Inclusion interventions.
• Submit timely monthly and quarterly reports as required by 2SCALE.
• Support 2SCALE communications team with success stories from the field.
• Environmental screening and mitigation measures
This assignment will not have any significant adverse effect on the environment.
Expected results
Successful undertaking of the aforementioned tasks will result in
Increased financial literacy among smallholder farmers, and other partnership actors
Increased savings in the VSLAs, with savings data captured under the partnership’s UII-8
Creation of linkages between Batian Nuts, Tegemeo, the VSLAs and financial institutions operating within Tharaka Nithi county.
Deliverables
Format
Deadline
Comment
Monthly field reports
Word
Every 30th day of the month
These include a brief narrative report of field activities, pictures, and attendance lists as per the template provided
M&E reports
Excel
Quarterly
These include list of VSLAs and savings
Activity reports
Word
Within 3 days upon completion of the activity
These include Reach & Reaction forms filled as per the template provided.
Location
The Consultant will be based in Giekuri , Marimanti town, Tharaka Nithi county at the field offices where the BSS’s/business champions are located. S/he will travel in-country to meet with field partners and any other program related activities.
Qualifications and Skills Required
Required Qualifications
• An undergraduate bachelor’s degree in Business related courses from a recognized institution.
• Knowledge in sales and marketing, group-lending, credit, and risk management as well as relevant experience in the micro-finance and banking sectors
• Experience working with rural communities, table banking “chamas” or farmer organizations or farmer groups
• Experience in delivering training of financial education, mentoring and coaching
Skills
• Proficiency in computers is mandatory.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial statements.
• Clear understanding of microfinance/banking industry is an added advantage.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with excellent customer service.
• A team player with the drive to improve performance.
• Persuasive with strong recognition and facilitation skills.
• Self-driven with the ability to work independently under minimum supervision.
• Knowledge of Meru and Tharaka languages.
• Collaboration and Reporting
The consultant will report to the Partnership Facilitator responsible for the partnerships, with support of the Financial Inclusion team for which they are assigned and will benefit from coaching from other team members of 2SCALE. The consultant will be expected to make monthly reports and activity reports from specific activities such as field travels, trainings, workshops, among others.
JOB DETAILS:
Financial Inclusion Junior Consultant - 2SCALE
Background
The 2SCALE program[1] is designed to incubate and accelerate inclusive business development in African agri-food systems. 2SCALE works together with companies (African, Dutch, and other small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs) and producer organizations (POs) to develop business models and partnership models that promote inclusiveness, develop competitive edge, and have potential for scaling. These partnerships, also referred to as public-private partnerships (PPPs), are the core implementation modality to achieve the objectives of the program.
Specifically, 2SCALE supports partnerships in target agri-food industries with significant potential to:
improve food and nutrition security, both at grassroots level and at the consumer end of the value chain by serving local and regional markets (including Base-of-the-Pyramid – BoP - markets) with nutritious food products.
improve the terms of inclusion of smallholder farmers and other micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the value chains.
attract and employ the youth.
engage and empower women.
To strengthen PPPs, 2SCALE also collaborates with companies and organizations that provide a specific expertise to support the target agri-food value chains or act as a major off-taker in the chain. 2SCALE is co-funded by the private sector and by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS). Building on a first phase (2012-18), the current phase of 2SCALE runs from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2023. It is awarded to a consortium led by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and comprising the Base-of-the-Pyramid Innovation Center (BoPInc) and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV).
Partnership with Batian Nuts Limited
Batian is a processor and exporter of macadamia operating in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties of Kenya. 2SCALE partnered with Batian Nuts to improve the production of groundnuts by farmers in Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties and increase the availability of nutritious groundnuts products to low-income consumers. The partnership is building a cluster of farmers who produce aflatoxin free groundnuts sustainably and channel it through Batian for processing and finally to consumers. We support farmers to improve their production through sustainable practices and Batian to secure financing and develop processing capacity for groundnut products. The partnership is particularly keen to support youth and women enterprises that provide services in the supply chain of Batian.
Partnership with Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Limited.
Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd is farmer-led grain aggregator, trader, and supplier operating in the semi-arid counties in eastern Kenya. The partnership between Tegemeo and 2SCALE aims to is to build resilience of smallholder farmers’ commercial farming ventures and to develop affordable and nutritious of sorghum and pearl millet-based products for low-income consumers in the semi-arid counties of Tharaka Nithi, Makueni and Kitui. Resilience of farmer ventures will be built by increasing their production, productivity, and incomes through introduction of high yielding and bio-fortified drought tolerant varieties of sorghum and pearl millet alongside eco-efficient innovations and climate smart farming practices.
About the Financial Inclusion Junior Consultant Role
Access to finance smallholder farmers and other actors in the partnerships is one of the huddles the that must overcome for the partnerships to achieve their ambitions. Financial inclusion interventions are thus a key priority for 2SCALE in 2022. 2SCALE, Batian Nuts and Tegemeo agreed to strengthen internal capitalization of smallholders and other value chain actors by engaging a Financial Inclusion Junior Consultant to operationalization and strengthening Village and Savings Loans Associations (VSLAs) smallholder farmers linked to Batian Nuts and Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd. This activity is captured in Batian Nuts’ and Tegemeo’s 2022 action plans as Activity 3.1 and Activity 2.1, respectively and is due for implementation. In this SoW, 2SCALE will hire this consultant for a period of one year.
Objectives
Operationalize and strengthen 250 Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) of smallholder farmers linked to Batian Nuts and Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd.
Tasks
• Take a participative and active role in the overall implementation of 2SCALE’s financial inclusion interventions.
• Mobilization, recruitment, and registration of VSLA/farmer organizations linked to Batian Nuts and Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Ltd.
• Participate in development and review of group-lending specific financial products based on market needs.
• Work with VSLAs/ farmer organizations to deliver a range of financial literacy training targeted to their individual needs. These include record keeping assistance, cash-flow management, credit management, and referrals to financial institutions.
• Coaching, mentoring, and hand holding of Batian Nuts and Tegemeo extensionists in delivery of financial literacy training.
• Recording, verifying and assessment of data on VSLA/ farmer organization savings.
• Identify, initiate, and manage community strategic partnerships that increase quality of 2SSCALE’s Financial Inclusion interventions.
• Submit timely monthly and quarterly reports as required by 2SCALE.
• Support 2SCALE communications team with success stories from the field.
• Environmental screening and mitigation measures
This assignment will not have any significant adverse effect on the environment.
Expected results
Successful undertaking of the aforementioned tasks will result in
Increased financial literacy among smallholder farmers, and other partnership actors
Increased savings in the VSLAs, with savings data captured under the partnership’s UII-8
Creation of linkages between Batian Nuts, Tegemeo, the VSLAs and financial institutions operating within Tharaka Nithi county.
Deliverables
Format
Deadline
Comment
Monthly field reports
Word
Every 30th day of the month
These include a brief narrative report of field activities, pictures, and attendance lists as per the template provided
M&E reports
Excel
Quarterly
These include list of VSLAs and savings
Activity reports
Word
Within 3 days upon completion of the activity
These include Reach & Reaction forms filled as per the template provided.
Location
The Consultant will be based in Giekuri , Marimanti town, Tharaka Nithi county at the field offices where the BSS’s/business champions are located. S/he will travel in-country to meet with field partners and any other program related activities.
Qualifications and Skills Required
Required Qualifications
• An undergraduate bachelor’s degree in Business related courses from a recognized institution.
• Knowledge in sales and marketing, group-lending, credit, and risk management as well as relevant experience in the micro-finance and banking sectors
• Experience working with rural communities, table banking “chamas” or farmer organizations or farmer groups
• Experience in delivering training of financial education, mentoring and coaching
Skills
• Proficiency in computers is mandatory.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial statements.
• Clear understanding of microfinance/banking industry is an added advantage.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with excellent customer service.
• A team player with the drive to improve performance.
• Persuasive with strong recognition and facilitation skills.
• Self-driven with the ability to work independently under minimum supervision.
• Knowledge of Meru and Tharaka languages.
• Collaboration and Reporting
The consultant will report to the Partnership Facilitator responsible for the partnerships, with support of the Financial Inclusion team for which they are assigned and will benefit from coaching from other team members of 2SCALE. The consultant will be expected to make monthly reports and activity reports from specific activities such as field travels, trainings, workshops, among others.
Branch Manager (Garissa and Nakuru) job at Absa Bank Limited
Deadline of this Job: 04 September 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Branch Manager (Garissa and Nakuru)
Job Summary
To drive and deliver exceptional retail business performance, through the provision of efficient business management, powerful leadership, team development and achievement of operational rigour excellence in branches.
Job Description
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
• Role holder is responsible for all sales staff within the Branch including the Lead Generators assigned to the Branch.
• Working with the operations Officers, Operations Managers and branch staff to achieve controls, sales & service through in-branch business development activities, effective Banking Hall management and providing feedback to the team.
• Build and develop a high performing team through embedding performance development and coaching. Ensure that team members receive coaching and feedback in order to develop to achieve their maximum potential.
• Discuss and finalise Performance Development Plans and ratings for all Sales staff in the branch.
• Determine and manage Training Needs Analysis and Succession plans for Sales staff in the branch, including relevant accreditation for each role.
• Manage all Branch staff attendance levels, based on monthly absence statistics (annual leave, sick leave, family responsibility leave, maternity leave, study leave etc) compiled by operations Officer, and submit to HR for record keeping.
• Directly responsible for discipline – initiate misconduct or incapacity charges, follow Barclays discipline processes together with HR and an independent chairperson. Dismissals are signed off by the functional head as the Branch Manager is often the initiator in the case. Letters of warning are signed by the branch managers in cases where they do not act as the initiator. May delegate the task of initiating a disciplinary case to a Team Leader for less complex cases.
• Ensure that branch staff own and manage customer queries and complaints by taking ownership and resolving in a timely manner. Act as the escalation point for their unresolved queries and complaints.
• Motivate staff and ensure they are recognized through the Barclays Africa recognition schemes.
• Create an empowering environment for branch staff, encouraging individual ownership and initiative.
• The Branch Manager will be responsible for ensuring that morning huddles are conducted daily.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• Agree Sales targets and take accountability for the overall achievement of Retail performance objectives for the branch in terms of:
• Employee Satisfaction
• Customer experience
• Sales growth, income contribution and total balance sheet (assets and liabilities).
• Costs performance
• Risk and rigour management
• Provide input into the MTP and strategic plan for Retail
• Ensure that all Branch staff performance is at the prescribed productivity levels.
• Budget accountability:
• Responsible for achieving annual sales Balance sheet and Profit and loss targets as agreed with the Area Manager or Regional Manager. Monitoring of progress towards achieving targets is done on a monthly basis.
• The Branch manager is also responsible for maintaining a healthy balance sheet in the branch i.e. ensuring the assets on the books of the branch are performing to expected standards, that low quality assets are kept to a minimum and that the earnings contribution of the branch is within acceptable levels.
• Cost centre owner and can sign off on invoices and all payments, within overall annual cost budget as agreed with the Regional Manager.
• The role holder is responsible for strict cost management and must sign/approve all costs in their branch including reviewing all service provider quotations before work can proceed. In addition, the branch manager is expected to conduct detailed analysis, on a monthly basis, of all the direct and indirect costs generated by the branch, including:
• Summaries of total overtime as provided by Team Leaders
• Equipment maintenance
• Stationary consumption/telephones etc.
• Sundry losses
• Staff costs
• Premises and utilities
• Active involvement and accountability for making purchase/ refund business decisions within set limits e.g. Sundry loss, Potential Loss Accounts (PLA), customer refunds. Can authorize loans on appeal and approve release of deceased funds within predetermined limits.
• Brand, product and business proposition:
• Provide clear direction to branch staff on the Barclays Consumer business objectives, translating and prioritizing into business performance measures at branch level.
• Ensure that merchandising materials are displayed in accordance with guidelines.
• Brief staff on promotional and product launches; provide regular feedback on sales performance.
• Establish relationships with key clients or business influencers in the local area, including doing some client visits, entertainment within overall annual budget limits.
• Complete call reports for every customer visit and this should be filed for snap checks.
RIGOUR/COMPLIANCE
The role holder though not involved in daily operations, will be accountable for the Branch Control health
CUSTOMER SERVICE
• Role holder is accountable for ensuring that high customer service levels are maintained in the branch at all times.
• Review monthly query and complaint trend analysis as provided by the Team Leader and provide input to their action plans to prevent recurring issues.
• Interact regularly with internal service providers (e.g. Operations, KYC Helpdesk) to ensure fast and efficient service to customers.
• Interview all customers who want to close their accounts because of poor service or high tariffs to determine the root cause and attempt to retain.
• Proactively drive implementation of service initiatives in the branch, including ongoing toolkit training during the morning huddles and evaluation of service measurements (e.g. touchpads) to plan specific actions for service improvement
ADMINISTRATION
• Direct management of Affluent customer Advisors in the Branch.
• Direct management of collection officers operating the Branch.
• Work closely with Operation officers and Operations Managers to ensure that there are no control lapses in the Branch.
• Ensure that sales governance principles are adhered to at all times when processing applications (Accuracy, quality. TCF etc)
• Give input on all Branch PD ratings
• The Branch Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all communication is effectively passed on to the branch staff.
• Role holder remains the final decision maker in the Branch.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM
• Provide cover for Branch Managers at other outlets when required.
• Provide honest, direct and constructive feedback to others.
• Deputize as and when required.
• Share knowledge experience and best practice with team members and other branch managers.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
JOB DETAILS:
Branch Manager (Garissa and Nakuru)
Job Summary
To drive and deliver exceptional retail business performance, through the provision of efficient business management, powerful leadership, team development and achievement of operational rigour excellence in branches.
Job Description
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
• Role holder is responsible for all sales staff within the Branch including the Lead Generators assigned to the Branch.
• Working with the operations Officers, Operations Managers and branch staff to achieve controls, sales & service through in-branch business development activities, effective Banking Hall management and providing feedback to the team.
• Build and develop a high performing team through embedding performance development and coaching. Ensure that team members receive coaching and feedback in order to develop to achieve their maximum potential.
• Discuss and finalise Performance Development Plans and ratings for all Sales staff in the branch.
• Determine and manage Training Needs Analysis and Succession plans for Sales staff in the branch, including relevant accreditation for each role.
• Manage all Branch staff attendance levels, based on monthly absence statistics (annual leave, sick leave, family responsibility leave, maternity leave, study leave etc) compiled by operations Officer, and submit to HR for record keeping.
• Directly responsible for discipline – initiate misconduct or incapacity charges, follow Barclays discipline processes together with HR and an independent chairperson. Dismissals are signed off by the functional head as the Branch Manager is often the initiator in the case. Letters of warning are signed by the branch managers in cases where they do not act as the initiator. May delegate the task of initiating a disciplinary case to a Team Leader for less complex cases.
• Ensure that branch staff own and manage customer queries and complaints by taking ownership and resolving in a timely manner. Act as the escalation point for their unresolved queries and complaints.
• Motivate staff and ensure they are recognized through the Barclays Africa recognition schemes.
• Create an empowering environment for branch staff, encouraging individual ownership and initiative.
• The Branch Manager will be responsible for ensuring that morning huddles are conducted daily.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• Agree Sales targets and take accountability for the overall achievement of Retail performance objectives for the branch in terms of:
• Employee Satisfaction
• Customer experience
• Sales growth, income contribution and total balance sheet (assets and liabilities).
• Costs performance
• Risk and rigour management
• Provide input into the MTP and strategic plan for Retail
• Ensure that all Branch staff performance is at the prescribed productivity levels.
• Budget accountability:
• Responsible for achieving annual sales Balance sheet and Profit and loss targets as agreed with the Area Manager or Regional Manager. Monitoring of progress towards achieving targets is done on a monthly basis.
• The Branch manager is also responsible for maintaining a healthy balance sheet in the branch i.e. ensuring the assets on the books of the branch are performing to expected standards, that low quality assets are kept to a minimum and that the earnings contribution of the branch is within acceptable levels.
• Cost centre owner and can sign off on invoices and all payments, within overall annual cost budget as agreed with the Regional Manager.
• The role holder is responsible for strict cost management and must sign/approve all costs in their branch including reviewing all service provider quotations before work can proceed. In addition, the branch manager is expected to conduct detailed analysis, on a monthly basis, of all the direct and indirect costs generated by the branch, including:
• Summaries of total overtime as provided by Team Leaders
• Equipment maintenance
• Stationary consumption/telephones etc.
• Sundry losses
• Staff costs
• Premises and utilities
• Active involvement and accountability for making purchase/ refund business decisions within set limits e.g. Sundry loss, Potential Loss Accounts (PLA), customer refunds. Can authorize loans on appeal and approve release of deceased funds within predetermined limits.
• Brand, product and business proposition:
• Provide clear direction to branch staff on the Barclays Consumer business objectives, translating and prioritizing into business performance measures at branch level.
• Ensure that merchandising materials are displayed in accordance with guidelines.
• Brief staff on promotional and product launches; provide regular feedback on sales performance.
• Establish relationships with key clients or business influencers in the local area, including doing some client visits, entertainment within overall annual budget limits.
• Complete call reports for every customer visit and this should be filed for snap checks.
RIGOUR/COMPLIANCE
The role holder though not involved in daily operations, will be accountable for the Branch Control health
CUSTOMER SERVICE
• Role holder is accountable for ensuring that high customer service levels are maintained in the branch at all times.
• Review monthly query and complaint trend analysis as provided by the Team Leader and provide input to their action plans to prevent recurring issues.
• Interact regularly with internal service providers (e.g. Operations, KYC Helpdesk) to ensure fast and efficient service to customers.
• Interview all customers who want to close their accounts because of poor service or high tariffs to determine the root cause and attempt to retain.
• Proactively drive implementation of service initiatives in the branch, including ongoing toolkit training during the morning huddles and evaluation of service measurements (e.g. touchpads) to plan specific actions for service improvement
ADMINISTRATION
• Direct management of Affluent customer Advisors in the Branch.
• Direct management of collection officers operating the Branch.
• Work closely with Operation officers and Operations Managers to ensure that there are no control lapses in the Branch.
• Ensure that sales governance principles are adhered to at all times when processing applications (Accuracy, quality. TCF etc)
• Give input on all Branch PD ratings
• The Branch Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all communication is effectively passed on to the branch staff.
• Role holder remains the final decision maker in the Branch.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM
• Provide cover for Branch Managers at other outlets when required.
• Provide honest, direct and constructive feedback to others.
• Deputize as and when required.
• Share knowledge experience and best practice with team members and other branch managers.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)