About US:
Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Uganda, a DFID funded programme is committed to implementing an inclusive financial services programme to provide access to appropriate products for poor people and small and medium enterprises. The programme will tackle barriers to equitable, sustainable and inclusive growth and will help Uganda to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and create opportunities, in particular for women and girls.
The programme is using the market development approach. The current phase started in 2014/2015 and will end on 31st March 2017. The target is to increase the number of men, women and SMEs with access to financial services (attributed to FSDU) by 1 million by that date.
Job Summary: The Digital Financial Services Officer will be executing the FSD Uganda strategy. The officer will report and seek guidance from the DFS Specialist while working towards increasing financial inclusion by supporting development, uptake and usage of innovative financial products and services that impact millions of clients.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Work in liaison with the DFS specialist to analyze solutions proposed by partners to ensure strategic alignment between FSD Uganda and the partner, end-to-end technical solution provision, soundness of partner business case and realistic target setting.
· Work with the DFS specialist to develop the DFS pillar work plan. This will be in coordination with other pillar leads to ensure an integrated FSD Uganda strategy implementation. The officer will be in charge of circulating the plan to FSD Uganda team, maintaining and updating the relevant document.
· Work in liaison with FSD Uganda partners to collect, verify and file all relevant project information. This will include information related to funding proposals and running projects, for purposes of monitoring progress. The officer will maintain a challenges, risks and mitigation log for all the running projects, which they shall populate based on partner feedback. The officer will periodically review partner project progress against baseline work plans, ensuring that the partners have completed activities under specific funding periods before FSD Uganda approves the next funding disbursement.
· Ensure that all projects in the investment cycle are correctly captured in the pipeline tracker, keeping the Technical Director up to date weekly with the changes. The officer will check that these projects are contributing to the FSD Uganda log frame targets, bringing to the attention of the DFS specialist any risks or opportunities that may result.
· Work with the DFS specialist to facilitate workshops and meetings with industry players. This will involve coordinating the logistics, taking notes and minutes at meetings and sending out summary notes to the FSD Uganda team.
· In charge of collecting and compiling information from the Ugandan, regional and global digital financial services sector into a monthly report highlighting innovations, trends, relevant implementations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The ideal candidate should hold a University degree in a relevant field
· Project Management qualification PRINCE2 or PMI
· Working knowledge of technology based financial products for the mass market e.g. Mobile Money
· At least one year’s experience in product development, business case analysis and project management
· Past experience in proposal writing
· Working knowledge of new and emerging technologies that extend financial services to the excluded.
· Knowledge of the Ugandan financial sector
· Ability to work in and collaborate successfully with large teams
· Ability to work under pressure to tight reporting deadlines
· Effective written and oral communication skills (including presentation skills)
· Strong planning and organizational skills;
· Keen attention to detail and accuracy;
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their cover letters and updated CVs to: info@fsduganda.or.ug.