Senior Bank Training Consultant (x2) Jobs at DAI in East and Central Africa

Position title: Senior Bank Training Consultant (x2) - Technical Assistance Programme to various EIB Financial Sector Operations in East and Central Africa
 
About the Organization:
DAI is an employee-owned global development company. For 40 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governments, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 60 countries. Our integrated development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines—crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS and disease control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.

Key Objectives of the role:
Full time positions with 1 based in Kenya and the other in Uganda. They will work as consultant-trainers, and diagnose needs in the Financial Intermediaries and drafts TORs to mobilise short-term experts and quality control their deliverables. They will primarily be involved with microfinance institutions, and microfinance/small business departments of commercial banks, but also with other FIs, according to the needs and internal organisation of work among consultants. They may also be called upon to provide training and mentoring support for the EIB’s global loan Allocation Processing and together with Key Expert 1, design, coordinate, and implement TA and Consultant Actions for MFIs/microfinance departments of commercial banks, and monitor M/SME Support Actions and Outreach Events. They will be in charge of preparing training sessions and/or mobilising STEs to that effect within the geographic zones/financial Intermediaries under his remit. Responsibilities include drafting Training TOR, quality management control, training evaluation, guidance to trainees, reporting the obtained attendance, performance, satisfaction, and other indices relating to the functioning of the in situ training programme or consulting actions delivered. The reporting is to enable project progress monitoring of results and impacts achieved.

The Length of the project: 36 months Start Date: 5th May 2014

Major Qualifications and Skills:
•University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Banking, or related field or equivalent professional experience •Should have management or operational credit management experience from a microfinance institution/ small business bank of minimum 5 years •Good writing skills

General Professional Experience: •Good management skills, preferably in the financial and credit analysis function in a credit department / corporate lending department of a microfinance institution with a minimum of 5 years in management •Ability to use the advanced functions of word to create reports and excel to create customised spreadsheets for financial analysis purposes and database management reporting purposes

Required Specific Professional Experience:
•Minimum of 5 years professional experience within a microfinance provider/ small business bank, with specific focus on financial analysis and micro and small business lending, non-performing loan management, identification of key lending risks, and participation in the drafting of loan contracts to mitigate and control identified risks •Good analytical skills in economic and M/MSE project finance planning and implementation (market and financial analysis risk analysis techniques, and ability to implement computer based models to analyse balance sheets, calculate key financial ratios, and make proactive recommendations in drafting loan documentation and security arrangements) •Practical experience and proven track record in organising and delivering professional bank training programmes and development of curricula and training materials •Good analytical skills in economic and MSE project finance planning and implementation, fully conversant with market and financial analysis risk analysis techniques, and ability to implement computer based models to analyse balance sheets and calculate key financial ratios for lending analysis •Together, the Team Leader and this Key Expert should be able to cover all the requisite training topics and be able to provide proof that they have successfully delivered such training programmes in EU banks as well as developing markets, as well as developed the supporting training materials

"Please note that all profiles are indicative only and therefore subject to change once the ToR is made available."
How to apply for this Job:
Follow the link to apply: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH13/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&rid=1267
Application Closing date: 31 Jan 2014