Access to Finance Advisor at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

The Position

SNV Kenya is seeking a qualified and result oriented professional to fill the post of “Access to Finance Advisor”. Reporting to the Project Manager, the Advisor will serve as a member of the project team and will work as a Technical Advisor (TA) with a private partner to design, popularise and implement a digital wallet (an integrated financing mechanism) to initiate digitalisation of financial transactions. The advisor will collaborate closely with CBIs and vulnerable groups to avail agreed upon financial inclusion solutions to them.

Responsibilities

Specific activities and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Evaluation of consumer financing environment exercise(s);
• Ensuring focused assessment of financing for vulnerable groups ;
• Community outreach and awareness raising on financing mechanisms and social inclusion;
• Working as a technical advisor (TA) to all project team members on optimizing financing in all project interventions;
• Contributing to analysis, knowledge and solution development around all themes of the project and especially up-scaling, sustainability and inclusion of women and youth.
• Liaising, coordinating, and garnering support from stakeholders (central or local government, other financial service providers, projects, etc);
• Contributing to project’s Management for Results Framework and system (including evaluation and reporting), in close collaboration with the PM as the M&E responsible officer;
• Working in close coordination with the rest of the team and undertaking additional assignments as requested by the team leader;

Candidate profile

• At least a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Agri-business, Finance, or a related field; Possession of a Master Degree will be an added advantage;
• Over 5 years’ experience of which 3 years are gained engaged in relevant work experience in fields relevant and related to this scope of work.
• Proven experience in energy, WASH and/or agricultural marketing, financial services, private sector engagement, and business management.
• Experience in facilitating access to finance in the energy, WASH and/or agriculture sector, linking farmers to markets; credit and other service providers.
• Management, leadership, and interpersonal skills required.
• Result oriented and problem solving capacity
• Prepared to travel widely and undertake substantial fieldwork.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills and capacity to facilitate dialogue across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in inclusive finance (youth and women) will be an advantage.

Other Requirements:

• Strong negotiation skills, leadership, team spirit and results orientation
• Entrepreneurial skills and attitude, initiative taking, networking, opportunity thinker
• Client - and team-oriented attitude
• Creative, communicative and proactive personality
• Excellent communication skills and writing skills in English
• Strong computer skills