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Global Communities is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable. We envision a world where everyone has the freedom, means and ability to live and prosper with dignity.
Overview: Global Communities, formerly CHF International, is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable.
Global Communities is implementing the USAID funded Cooperative Leadership Engagement Advocacy and Research (CLEAR) program.
CLEAR has three primary objectives:
The CLEAR program does NOT work with agriculture co-ops or with SACCOs; but instead works with service/worker-owned and housing cooperatives.
The Global Communities Kenya office is seeking a qualified and passionate Cooperative Finance Officer for the CLEAR program. The Cooperative Finance Officer will have the primary responsibility of working with the Cooperative Business Enterprises (CBEs) to implement CLEAR Program’s Objective 2 strategy.
Specifically, the Cooperative Finance Officer shall provide technical assistance towards the design, implementation, training and reporting on capacity building and coaching of cooperatives under objective two support in the area of financial management.
During the teleworking period as a result of the global pandemic, the Cooperative Finance Officer will be responsible for the direct training and mentorship of small businesses through online training given the current teleworking status of Nairobi and be comfortable delivering content via Zoom or MS Teams and other available platforms the Program may adopt in the course of this assignment.
The Cooperative Finance Officer will work under the supervision of the SME Business Specialist in coordination with the USAID/CLEAR Kenya in-Country Team Lead and the Chief of Party/Director for Cooperatives and Inclusive Business. The in-Country Team Lead is responsible for the management and leadership of program operations in Kenya, and will serve as the Country Program Representative.
The Cooperative Finance Officer will work closely with the Cooperative Development Officer and work on cross-cutting activities that may include the Program’s research activities, Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation focused learning forums as may be assigned.
Responsibilities:
The Cooperative Finance Officer shall provide technical assistance towards the implementation of USAID/CLEAR Intermediate Result #2: Support to Cooperative Businesses.
Critical to this position is a strong functional understanding of the Kenyan Cooperative movement with a focus on operational and financial management. Understanding of the service/worker-owned cooperative model as well as experience in conducting results-oriented online training and/or coaching shall be an added advantage.
The candidate should be open to working in a nontraditional working environment with remote management and have good communication and cooperation skills.
The responsibilities included under this assignment are:
Qualifications
Interested candidates should forward their updated CV and application letter ONLY to kevacancies@globalcommunities.org with clear subject: COOPERATIVE FINANCE OFFICER on or by September 18, 2020.
Global Communities is an equal opportunity employer.
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