Job Title: Microfinance Partnerships Specialist - Housing
Microfinance (Africa)
Opportunity Type: Job
Organization: Habitat for Humanity International
Country: South
Africa
About the Organization:
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is an
international not for profit organization, it builds, rehabilitates, and
repairs houses with the help of homeowner (known as “partner”) families,
volunteer labor, and donations of money and materials. Habitat houses are sold
to home partner families at no profit and are financed through affordable
long-term loans. Their monthly mortgage payments go into a local revolving fund
to be used to build still more Habitat home.
About the Job:
HFHI is seeking a Microfinance Partnerships
Specialist - Housing Microfinance. S/he will serve as the subject matter expert
for Africa with a focus on the national
organizations (NOs) and branches throughout the continent. S/he will have the
opportunity to utilize his/her strong knowledge of microfinance to partner with
financial service organizations or similar networks to promote and further
advance the housing finance and market development strategy and overall program
in Africa.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Address
the lack of know how among market actors on how to serve low-income people with
products, services, and/or financing;
Mobilize capital suitable to encourage leaps forward in innovation and
scale of market actors serving the poor with their products, services, and/or
financing;
Through
market partners, provide non-financial market-based solutions/services for
low-income housing to support households to pursue their housing goals (meet
housing quality standards).
Qualifications:
·
Bachelor’s degree;
·
More than 5 years’ experience in
microfinance, housing finance, research, or development;
·
At least 3 years’ experience in
management role;
·
Demonstrated knowledge and
understanding of quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques;
·
Proven experience conducting
market research studies and established involvement in product development
processes;
·
Fluency in English (spoken and
written).
Closing Date: 11 Nov 2013
Contact: Noah Benjamin
HRStaffing@habitat.org
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