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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