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DAI Team Leader Job Vacancy in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Othuke Andrew Akpeli11 years ago6 years ago06 mins

Team Leader – Technical Assistance Programme to
various EIB Financial Sector Operations in East and Central Africa

Location: East Africa

Location Details: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania,
Uganda

Division: Economic Growth

Job Code: 1265

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.

Description

Team Leader – Technical Assistance Programme to
various EIB Financial Sector Operations in East and Central Africa

Objectives of the role:

The Team Leader shall be responsible for the
delivery of all services and deliverables under this contract. They will
supervise the team mobilised for the production of deliverables under the
project’s components, ensure quality management, and timely corrective action
as required. It will be a full time position; they may also be called upon to
provide training and mentoring support for the EIB’s PEFF Allocation Process.

Length of the project: 36 months

Start Date: 5th May 2014

Qualifications and Skills:

University degree, preferably in Business
Administration, Economics, Finance, Banking, or related field or
equivalent professional experience
Preferably a Credit Training Graduate from a
commercial bank’s credit training and management induction programme.
Speak/write English with native level
proficiency
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 commercial bank with a minimum of 10 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

Specific Professional Experience:

Minimum of 10 years professional experience
within a commercial bank, with specific focus on financial analysis and
corporate/SME lending, NPL management, identification of key lending
risks, and participation in the drafting of loan contracts to mitigate
and control identified risks
Relevant experience in technical assistance
programmes for financial sector development outside the EU
Good analytical skills in economic and SME
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
Together, the TL and DTL/KE should be able
to cover all the requisite training topics. They should be able to
provide proof that they have successfully delivered such training
programmes (or Regional banks / developing markets in the case of
regional experts), as well as developed the supporting training
materials
Necessary computer skills to assist in the
production of a loan exposure tracking database and management
information report and excel training programme attendance/performance
database and performance monitoring reports for EIB reporting