Job Description
Our 2030 target will require Tupande to change, adapt to new market opportunities, and find new ways of delivering impact to farmers. The Lending Specialist will manage high-priority Kenya lending trials and projects driving up the program's sustainability. You will be involved in all phases of trial development, from design to execution to evaluation. You will report to the lending lead.
Job Level
JL 8
Location
Kakamega, Kenya
Expected Manager
Teddy Amimo Otieno, Lending Lead
Will this position be managing others?
Yes
Key Job Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of loans, monitoring repayments, and ensuring compliance with existing policies while serving as subject matter expert to regional retail teams as they design their strategy.
- Help design trials and processes aimed at increasing Tupande’s impact scale and sustainability
- Independently run the execution of trials, including creating long-term project management tools with critical paths and coordinating across multiple departments
- Support data-driven decisions by designing trials using solid statistical methods and data analysis and visualization
- Manage a long-term trial pipeline and plan in project management tools to ensure that all trial activities are planned 3 to 6 months in advance documenting all stages.
- Develop analysis plans that will be used to evaluate trial results, including robust burden of proof and measure trial outcomes against the trial’s burden of proof, and independently make data-driven recommendations for whether the trial should be implemented at scale
- Coordinate with teams and departments across Tupande’s in-country and global teams.
Top Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- 2 years of experience managing complex projects and coordinating across multiple teams
- Humility. We are looking for passionate professionals who combine management skills with good humor, patience, and a respectable approach to service to join our growing family of leaders.
- Experience working with lending/loans/credit in microfinance or lending institutions
- Data analysis experience with knowledge of STATA or R or Power BI
- English and Swahili.
Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off
Sponsor International Candidates
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya
Application Deadline
08 May 2024. Applications after this date will be accepted on a rolling basis.
For more information reach out to teddy.amimo@oneacrefund.org
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