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CAMFED Tanzania Job Vacancies, July 2024 Administrative of CAMFED Tanzania are happy to invites youth to Apply the announced job Opportunities on july 2024.
Job Title: Enterprise business Financing officer (1-post)
Reporting to: Program Manager Enterprise Development
Start date: ASAP
Location: Dar es Salaam.
CAMFED Overview
CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education) is internationally recognized as a leader in education for
girls, for its child protection policy and practice, and as a voice for girls’ education and women’s
empowerment at the highest levels. Founded in 1993, CAMFED supports young women throughout
their primary and secondary school’s years, into economic training and further education, and onto
leadership, as role models, activists, and philanthropists.
Job Purpose:
Under the direction of the Program Manager, the Enterprise business financing Officer will be
responsible for supporting the effective planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of programs targeted at enabling young women to transition from school to entrepreneurship
and secure improved livelihood.
The Enterprise business financing Officer is also responsible for supporting District Program Coordinators
in selected operational districts to ensure that the quality, measurable and cost effective deliverables
are achieved within stipulated timeframe and in compliance with donor requirements, policies and
procedures; team motivation and capacity building; building and managing strategic relationships with
key stakeholders (e.g. relevant government institutions, NGOs, Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), donors
at the regional and district level)
Specific Accountabilities:
A: SEED MONEY SCHEME MANAGEMENT
• Manage loan administration and management (processing, disbursement, repayment and
reporting) of loans tailored to the needs of the young women.
• Keep up to date loan and grants administration system that aligns with Financial Force and KIVA
PA2
• Build effective working relationship with external financing partners to create opportunities and
provide access to young people’s transition.
• Build a strong resource team to support management of seed money scheme at district level.
• Provide quarterly report on processing, disbursement, and default status of loans
• Develop delinquent management strategy, keeping delinquency rate at a maximum rate of 10%.
• Impart knowledge on scheme management to stakeholders and program team
• Stay up to date with country policies and regulations on microfinance and advise CAMFED
management accordingly.
• Lead in the implementation of all young women ensuring effective and quality delivery of access
to finance programme activities in line with the annual work plans and donor targets. (e.g. Kiva,
Revolving Loan Fund, Financial Practice Grants, Group Loans)
• Increase loan uptake among the network of young women.
• Manage organization floating capital for loans
B: RISK MANAGEMENT
• Identify potential risks as a result of CAMA members access to loans in and out of CAMFED
and come up with strategies to mitigate the impact of such risks
• Quarterly update risk registers on issues emerging from seed money scheme.
• Conduct borrower’s verification on quarterly basis for all loans and grants recipients.
• Ensure donor compliance and adherence to organization’s policy in the administration and
management of loans and grants
C: SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION
• Work in collaboration with the government to scale best practices through DBC, CDC and
relevant ministries.
• Link CAMA members with government task force on technical working committees.
• Documentation/Collecting evidence on best practices and evidence on what works well for
young women’s accessing loans
• Represent CAMFED in local, national and international events physically or virtually as may be
necessary
• Apply learning to inform programming as a result of seed money scheme lessons learned
D: CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARDING
• Train and ensure stakeholders working with young women in loans and grants are in adherence
and signs the child protection policy.
• Ensure financed businesses through loans and grants are not in violation of child labor or harmful
to young women
• Promotes whistle blow policy in day-to-day activities with stakeholders
• Ensure loans and grants for entrepreneurs are addressed in a timely, and respectfully manner
Person Specifications
• Applicants MUST have verifiable Bachelor in Microfinance and Enterprise management, Bachelor
of Arts in Community Development, Bachelor’s in commerce (B. Com), Bachelor in Business
Administration (BBA), Bachelor in Rural Development and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Economics and Agribusiness.
• Proven Experience in a relevant field.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with strong communication skills and
attention to detail.
Applications details:
• Please note: All official communication pertaining to job applications and interviews will be
exclusively conducted through CAMFED’s official channels. These can be found on our
website (http://www.camfed.org). CAMFED will never request applicants to pay a
processing fee or to provide personal or financial information for recruitment purposes.
• CAMFED has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse, discrimination and harassment
in all forms. All applicants will, therefore, be subject to a comprehensive verification process, which
includes background and reference checks, as well as verification of qualifications.
Please submit applications to [email protected] including your most recent CV and
Cover Letter using Enterprise business Financing officer in the subject line depending on the role which
you have applied. We will close this vacancy on Thursday 18th July 2024
