Vision Fund Kenya Limited is a fast
growing financial service company and an investment of the World Vision Kenya.
We wish to recruit a highly
competent, proactive and self driven person to fill the position of:
Project Manager – Strategic
Partnership
As part of the Vision Fund’s
Leadership Team, the main purpose of the job is to supervise all lending
functions of the institution at the strategic partnership level, they will
oversee strategic partnership project including operations, business
development, systems and processes in line with the company overall operations
strategy and within the local and World Vision International regulations.
The position is stationed in Nairobi
and reports to the Operations Director, with occasional local travel
Specific areas of
responsibility:
- Implement the agreed operational plan focusing
on increasing the outreach of the microfinance institution through
supporting the strategic partner to open the agreed new areas of operation
and development of new credit products; - Support the modification and refinement of the
exiting credit products; - Support the development of new market oriented
products such as microcredit, SME, micro-saving, fund transfer and
micro-insurance; - Implement the efficient and effective
portfolio management to ensure the optimal use of company resources - Analyse the business environment and make
recommendations on the development of new products and enhance existing
products to grow the institution’s customer base and outreach - Develop strategies to minimize customer
complaints and suggest ways of managing the public image of the
institution - Supervise the VFK staff that are assigned to
work with the strategic partner and provide them with adequate support to
make sure that collections are always on time and that the quality of the
portfolio remains excellent; - Prepare monthly and other periodic operational
reports for the Operations Director and Senior management team - Lead the delinquency management strategy,
including analysis reviews, legal actions against customers and employee
when appropriate
- MUST hold a relevant social science or
Business related degree and or master’s degree in Business Administration,
Finance or Economics, - a minimum of 3 years relevant experience in
microfinance field operations, - extensive and proven track record in financial
institution administration, operations and procedures, advanced computer
skills, - fluency in English with strong written and
verbal communication skills, - excellent analytical, communication and
interpersonal skills, and experience in people management, - ability to work in a challenging environment
with poor infrastructure and human capacities, - highly motivated with a strong interest in
development and social issues
Senior Business Analyst
As part of the Vision Fund’s
Leadership Team, the main purpose of the job is to review, analyze and
occasionally modify systems including encoding, testing, debugging and
installing to support application systems.
The incumbent will consult with users
to identify current operating procedures and to clarify business objectives and
requirements.
The incumbent will also be
responsible for writing documentation to describe custom configuration of
applications and operating procedures in liaison with 3rd party application
development consultants in line with the company overall operations strategy
and within the local and World Vision International regulations.
The position is stationed in Nairobi
and reports to the ICT Director
Specific areas of
responsibility:
- Provide technical expertise and
recommendations in assessing new IT software projects and initiatives to
support and enhance our existing systems. - Participate in weekly meetings with the IT
team to discuss progress and issues to be resolved, and report progress on
a weekly basis to the ICTD - Coordinate application development for
multiple projects - Troubleshoot technical issues and identify
modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user
requirements. - Provide programming for some in-house IT
projects - Assist in the creation of the system design
and functional specifications for all new development projects. - Updating and amending existing databases
- Setting up and testing new database and data
handling systems - Monitoring database efficiency
- Sustaining the security and integrity of
data - Creating query definitions that allow data to
be extracted - Analyze data contained in the corporate
database and identify data integrity issues with existing and proposed
systems and implement solutions. - Analyze, present and communicate data through
data warehouse and data mining tools. - Write technical procedures and documentation
for the applications including operations, user guide - Produce technical documentation for new and
existing applications - Develops the documentation for processes and
ensures the overall scope, quality and effectiveness of the documentation
continues to grow
- MUST hold a Minimum of Bachelor degree in in
Computer Science, Information Systems or Business Information
Technology, - Should have a minimum of 4 years of technology
experience with hands-on technical roles in the field and relies on
experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, - extensive knowledge of data processing,
hardware platforms, and enterprise software applications, - technical experience with systems networking,
databases, Web development, and user support, - technical certification in IT disciplines or
technology, - good background in Data Base design in
Microsoft SQL and MySQL, - good background in Microsoft .NET, Java, PHP,
HTML and other web applications development languages, - good working knowledge skills with Microsoft
Office Products, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project, - working knowledge of UNIX based operating
systems and T24 would be an added advantage.
Risk & Compliance Manager
As part of the Vision Fund’s
Leadership Team, the main purpose of the job is to ensure the day-to-day
management of the risk related activities, coordinating, monitoring and
facilitating compliance with existing laws, rules and regulations in risk
management in line with the company overall operations strategy and within the
local and World Vision International regulations.
The position is stationed in Nairobi
and reports to the Chief Executive Officer, with occasional local travel
Specific areas of
responsibility:
- Develops annual risk management plan that
outlines the activities to be undertaken and submit for approval to
Operations Director - Develop check list to conduct follow up the
implementation of risk mgt. framework of the institution; - Conducts risk assessment on the company
business situations, economic trends, future customer needs, company past
performance, its key assets and areas of weaknesses and strength - Conducts risk mgt. strategies trainings and
awareness programs; - Develops risk management principles,
processes, methodologies and standards and monitors their proper
implementation; - Calculates the degree of risks involved owing
to changes the major management decisions - Assesses solvency using appropriate financial
analysis tools - Identifies risks inherent in MFI’s business
and measure and prioritized identified risks and develop adequate risk
mitigating factors; - Performs risk assessment on at least
significant risk exposure of VF MFI and proposes risk management
strategies, for deliberation by the management or the Board; - Ensure implementation of audit findings across
the branch network; - Ensure branch compliance with established
credit policies and procedures; - Ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements; - Make recommendations to mitigate risk of any
new products and/or target market segments
The ideal candidate MUST hold a first
degree in Business Administration/Management/Economics/Accounting (MBA holders
are preferred), must have at least 10 years of working experience out of which
4 years in middle level management position in a Micro Finance Organization,
Retail banking or Enterprise lending institutions, Knowledge of the VF- MFI’s
policy, procedures and overall strategic direction, determined personality with
initiative, perseverance and the ability to motivate and manage a team.
All candidates must be professing and
practicing Christians whose conduct and depth of character are governed by
personal Christian convictions.
Interested and suitably qualified
individuals should forward their applications, attaching copies of their
academic and professional certificates, detailed CV indicating work experience,
daytime contact and addresses of 3 professionally relevant referees to reach
the undersigned by 31st August 2015.
The position should be the subject of
the email application.
Send applications to:
hr@visionfundkenya.co.ke
Vision Fund Kenya Ltd – Empowering
Communities, Giving Hope”
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