The opportunity

Strengthening finance for agriculture is a priority for Kenya.

USAID’s Financial Inclusion for Rural Microenterprises (FIRM) programme and FSD Kenya have been working in partnership with leading financial institutions to develop new financial products based on detailed research and analysis of value chains.

Based on this success we have jointly establishing a Value Chain Finance Centre to help drive the development of agricultural finance ¡n the Kenyan financial services market.

We need an exceptional professional to join this exciting initiative as a Research Manager.

The Research Manager will be ¡n charge of the Centre’s research programme, responsible for generating and disseminating high quality research on selected value chains in Kenya to underpin the development of appropriate and sustainable finance.

At the core of this research will be detailed quantitative measurement of the economics of the value chain, establishing volumes, prices and margins along key elements of the chain.

This data will provide the basis for identifying opportunities for viable new financial products.

Who we need

We need an experienced researcher with a passion for applying research to solve real world problems.

At a minimum you will have:

Masters qualification in a relevant quantitative field (finance, economics, business or related).Knowledge of the financial services sector.Track record in research management, including the ability to run large, complex teams of researchers and oversee quality assurance.Demonstrated strong quantitative research and financial analysis skills.Demonstrated ability to communicate well in written and oral form in English.Interested?

If you think you could be the right person for this role then send a covering letter and CV by email to Lydiah Kioko (Lydiah@fsdkenya.org).

Please put “Research Manager” in the subject line.

Short listed candidates will be contacted to set up an interview.

Applications must be received not later than Monday 14th November 2011.

FSD Kenya operates as an independent Trust registered in Kenya under the supervision of professional trustees, with policy guidance from its programme investment committee.

Finance ¡s provided by a number of leading development agencies including the UK’S Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together with the Government of Kenya.

Further information can be obtained at our website: http://www.fsdkenya.org/

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Sacco and Microfinance IT Service Providers and Consultants

FSD Kenya operates as an independent Trust registered in Kenya under the supervision of professional trustees, with policy guidance from its programme investment committee.

Finance is provided by a number of leading development agencies including the UK’S Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together with the Government of Kenya.

Further information can be obtained at our website: http://www.fsdkenya.org/

The Opportunity

Do you represent an ICT firm that has a proven track record of deploying software, services and solutions to SACCOs and the microfinance community?

If so, Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya is compiling a list of established and experienced IT deployment specialists, consultants and service providers.

Context

FSD Kenya is programme managing the deployment of automation software to a network of over fifty microfinance institutions, and seeking to develop the capacity of partnering ICT firms to increase maturity levels of IT usage in SACCOs leading to further automation deployment work.

ICT firms eligibility criteria

Your firm has:

been a registered company for more than 2 years;more than 5 full time employees;a proven track record of deploying financial software or services to more than two SACCOs/microfinance institutions or equivalent.If you meet the criteria listed, please contact FSD Kenya with the following information:
company background, history and size;indicate whether you are a software vendor and deploy your own productexperience with multiple vendors preferred;briefcase study of successful SACCO/microfinance software implementation including:
number of customers, financial products and software products;details of the inherent process and level of automation at the firm;product deployed and vendor;time frames for deployment;value for client realised following implementation.Please send through details of your firm in either an MS Word Document or PowerPoint presentation to Lydia Kioko (Lydiah@fsdkenya.org) by Thursday,
28th October 2010.

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