Organization:InDevLocation:BengaluruIndia
Salary: Very Competative
Opportunity Type: Job
About the Organization:
InDev is an India-based consulting and advisory services firm with a mission to catalyze inclusive development. It provides high impact consulting and advisory services in the inclusive development and financial inclusion sectors.
About the Job:
InDev is seeking a Head of Microfinance Operations Practice. This position is based in Bengaluru. S/he will report to the CEO of the organization. S/he will structure the practice of microfinance operations consulting for the organization. The practice will be built based on the anchor project that s/he will be involved in implementing for an existing client organization. By the end of 2014, s/he will have established a working model and strategy for a microfinance infrastructure platform and worked closely with the client organization to institutionalize these practices. The strategy thereafter will involve scaling up the project to support a larger number of MFIs/financial institutions and disseminating best practices to the network and industry. S/he will need to handhold the partner MFIs/banks/financial institutions in their implementation of recommendations provided by the InDev team related to the organization's operations.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Develop and formalize the operations toolkit for the microfinance infrastructure platform, based on own experience/expertise, industry research, global best practices, and alignment with organization’s strategic objectives;
- Work with select partner MFIs/banks/financial institutions, carrying out an institutional assessment, managing the subsequent institutional strengthening activities, and handhold the partner organization's employees in their implementation of the organization's recommendations;
- Assess projects’ overall performance and design product and service refinements to improve end-client outcomes;
- Analyze all findings and recommend strategies to industry practitioners that will enhance market research activities, assist with integration of industry tools, and promote successful acceleration of the microfinance infrastructure platform implementation;
- Contribute to the industry’s work on microfinance operations best practices, disseminate lessons learned across the industry and to key internal/external stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required. MBA preferred;
- More than 10 years of overall experience, with more than 5 years of experience in microfinance operations and/or consulting;
- In-field microfinance work or experience with financial services’ product development, operations;
- Strong relationship management skills, demonstrated through track record of managing complex client relationships;
- Demonstrated project management, strategic planning, and/or advisory skills. General knowledge of impact assessment techniques and management information systems;
- Strong analytical skills, demonstrated through experience with analysis of business problems (eg: market analysis, change management) and developing recommendations;
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills;
- Fluency in English. Proficiency in Hindi and other Indian languages strongly preferred;
- Comfortable with frequent travel – up to 40% of the time.
Closing Date: 30 Sep 2013
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to careers.indev@gmail.com
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.11.192746
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