Director - Knowledge and Evidence FSD Africa Kenya

About the Organization: 
FSD Africa (FSDA) is a new regional program. It promotes financial inclusion by working with financial institutions (FIs) and markets across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to make a transformative impact on the reduction of poverty.

About the Job: 
FSDA is seeking a Director - Change Management and Building Services Markets. S/he will oversee the production of new research and will support a wide range of knowledge-sharing activities across Africa and internationally. S/he will also build market capacity to access and use information to spur both commercial innovation and policy change, and bring rigor to the way financial sector program measure impact.

Tasks and Responsibilities: 

• Work with FSDs to ensure effective knowledge sharing across the FSD network and to complement FSDs’ own research initiatives;
• Engage with teams across other FSDA pillars, supporting their information and evaluation-related activities and ensuring that insights from these activities are captured and shared;
• Collaborate closely with FSDA colleagues working to build services markets in data management and analytics;
• Develop and curate an information portal which will become a major information resource for financial sector development in the region;
• Support the Communications manager to roll-out a communications strategy;
• Build a small team of analysts and an impact evaluation manager.

Qualifications: 

• At least 5 years’ of successful management experience;
• Experience of designing and directing multi-country research programs in policy and/or relevant academic areas;
• Strong knowledge and understanding of research trends in financial sector development;
• Good experience of working with one of the global players in financial sector development research, either as an employee or consultant;
• Strong communication, influencing and engagement skills at global, regional, and national levels;
• Direct experience of working in Africa;
• Track record of attracting funding and initiating intellectual or research partnerships;
• Strong understanding of the different approaches to impact evaluation;
• Published papers, articles etc. (both hard copy and on the internet);
• Understanding of, and commitment to, the delivery of a market building approach;
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets;
• Strong project management skills;
• Demonstrated ability to manage risk;
• Excellent skills in written and spoken English.

Closing Date: 07 Jan 2014

How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to Warucu Itotia

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