About the Organization:
Nuru International is a 501(c)(3) organization that plans to make a significant impact in the fight against extreme poverty. It helps impoverished, rural communities to lift themselves out of extreme poverty in a sustainable way within five years through a holistic community development model.
Nuru International is a 501(c)(3) organization that plans to make a significant impact in the fight against extreme poverty. It helps impoverished, rural communities to lift themselves out of extreme poverty in a sustainable way within five years through a holistic community development model.
About the Job:
Nuru International is looking for a Program Specialist for its upcoming Community Economic Development (CED) program in Ethiopia. S/he will be helping in designing and managing a new €˜community based savings and loans program€™ in Boreda, Ethiopia as part of the Program Planning Process (PPP) team. After the planning phase, s/he will manage the CED strategy and implementation of the model on the ground.
Nuru International is looking for a Program Specialist for its upcoming Community Economic Development (CED) program in Ethiopia. S/he will be helping in designing and managing a new €˜community based savings and loans program€™ in Boreda, Ethiopia as part of the Program Planning Process (PPP) team. After the planning phase, s/he will manage the CED strategy and implementation of the model on the ground.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Actively be involved in the Nuru International PPP to design and implement the CED model in Ethiopia to meet the needs of partner communities;
- Actively participate in planning and writing of a detailed 5 years project proposal outlining the goal, outcomes, and activities of the CED model;
- Emphasize co-creation of CED program strategy with Ethiopian staff;
- Create and efficiently manage program budget to meet program goals;
- Create staffing model, recruit, manage, and train Ethiopian staff;
- Closely work with Nuru M&E team in designing and implementing strategy to collect baseline data for future impact evaluation purposes;
- Introduce and manage Nuru CED’s management information systems (MIS) to systematically keep and manage financial and program data;
- Track progress toward meeting pre-determined goals and exit criteria;
- Implement and manage the approved CED program strategy;
- Translate Nuru’s development philosophy and methodology to operations on the ground.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, International Development or related fields. Masters preferred;
- At least 2 years of experience in operation or management of community based group savings and loans program, or formal microfinance or microsavings programs;
- Prior experience of living and/or working in a developing country. Experience of working with the poor is highly preferred;
- Experience of working with microfinance based MIS systems (working experience with Mifos is preferred);
- Formal data management experience, solid quantitative skills, and advanced level of experience with Excel. Salesforce database management skill a plus;
- Effective crisis management and rapid, innovative problem solving skills in uncertain environments;
- US work authorization required.
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