The USAID/Nepal-funded KISAN II project is improving food security in twenty-five Hill and Terai districts in the Bagmati, 5, Karnali and Sudur-Pachhim Provinces of the country. The purpose of the project is to increase resilience, inclusiveness, and sustainability of income growth in the Feed the Future Zones of Influence. KISAN II will help lead firms, input suppliers, and private sector change agents catalyze agricultural productivity, competitive market systems, stronger enabling environment, and business and literacy skills. We are recruiting Financial Services Officer (FSO) for KISAN II and work under Regional Financial Services Coordinator. S/he will be responsible for frequent interactions with financial institutions, firms and farmers to contribute in the increase of access to finance and business growth of KISAN II beneficiaries. In addition, FSO will be managing capacity building activities for KISAN II groups, cooperatives, local chapters of MFIs and will be working for expansion of mobile banking, digitized financing, use of ICTs, linkages with remit companies.
Qualification and capacities:
- Masters Degree (preferably in management, banking, and economics), with field experiences, or Bachelors Degree (preferably in management, banking and economics) with minimum of five years experience in implementing similar programs,
- Should be able to conduct trainings independently at clients, group, cooperative, and staff level,
- Has good idea on how groups and cooperatives function and how financial institutes provide loans and other financial services to producers, small traders and SMEs,
- Has good computer, reporting and social mobilization skills,
- Can travel frequently and extensively,
The qualified candidates are requested to send their application with updated curriculum vitae with two references to [email protected]or DEPROSC-NEPAL, P.O. Box 10953, Kathmandu before February 12, 2020.Canvassing or influencing will automatically cancel your application.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further selection process.
Women and candidates from disadvantaged communities are highly encouraged to apply.