2 New Various Jobs at Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT) May 2024

About the Organization
Established in 2004, the Financial
Sector Deepening Tanzania (FSDT) is a donor-funded financial sector
market facilitator that aims to achieve poverty reduction through a
transformative financial sector that offers inclusive and sustainable
financial solutions to improve the livelihood, wellbeing, and
empowerment of underserved Tanzanians. FSDT’s work is guided by the
Market Systems Development (MSD) approach, which aims to develop market
systems that benefit the poor, offering them capacities and
opportunities to improve their lives.

Currently, our main target
markets are women and youth, who have been identified as the most
financially excluded market segments in the country. FSDT is dedicated
to supporting the financial sector in delivering inclusive, quality
financial solutions that meet the financial needs of women and youth.

Through FSDT facilitation, we hope to achieve the following changes in the market:
• Improved policies, legal and regulatory frameworks that promote
gender equality, as well as economic and financial opportunities for
women and youth.
• Improved availability of relevant financial
sector infrastructures that will equip the financial sector players and
other stakeholders with the ability to meet the needs and aspirations of
women and youth.
• Financial service providers developing and
scaling innovative and responsive financial solutions/tools for women
and youth to promote equality, empowerment, and well being.
• Improved confidence and capability of women and youth to demand and use financial solutions.

Lead, Financial Policy and Climate
Lead, Financial Policy And Climate at FSDT May 2024
About the Role
FSDT
is seeking applications for the position of Lead, Financial Policy and
Climate Action to lead its efforts in advancing climate change
adaptation and mitigation strategies within the financial sector. The
successful candidate will play a key role in shaping policies, building
partnerships, and driving initiatives to promote climate-resilient
financial services and sustainable development in Tanzania.

Key Responsibilities
Policy Development:

• Lead
  the development and implementation of policies and regulatory
  frameworks to promote climate-resilient financial services and
  sustainable investment practices.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage
  with government agencies, regulatory bodies, financial institutions,
  NGOs, development partners, and other stakeholders to advocate for
  climate-smart policies and practices in the financial sector.
• Climate
  Risk Assessment: Conduct assessments to identify climate-related risks
  and vulnerabilities in the financial sector and develop strategies to
  integrate climate risk management into financial institutions’
  operations.
• Capacity Building: Provide training and
  capacity-building support to financial institutions, policymakers, and
  other stakeholders on climate-related risks and opportunities, including
  climatesmart lending practices and sustainable investment strategies.

Research and Analysis:

• Work
  with the Research and Insights Team to conduct research and analysis on
  climate change impacts, trends, and best practices in the financial
  sector, and disseminate findings through reports, policy briefs, and
  presentations.
• Partnership Development: Build and maintain
  partnerships with relevant stakeholders, including research
  institutions, academia, civil society organizations, and private sector
  entities, to leverage expertise and resources for climate action
  initiatives.
• Thought Leadership: Advocate for climate-resilient
  financial policies and practices through participation in policy forums,
  conferences, workshops, and other events.
• Project Management:
  Manage climate action projects and initiatives, including budgeting,
  planning, implementation, and reporting, ensuring timely delivery of
  project milestones and objectives.
• Monitoring and Evaluation:
  Establish monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track the progress and
  impact of climate action initiatives in consultation with the MEL
  Manager, and regularly report on key performance indicators to
  stakeholders and donors.
• Collaborate with internal teams,
  including communications, legal, and program staff, to integrate policy
  considerations into organizational initiatives and programs.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

Role Requirements
Education:

• Master’s degree in finance, economics, environmental studies, or a related field.
• Minimum
  of 5 years of experience in financial sector policy development,
  climate change adaptation/mitigation, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of climate change issues, climate finance mechanisms, and international climate agreements.
• Demonstrated experience in policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and partnership development.
• Excellent analytical, research, and communication skills.
• Proven project management experience, including budgeting and reporting.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment Essential Experience

Functional Competencies

• Demonstrated
  experience in policy and regulations analysis or development-related
  work, research, gender development, finance, inclusive finance, or other
  related fields.
• Understanding of the country’s public sector structures and reform programs underway.
• Understanding of the government functioning and operating mechanisms,
• Working experience in donor-funded projects, government, and civil society organizations.
• Excellent research and analysis skills,
• Excellent language skills, oral presentations to various audiences, and writing in English and Kiswahili;
• Excellent understanding of the government functioning and operating mechanisms;
• Adequate knowledge of the country’s legal framework development mechanisms;

CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER
Chief Programs Officer at FSDT May 2024
The Opportunity
FSDT is seeking applications for the position of Chief Programs Officer (CPO):
JOB TITLE Chief Programs Officer
DEPARTMENT Programs
REPORTING Reports directly to Chief Executive Officer
REPORTING Direct Reports Head SME & Inclusive Finance
Lead Digital Finance & Infrastructure Development

About the Job
Join our team as Chief Programs Officer,
where you will lead our Project teams with a focus on program
management excellence and operational efficiency. As a strategic leader,
you will oversee all programmatic activities, ensuring alignment with
organizational goals, efficient resource utilization, and impactful
delivery. Your responsibilities will include developing and implementing
strategic plans, managing program budgets, fostering strategic
partnerships, and providing leadership to a dedicated team. If you’re a
dynamic leader with a proven track record in program management and a
passion for driving organizational growth through program excellence,
apply now to make a meaningful impact!

Key Responsibilities
KRA 1: Thought Leadership & Strategy

• Provide thought leadership to the FSDT team and stakeholders;
  supporting the development of innovative strategies for transforming the
  financial sector and offering inclusive and sustainable financial
  solutions that improve livelihoods, wellbeing, resilience and
  empowerment of Tanzanian women and youth:
• Lead the team in
  keeping abreast of developments in the fields of financial sector
  development and market s ystems approach (M4P); liaise with senior
  colleagues to develop a structured research and learning agenda.
• Ensure comprehensive analysis is carried out (e.g. sectors, value
  chains, stakeholders, impact); develop profound understanding of the
  ecosystems that FSDT is seeking to develop (including supply, demand
  & enabling environment).
• Deploy Intervention Leads, expert
  consultants, and other FSDT colleagues to conduct deep investigation of
  any opportunities identified above; lead the team to develop theories of
  change, logical results chains, and learning frameworks.
• Liaise with the Results & Insights team to develop a culture of
  learning and innovation, operationalised through effective systems,
  tools and platforms; ensure that learning is fed into the design and
  continuous improvement of strategies and interventions.
• Support
  the CEO in managing the processes by which strategic plans, annual
  business plans and investment pipelines are developed; proactively
  support the Board Investment Committee.

KRA 2: Programme Management

• Lead the review and continuous development of the project pipeline to
  ensure utilization of funds and achievement of output, outcome, and
  impact targets; ensure a potentially high impact portfolio of
  interventions are submitted to, and approved by, the Investment
  Committee:
• Constitute Intervention Teams and lead them to build
  on the insights gained from research and learning to develop investment
  concepts; encourage the teams to develop innovative yet evidence-based
  interventions with new tools & approaches being trialled on a
  regular basis.
• Work together with the Management, the Board and
  sub-committees to approve a balanced portfolio of projects that will
  deliver against FSDT’s strategy; support the team in submitting
  proposals that meet PIC quality standards.
• Work with
  Intervention Leads to develop partner selection criteria and procedures;
  including strategies for attracting and selecting partners with the
  greatest potential for adding value to the sector and driving
  achievement of FSDT’s goals.
• Lead initiatives to assure program
  quality; for instance, oversee the documentation and dissemination of
  Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), tools, trainings, and other
  ‘knowledge resources’ that will guide needs analysis and capacity
  building for both staff and partners.
• Oversee the development
  of detailed implementation plans, budgets and cash-flow forecasts that
  will, achieve fund utilisation targets, ensure project success, and
  address capacity gaps of partners.

KRA 3: Advocacy, Communications & Relationship Building

• Actively participate in the development and implementation of an
  innovative Communications & Influencing plan for FSD Tanzania as a
  whole and for each intervention; ensure that plans will result in key
  programme stakeholders being influenced effectively:
• Build on
  the ecosystem analysis and stakeholder mapping to clarify the ways in
  which achievement of FSDT’s objectives depends upon influencing the
  mindset or behaviour of others (e.g. Implementing Partners,
  policymakers, end-users & other stakeholders); set clear goals for
  stakeholder mindset or behaviour change.
• Work with senior colleagues and the Communications Manager to develop and implement an Influencing &
• Communications Plan that will support the achievement of FSDT’s outcome
  and impact targets and raise FSDT’s profile as a thought leader.
• Personally contribute to the implementation of the Communications and
  Influencing plan at both FSDT-wide and Pillar levels: o Build
  relationships with key actors, and implement influencing strategies and
  interventions that drive change. o Provide strategic inputs and engage
  with policy level work involving Government of Tanzania, development.
• partners, private sector entities and others.
• o Contribute to the development of annual and quarterly reports. o
  Ensure that the team delivers any components of the communications
  strategy and plan that are allocated to them.

KRA 4: Ensuring Impactful Implementation

• Manage and coordinate the implementation of Program Strategy &
  Business Plans, so that results are achieved, risks are managed and
  quality projects are delivered; ensuring that learning from
  interventions is fully utilised to maximise impact and innovation:
• Ensure that Intervention Leads are effectively coordinating the
  roll-out of projects; ensuring that milestones are achieved on time.
• Provide expert advice, mentoring and guidance to both staff and
  external stakeholders; contribute towards positioning FSDT as a centre
  of knowledge and learning.
• Collaborate closely with the MRM
  team to ensure collection of data, analysis of results and
  identification of opportunities for improvement in a blame-free spirit
  of academic enquiry: o If desired results have been achieved, initiate
  strategies for widespread awareness-raising.
• o If desired
  results have not been achieved, either manage performance of the
  implementation team, or take corrective measures such as adjusting the
  strategy/approach.
• o Periodically review theories of change, revising as appropriate.
• Promote organisation-wide innovation; lead the incubation of new
  interventions, ensuring effective project management until new
  initiatives can be handed over to colleagues for ongoing management.

KRA 5: Finance Management, Risk & Accountability

• As a member of the Executive team, share responsibility for resource
  mobilisation and take responsibility for management of programme
  finances; ensure that funds are optimally allocated to achieve the
  Trust’s strategic objectives and priorities:
• Support Board and
  CEO initiatives to develop FSD Tanzania’s funding base; personally
  contribute by building relationships with potential and current
  investors.
• Develop and oversee the budget for FSDT’s programmes
  department, ensuring that plans and resources are matched and
  priorities for expenditure identified; support development of strategic
  resourcing plans (HR, Finance, Procurement).
• Manage the
  finances of the department, reviewing expenditure/disbursement against
  budget and taking any necessary corrective actions; ensure
  value-for-money utilisation of resources and compliance with FSDT’s
  financial procedures.
• Oversee the management of risk across all
  of FSDT’s programme activities; ensuring that a comprehensive
  understanding of risks has been developed and that strategies are in
  place and implemented for effective risk management:
• o Ensure
  that each intervention has a risk-management framework developed and
  implemented; as well an overall framework for Programme activities.
• o Ensure that key policies (e.g. IP Selection) are fully understood and
  implemented by all Staff, Consultants, and Implementing Partners.
• o Participate in the development and implementation of both internal
  and external audit plans; lead the implementation of corrective actions
  arising, and create a culture of continuous improvement.

KRA 6: Leadership & Empowerment of the Team

• Lead the Programmes team of staff and consultants in a manner that
  empowers them to contribute effectively towards achievement of FSD
  Tanzania’s strategy:
• Ensure that the department is resourced
  with the expertise necessary to deliver on strategy & project
  implementation; through a combination of recruitment and management of
  staff and procurement of consultants.
• Lead and manage the team
  towards high standards of performance through clear roles &
  responsibilities and provision of appropriate support; proactively
  address performance issues through timely constructive feedback,
  coaching and appropriate corrective action.
• Develop and
  encourage talent through on-going staff development, succession
  planning, career management and utilisation of a leadership style that
  will drive employee engagement.
• Ensure development of an
  inclusive environment; lead the development and implementation of
  policies and ways-ofworking that provide for diversity and equal
  opportunities.
• Ensure that staff are managed in accordance with
  good HR management practice and provided with a safe and conducive
  working environment; includes ensuring that all legal and statutory
  obligations are fulfilled.

Role Requirements
Specifications for the Role
Qualifications:

• Minimum qualification of a Bachelor’s degree, ideally with advanced degree(s) in relevant fields
• Relevant Experience:
• Minimum of 10 – 15 years professional experience in relevant leadership roles.
• Successful track record of leading a high-performance, diverse team.
• Fluent and demonstrates strong perspectives in: digital economy and
  digital financial services, financial i nclusion and related policy,
  public (central) and private (retail) banking, women’s economic
  empowerment and fund management.

Critical Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Commercially and politically astute leader with the ability to develop
  clear plans and proposals for a range of stakeholders, including donors.
• A credible leader of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes, with demonstrable impact.
• Outstanding reporting, presentation and communication skills.
• Keen analytic, organizational and problem-solving skills that support and enable sound decision making.
• Having the experience and proclivity to be an outgoing spokesperson, relationship builder and fundraiser.
• External relations and stakeholder management.
• Very good written and spoken English and Kiswahili.

Behavioural Competencies or Character:

• Dynamic leader who is both a thinker and a do-er.
• Values-based leadership and high personal ethical standards.
• Strong commitment to the business goals and professional development of staff.
• Highly professional, driven, organised and efficient.
• Innovative and enterprising and able to find alternative solutions to needs or problems.
• Collaborative, flexible and supportive attitude to work.
• Discreet and respects confidentiality.

Personal Characteristics
Commitment & Drive for Results:

• You have values and personal ambitions that are aligned with FSDT’s
  goals to support the financial sector to offer inclusive and sustainable
  financial solutions.

Initiative & Decisiveness

• You have a strong sense of ownership: taking personal responsibility
  for work, the impact we are seeking, and the achievement of critical
  higher-level goals. You are proactive in seeking out information or
  resources necessary for success, and you’re able to overcome problems or
  obstacles with a ‘can-do” attitude.

Learning & Innovation

• You continually improve your skills and knowledge and role-model a
  personal commitment to professional development. You are quick to
  recognise opportunities or new ideas and make use of them in your own
  work; and you respond to a new situation, or tough feedback, by
  learning, adapting and improving

Application Deadline: Friday 15th May 2024
How to Apply:
Please submit your application comprising a cover detailing your
suitability for the position, a detailed CV and three references, with
at least two pertaining to prior employment. Applications should be sent
via email to vacancy@fsdt.or.tz
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
FSDT provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment.
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