Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 09, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Organization: Financial Sector Deeping Trust, Tanzania Job Title: Operations Manager Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Duration: 15 months renewable contract

About Financial Sector Deeping Trust (FSD), Tanzania The Financial Sector Deepening Trust, Tanzania, aims to contribute towards having all Tanzanians derive value from regular use of financial services, which are delivered with dignity and fairness. The Trust achieves this through facilitating the financial markets to work and cater to the needs of its prioritized markets that are women, youth, rural dwellers, agriculture and enterprises.

The program delivers on four strategic outputs that are: • Advocating for an improved policy and institutional, legal and regulatory framework; • Promoting more relevant market infrastructure and ways to reduce transaction costs between Financial Service Providers (FSPs) and potential clients, • Stimulating improved access to financial products and services that respond to the needs of Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs); and • Stimulating improved access to financial products and services that respond to the needs of households and individuals.

FSDT is seeking to recruit a self-motivated, dynamic individual with sound experience in managing program operations. Reporting to the Operations Director, the Operations Manager will contribute to the effective implementation of the investment life cycle, monitoring of financial performance, risk management and provision of administrative services. .

  Core responsibilities of this role include:
• Effective and efficient investment life cycle process management
• Ensuring all contractual obligations are met following the approved policies and procedures; Supporting with monitoring and evaluation issues pertaining to contractual obligations that have been established in all signed contracts and issuing appropriate alerts to relevant departments;
• Adhering to turnaround times and service level agreements for all contractual documentation, project appraisal report facilitations and other related activities;
• Establishing and adhering to the contract management system.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT:
• Supporting in the creation of the annual operating plans and budgeting process;
• Working together with the Operations Director to develop and implement FSDT's performance management system;
• Championing adherence to investment life cycle management policy and other relevant policies to support thematic performance;
• Managing the generation and analysis of financial information that will be used by management for decision making.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Supporting the Operations Director in managing FSDT's exposure to risk, custodianship of the risk register and coordinating implementation of agreed actions in the annual calendar;
• Reviewing organisational risks across all FSDT activities and ensuring that effective risk management strategies are in place and adhered to:
• Designing systems that will ensure that FSDT investment and grant management systems and reports are rigorous, of high quality and under constant assessment;
• Providing reports on a regular basis to keep the senior management team and other governance bodies informed of risk management efforts.
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT:
• Timely production and safekeeping of minutes for various governance meetings;
• Establishing an effective and efficient archiving and retrieval system for proper record keeping of all documents under the custodianship of the operations department;
• Monitoring operating expenses and overseeing the preparation of detailed reports on expenditure in different departments;
• Carrying out other project specific tasks as assigned by management

Job Skills: Not Specified

  Knowledge, Experience and Skills
• A degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Public Administration, Project Management, or equivalent;
• At least 5years experience in grant management function, financial management, or project management;
• Understanding of the financial management system (prior experience in designing and/or participating in continuous improvements of systems);
• A good track record for effective stakeholder management;
• Ability to work both independently and in teams,
• while meeting tight deadlines Excellent communication skills i.e. report writing, listening, and verbal in English and Kiswahili.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
If you believe you are the right candidate for this position, please submit your application with a detailed CV, photocopies of academic certificates, and the names of three referees with their contacts quoting OM/FSDT/09/19 on the subject of your email. Application address: vacancy@fsdt.or.tz . Applications deadline is 18th September 2019. For detailed job description and more information about FSDT, please visit our website at www.fsdt.or.tz  

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