ACCESS TO FINANCE RWANDA: Recruitment of a Head of Finance and Administration – AFR (Re – advertised)

AFR was launched in March 2010 at the request of the GoR (Government of Rwanda) and with support from DFID, the UK Department for International Development and the World Bank. Currently, the funders to AFR include DFID, SIDA, The MasterCard Foundation and KfW. The core objective of AFR is to remove systemic barriers to financial services by putting the poor at the centre of its interventions in Rwanda. Improving access to financial services for the rural poor and women is a particular focus. AFR’s objectives also include the focus on improving the depth and quality or usage of digital financial services through facilitating the Deepening Financial Sector (DFS) ecosystem and investing in innovation.

AFR focuseson stimulating financial sector development by partnering with financial institutions and other stakeholders to increase access to and use of financial services. AFR identifies and addresses constraints that prevent the financial market from reaching Rwanda’s low-income population, and promotes innovations and learning that result in sustainable change in the financial sector.

The organization has recently commenced its Phase 2 operations (2016-20) which will include:

1. Development of Umurenge Savings and Credit Cooperatives (U-SACCOs);
2. Supporting access and usage of value chain finance by smallholder farmers engaged in maize, coffee, tea, dairy and Irish potatoes;
3. Promotion of insurance and informal sector pension scheme;
4. Promotion of Digital Financial Services and Innovation Fund including the micro finance challenge fund; and
5. Knowledge brokerage and market facilitation with focus to increase access and use of information and coordination within the financial sector.

AFR seeks to recruit a qualified and competent individualto fill the Head of Finance and Administrationposition.

The position

Reporting to the Country Director, the Head of Finance & Administration’s role is to providestrategic leadership in the development and implementation of the organisation’sfinancial strategies and delivery of administration services and ensure that there is a sound financial reporting system andadministration framework which supports the implementation of AFR’s strategic objectives and goals. Specific responsibilities for the position include: