Position Title: Resident Advisor (RA)
[Note: Work entails Project Management role]
Company Sector: Financial Services Consulting
Company Type: Multinational Consulting Company
[Note: Company develops innovative solutions for facilitating access to capital to the poor]
Position Location: Karachi
[Note: Position provides opportunity for international travel to U.S. etc]
Contract term: 2 years -- extendable
Salary: 400K to 600K -- based on profile
Note: This is an URGENT position -- with immediate hiring on first-come-first-served basis.
Essential Requirements:
-Around 15 to 20 years work experience
-Experience in Financial Services Industry
OR
-Exposure of Mobile Banking/Branchless Banking/Microfinance Banking
OR
-Understanding of Development process involving grassroots level communities
[Note: Individuals with 2 or 3 of the above 3 listed points will have preference]
-Project Management Experience
-Experience of working with Multinational, International, or Local Prestigious Organizations
-Excellent Interpersonal communication skills; Advocacy skills; Polished personality
-Excellent Writing/Reporting Skills
General profile:
- The individual should preferably be a Pakistani national and should
be a medium to senior level person (preferably between the age
brackets of 40 to 45) with background in financial services industry.
The general profiles under this post are outlined below:
- Recognizable level of understanding and appreciation of mobile money
platforms;
- Appreciation for development process involving grassroots level
communities, their financial needs, saving and remitting habits etc;
- Highly skilled in terms of project management. This is the core
focus and expectation from the candidate will be to spend a major
chunk of his/her time on project management;
- Recognizable level of usage and understanding of CBS, software used
by mobile money platforms and other switches and connectivity
requirements of IT based branchless banking services;
- Excellent in presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written;
- Someone who is comfortable with in-country travel and as well as
travel abroad on as and when required basis;
- Have recognizable expertise in skills such as development and
implementation of complex strategies, operations and tactical plans
and should be able to multi-task.
Specific responsibilities:
-- Act as the face of company to company and manage all activities
necessary to fulfill the mandate of company under the donor funded
company branchless banking project;
-- Develop details (sub activities, timelines and budgets) of the
agreed work plan, also suggest changes in the work plan as it goes
into implementation, if circumstances warrant;
-- Develop detailed SOW for consultants to be engaged on activities
identified in the work plan in consultation with company team;
-- Identify (check availability and willingness to work) and negotiate
(cost rates and LOE) with local consultants for the project, if
needed. Draft contracts share with Country Office for approval
-- Once consultants (both local and international) are engaged, RA
will oversee implementation and his team will arrange for and manage
logistics:
- issuing invitation letters for visas in case of international consultants
- Booking flights and arranging transfers
- Accommodation and local transportation at assignment station
- Security briefing for all expatriates (consultants, company and
donor) that visit for Pakistan for the company project
- Scheduling meetings and field visits
- Making sure that all deliverables under the contract are achieved
- Prepare project performance and monitoring reports for the donor as
per the agreed frequency and timing and submit to the Country Office
for onward submission to Home Office;
- Developing TORs, hiring and management of his team and involving
them to achieve deliverables as mandated by donor;
- Participate in quarterly review meetings;
- Guide and supervise the Deputy Resident Advisor in the development
of BTA's and any budget revisions required.
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