FSD Kenya Innovations Lead Job Vacancy

The opportunity
 

FSD Kenya was established in 2005 by a number of Kenya’s development partners to support the expansion of inclusive financial markets. 

Our goal is to use financial inclusion as a tool to improve the livelihoods of the poor in Kenya. 

FSD remains cognisant to the enormous potential the application of technology provides in significantly expanding and deepening access to finance. 

Among the most fruitful areas of FSD’s work in recent years has been with industry and policy makers to exploit technology to advance financial inclusion.

We now plan to expand this activity and are looking for someone who shares our enthusiasm at the potential created by new technologies to bring about a major change in Kenya’s financial system. 

The Innovations Lead will:

• Identify and build strong partnerships with industry players;
• Guide the creation and delivery of appropriate support packages with new partners;
• Orchestrate processes to generate new ideas to feed into the innovations process;
• Develop strategy for the exploitation of business intelligence to support the refinement and expansion of innovations;
• . Develop concepts through rapid prototyping and market testing new ideas;
• . Work closely with partners to ensure pilots are managed effectively; and,
• . Develop a comprehensive communication strategy for delivering innovations to the market.

Candidates must have:

• A first degree in a relevant field.
• Practical, hands-on experience in business innovations and first class business analysis skills;
• Experience working in retail financial services in developing/emerging economies; and,
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Interested applicants must meet the position’s terms of reference, downloadable from our website under “Opportunities”. 

If you think you are the right person for this exceptional opportunity, then send your CV and covering letter by email to jobs@hcsafrica.com. 

Please put “Innovations Lead” in the subject line. 

Closing date: Friday 17th May, 2013.
 

FSD Kenya operates as an independent Trust registered in Kenya under the supervision of professional trustees, with policy guidance from its programme investment committee. 

Finance is provided by a number of leading development agencies including the UK’S Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together with the Government of Kenya. 

Further in formation can be obtained from our web site: www.fsdkenya.org