Program Manager Vacancy at Housing Microfinance

Position: Housing Microfinance Program Manager- Retail Lending
The successful candidate will assume overall responsibility for the implementation of the Housing: Micro-finance Program Retail Lending activities. This includes the delivery of housing micro-loan products; and housing related support services in HFHU's areas of operation. The overall program objectives are to; enable low income families to incrementally improve; their housing and build new housing. This includes both administrative and fiscal management.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Coach, mentor and train staff of the HMF program to enable them assume their institutional roles in implementing housing microfinance retail [ending operations.
• Engage in marketing and sales activities to promote Housing microfinance among the target groups.
• Manage the retail lending portfolio to maximize total return in a manner consistent with HFH : goals and objectives.
• Implement housing microfinance best practices and methodologies
• Make recommendations to reach targets and goals white minimizing risk by identifying credit profile criteria and the most appropriate methodologies that apply to the targeted groups.
• Financial control: participate in the budgeting process, approve and review retail housing microfinance program expenditures, etc.
• Provide overall reporting for the Retail lending activities
• Representation: Represent Habitat for Humanity Uganda to micro finance associations and networks, coordinate and facilitate at both regional and local workshops.

Minimum Qualifications:
• An honors degree in Business Administration,
Economics, Microfinance, Rural Economy, Commerce or Agric. Economics
• Professional training in relevant areas of Microfinance
• Experience of 8 years in Microfinance or credit delivery
• Knowledge of: quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques; principles of supervision,training and performance evaluation; current trends in public finance mechanism for affordable housing; current trends in the fields of housing, real estate and redevelopment.

Personal Attributes:
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and training skills coupled with a high level of customer service.
• Strong business management and negotiation skills
• Excellent report writing skills and computer literacy
• Excellent organizational planning and analytical skills
• Strong willingness to work in the field
• High level of commitment to community work with minimum supervision
• Fluency in English and Ugandan languages
• Conversant with the regulatory framework for the Microfinance industry in Uganda.
Apply for this job

Interested applicants should send their applications with the relevant attachments plus three competent referees to the following address latest by close of business on Monday 27th September 2010.
The National Director,
Habitat for Humanity Uganda
Plot 7206, Bukasa Close
Off Muyenga Tank - Hill Road
P.0. Box 9873, Kampala- Uganda
Email: noffice@hfhuganda.org