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Job Title ⇒ Investment Specialist/Finance Sector
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Organisation ⇒ Private Sector Foundation Uganda PSFU
Project Name ⇒ Young Africa Works in Uganda enhancing Lead Firm Structure
for Youth Employment
Duty Station ⇒ Kampala, Uganda
About US ⇒
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda PSFU Uganda's apex body for the private
sector is collaborating with the MasterCard Foundation MCF to co-implement
Young Africa Works in Uganda - Enhancing Lead Firm Structure for Youth
Employment Program. The Intervention's ultimate goal is to create dignified
and fulfilling work for young women and men and contribute to the effort to
lifting Ugandans out of poverty. The intervention focuses on creating,
maintaining and sustaining growth in job markets through strengthening the
capacity of actors to efficiently produce and sell their goods and services in
expanded markets, developing new diversified financing mechanisms as well as
growing the capacity of business leaders and their support service providers
to manage and expand their enterprises. This transformative intervention will
also transition Micro Enterprises to Small Enterprises. PSFU wishes to recruit
capable, experienced and passionate Ugandan for the position of Investment
Specialist/Finance.
Job Summary ⇒ Under the overall responsibility and technical supervision
the Project Director, the Investment Specialist/Finance IS/ Finance will
coordinate the project's activities and interventions for financing of
business entities participating in project activities, especially Lead Firms
and SMEs including building linkages between project beneficiaries and
financial partners. He/she will be responsible for designing rules of
engagement including needed preparations that MSMEs & Lead Firms will require
to qualify for financing by the financial partners, assessment of processes,
and subsequently documenting all aspects relating to financing of private
sector enterprise grants under the project. The IS/Finance will also spearhead
the project's finance related capacity building activities. He/she will assess
and document the ability of prospective recipients to receive, perform and
achieve the objectives of the project awards in accordance with PSFU and MCF
rules, regulations and cost principles. The IS/Finance will report to and be
guided and supported by the Project Director.

Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Review suggested capacity building activities and BDS to ensure they
include suitable financial literacy elements to enable beneficiaries qualify
for funding by financial partners
⇗ Continuously propose ways to de-risk borrowers to increase opportunity for
financing LFS actors
⇗ Draw up and regularly review for approval by the Steering Committee the
eligible areas the project may support for funding and prepare guidelines for
the information of stakeholders;
⇗ Lead the project's intercession activities with financial partners in the
project; and in this respect work with the financial sector partners to design
systems for how and on what terms firms and financial sector partners will
interrelate;
⇗ Secure needed information to monitor the utilisation of resources received
by firms from the project’s financial partners and ensure their proper
application. In collaboration with financial partners analyse repayment trends
and advise through periodic reports the Project Director and the Steering
Committee on how scheduled repayments are progressing;
⇗ Lead the technical effort towards setting up and operationalising the
Private Sector Catalytic Fund. This will involve working with the identified
consultants to conduct the in time the activities towards the realisation of
the fund.
⇗ In collaboration with the project Business Environment team, identify,
process and prepare positions papers needed to engage policy makers to address
challenges encountered in the financing MSMEs in Uganda
⇗ Periodically make reports to the Project Director and Steering Committee on
the operations of the Catalytic Fund.
⇗ Supervise the Investment Officer/Finance.


Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate must hold a Master’s Degree in Business, Management,
Finance, Administration, or other related field.
⇗ At least five years of relevant experience in the finance sector
particularly in the areas of financial product/business development, MSME
financing/ lending operations or portfolio performance monitoring.
Demonstrated experience in BDS facilitation to beneficiaries will be an added
advantage.
⇗ An appreciation of the workings of the Uganda economic/finance/trade
policies as well as a good understanding of private sector operations and
concerns;
⇗ Overall knowledge of the economic and market environment in which the
private sector is operating, including the wider East and Central African
region;
⇗ A good understanding of private sector development issues and appreciation
of the role the private sector can play in economic development;
⇗ An appreciation/understanding of the extent and effects of youth
unemployment; and of the social especially gender and youth dimensions of
development;
⇗ Good interpersonal skills with experience in networking with different
partners including those in the private sector and a local community level;
⇗ Experience working with private sector organisations or in international
and donor organisations with implementation of participatory projects;
⇗ Demonstrated written, analytical, presentation, reporting and computing
skills and familiarity with modern communication systems internet, worldwide
web, email etc.;
⇗ Ability to work unsupervised and under tight schedules;
⇗ Ability and readiness to work in a multicultural and multi-disciplinary
environment;
⇗ A good command of the English language.

Desirable Attributes
⇗ A passion for youth - men and women;
⇗ A commitment to the protection of youth and children.
How to Apply ⇒
All candidates should send their applications online to hr@psfuganda.org.ug
Executive Director
Private Sector Foundation Uganda
Plot 43 Nakasero Hill Road
P. O. Box 7683, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline 25 th February 2021

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