Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR), was launched in March 2010 at the request of the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and with support from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank. The core element of AFR is to remove systemic barriers to financial services by putting the poor at the centre of its interventions. Improving financial access by the rural poor will be of a particular focus using specific investment criteria as well as rigorous impact assessment for each activity. It is expected that the programme investment will be split between and deliver three interventions which will support and complement each other. These are as follows:

  • Micro level – more than 60% of resources will be spent at micro level with an aim to enable financial institutions (mainly microfinances institutions and funders of MSMEs) strengthen their capacity to provide innovative products/financial services for the poor including amongst others: targeted saving products, access to credit, agriculture finance, supporting informal savings and loans associations as well as financial education programmes.
  • Meso level – 20% of resources: This will mainly focus on (but is not limited to) capacity building – human resources, systems and technology development including mobile phone banking
  • Macro level – 10% of resources: this will be spent on activities to strengthen appropriate legal and regulatory structure of the financial sector in Rwanda in order to improve delivery of financial services to the poor.

To achieve this three-fold objective, the Technical Director is required to play high quality steering role.

This ranges from identification/assessment of market failures and to proposing pragmatic interventions for AFRIC’s (AFR Investment Committee) approval that can enable those markets to work more effectively.

She/he should have a deep understanding of the financial inclusion field, financial markets and significant professional experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa and professional experience in East Africa will be an added advantage. You will need to have a strong track record in management and excellent communication skills. A minimum of a masters’ degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject is required. Working knowledge of French is desirable.

Detailed terms of reference for the position can be downloaded from: www.kpmg.com/eastafrica, www.minecofin.gov.rw, www.jeuneafrique.com, www.dfid.gov.uk and www.cgap.org

You will need to submit a covering letter explaining in no more than 900 words the reasons why you are the best candidate for this post. Please put “The Technical Director, AFR” in the subject line.

If you think you are who we are looking for then please send your CV (no more than 6 pages) and the covering letter specified above (include all your contact details) to the Executive Selection Division, KPMG at the following email address: esd@kpmg.co.ug.

Application through registered company with proven track record in the relevant field is desirable but not a mandatory requirement. Only short listed candidates will be contacted to arrange for interviews. AFR reserves the right to annul the recruitment process and not to appoint anyone to perform the role of Technical Director.

Closing date: 10:00am GMT on Thursday 30th August, 2012.

For any questions regarding the application process, please contact Executive Selection Division, KPMG on +256 414 347833, +256 414346294 or +256 414 340 315.