SYPO Uganda Loan Officers

For our young and dynamic micro-fi nance organisation “SYPO Uganda Ltd.” we seek new loan officers.

SYPO Uganda Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Dutch NGO SYPO that has been active in the Mukono district for the past nine years.

Our ambitious microfi nance organisation was started in 2011 and provides low-threshold business loans to groups of women in rural parts of the Mukono and Buikwe districts.

The organisation has grown to three loan offi cers and aims to expand to seven loan offi cers in the near future; each loan offi cer responsible for one rural zone that is served from a small zone offi ce.

Loan offi cers are expected to:

• Spend their full work week in the field

• Recruit new clients

• Take loan applications and support prospective clients in creating basic business plans

• Sensitise clients regarding the organisation’s rules and procedures

• Disburse loans and collect repayments

• Monitor clients’ business performance and general development, resolve group tensions and ensure a healthy loan portfolio

• Administer all portfolio transactions in the organisation’s online administration system

• Keep accurate fi nancial records of the zone

• Actively participate in weekly conference calls with the Dutch management team

Suitable candidates should have an academic degree (such as finance, commerce or business administration) and preferably one to three years of relevant work experience.

Candidates should be enthusiastic about working in a rural setting and able to eff ectively communicate with both uneducated villagers and the international management team.

Candidates should be fluent in both Luganda (spoken) and English (written and spoken). We expect our loan offi cers to be able to work independently and pro-actively with limited supervision.

Successful candidates have good computer skills and are able to work eff ectively with Microsoft offi ce, email and other internet applications.

We off er a challenging job in a young and dynamic team with strong learning and personal development opportunities.

Applications for this vacancy can be submitted by e-mail before noon September 19 2012 to recruitment@sypo. nl. Any questions regarding this vacancy can be sent to the same email address.