Webmaster PlaNet Finance Jiftlek/ Jericho

PlaNet Finance's mission is to help poor people develop income generating activities, in order to sustainably improve their living conditions. PlaNet Finance has a worldwide Network of 122 experts and is active in about 50 countries. It offers advisory services and technical assistance to microfinance actors so as to improve their financial and social performance as well as supporting microentrepreneurs in their endeavours.
PlaNet Finance also contributes to the improvement of knowledge and spreading of good practices in microfinance. PlaNet Finance is member of the PlaNet Finance Group.

Planet Finance has headquarters in Paris, France, and is active throughout the world in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle-East. It is organized by regional platforms, supporting smaller & leaner local offices.

PlaNet Finance’s Middle East Regional office is based in Cairo, in Egypt.

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PlaNet Finance in the Middle East
PlaNet Finance Middle East manages microfinance programs in many countries of the region: Egypt, Oman, Lebanon, Bahrain, Syria, and Palestinian Territories... PlaNet Finance Middle East is composed of 3 permanent offices:
• PlaNet Finance Egypt: This office is the coordinating office for PlaNet Finance Middle East activities and is dedicated to the development of microfinance sector in Egypt. It also aims at developing a range of expertise in the region.
• PlaNet Finance Palestinian Territories: This office is dedicated to the development of microfinance program in the Palestinian Territories, with specific political and economic conditions.
• PlaNet Finance Dubai: The office is in charge of fundraising for the development of the microfinance sector in the region.

Mission

PlaNet Finance is seeking candidate for consultancy position as Webmaster for a Date Fruit cluster project in Jericho (Palestinian Territories).

? Locality: Jiftlek/ Jericho
? Core group: date producers and land owners
? Prospects of cluster growth – total number of firms:16-30
? Main Local Partners:16
? Project duration: 24 months

Date Fruit Cluster Project is part of the Value Chain Programs of PlaNet Finance. The value chain consists of interdependent activities that lead to the creation of value. Its efficiency depends essentially on the
coordination of the various players involved and their ability to form a cohesive, collaborative network.
Most rural entrepreneurs are at the first step of this process and are often disconnected from the rest of the value chain. They have a variety of other needs in addition to access to a funding solution: for example, needs relating to contracting, technical skills, as well as access to market information.

The value chain approach therefore first involves studying each individual player as well as key service providers. The goal is to optimize the entire chain while generating income that is sustainable both upstream and downstream.

Job description
Designing, monitoring, updating and administrating the cluster website.

Qualifications
Technical skills:
- Must be extremely knowledgeable about technical aspects of the web, including HTML, web forms, web commerce and another associated technologies;
- Experience with electronic design tools, such as Photoshop, illustrator, coral draw and other graphic tools;
- Familiar with creating and placing electronic advertising;
- Experience with designing and maintaining electronic commerce web sites;
- Strong sense of design, layout, information architecture, and navigation of web sites and online marketing;
- Must be able to take ownership, prioritize, and meet deadlines with minimal supervision;
- Be able to initiate programs and ideas on how to improve web sites;
- Also will develop multimedia marketing presentations and demonstrations that can be distributed on CD or accessed on the web.

Soft skills:
- Excellent editorial and communication skills
- Must be able to work effectively with all levels of an organization

Language required:
Fluency in English and Arabic

Conditions

• Contract: Consultancy Job
• Compensation: Based on PlaNet Finance salary grid
• Localization: Ramallah, travels to Jericho, for pictures, interviews… required
• Documents to be sent : CV + Motivation letter + examples of websites created
• Deadline for application: 10th February 2013

Contact
Please send your cover letter, examples of websites created and resume in English under the reference DateWebmaster to recrut@planetfinance.org