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Credit Officer- Tanzania

Global Communities (formerly CHF International) is an international development organization whose mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them improve their social, economic, and environmental conditions. Global Communities is seeking local candidates for theAgribusiness Investment for Market Stimulation (AIMS) program, a five-year project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.  AIMS’s mission is to bolster trade for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in agribusiness in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi by increasing their access to bank finance and by expanding their trade outlets.

Credit Officer- Tanzania 
The Credit Officer in the Dar Es Salam office will support the participation of select lending institutions in the Program’s Loan Guaranty Facility (LGF) . The Credit Officer will coordinate all lender capacity building programs, to include agribusiness value chain risk assessment and risk mitigation tactics, financial diagnosis, cash flow, and loan product structuring. S/he will monitor and report, in the format consistent with target monitoring and M&E requirements, all loan origination results with emphasis on loans originated by lenders not participating in the LGF program. Responsibilities will include ongoing day-to-day liaison coordination with assisted lenders, to include periodic loan review workshops, loan referrals. 

The deadline for the application is on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
Applicants are to submit their application letters with detailed CV to vacancies@chfkenya.org with the title of the position in the header of the application letter. The application letters shall be addressed to the Country Director.Only short listed firms/candidates will be contacted. Global Communities is an equal opportunity employer.