Company Profile

VisionFund Ghana (VFG) is a subsidiary of VisionFund International, the parent company of a network of 28 microfinance institutions operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. VisionFund International is a wholly owned subsidiary of World Vision International, a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization. Working together, we provide the foundation for local economies to flourish in healthy and safe communities.
We are an organization that have high ethical standard in doing our work. We have zero tolerance towards incidence of violence or abuse against children or adults living in the communities we work. Safeguarding children and adults in communities we serve is fundamental to all VFG activities and therefore a requirement for every employee.

Job Description

Purpose
To support branches in scaling up the Savings Group Loan or as called by VisionFund the FAST product. The scale up is focused on the loan, but can include other products such as insurance and savings to the savings group.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing roll out plan which includes, location, staffing plan, required budget and projections
• Train WV staff, including HQ and AP on the product
• Train VF branch staff on the product and procedures
• Monitor FO and BM performance on a regular basis
• Liaise with IT to set up necessary channels including the functioning of ODK/LMMS and mobile money where possible
• Oversee/implement the recruitment/hiring/onboarding of field officers together with People and Culture
• Continuously coach and train Field Officers (FOs)
• Continuously train BMs for effective monitoring
• Implementing technical improvements with ODK as they emerge with cooperation of VFI IT team
• Monitor loan performance
• Collect and share lessons learned with wider SG implementing MFIs
• Be active part of the FAST group, led by the VFI director for SG linkage, including participating in quarterly update meetings and bilateral, biweekly progress update meetings
• Ensure proper reporting of FAST loans in core banking system and Bankbi
• Support branches in build a pipeline of potential savings groups.
• Support MFI management in relations with WV in putting forward case for accessing WV savings group (including funding).
• Coordinate and support impact surveys as needed. support collection of client stories.

Required Skills or Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in microfinance or development (livelihoods)
• Experience in working with Saving Groups/VSLAs
• Experience in working with financial institutions
• University degree in related field
• English language skills
• Proficient in Microsoft word and excel
• Experience with powerbi is a plus
• Good knowledge and practical experience in change management, product implementation, project management, capacity building and presentation skill is an added advantage
• Practicing Christian