Philippines: Associate Director of Housing MicroFinance Services & Sales
Country: Philippines
Closing date: 16 Nov 2013
The Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance (CISF) team’s vision is to serve as a place of knowledge, expertise, advice and innovation, enabling low- and very low-income families to acquire adequate housing. We’re leveraging our expertise in the housing finance market and our proven background in construction technical assistance services within Asia to facilitate collaboration between public, private and third-sector actors in the market. Our goal is to increase the number of clients serviced with access to (shelter related) products, financing, and services to over 47,000 by 2018.
We’ve already laid the groundwork for Asia’s CISF and are now in need of a champion to further develop, nurture, and expand our program to develop sustainable and innovative housing solutions for those who lack adequate housing. As Associate Director of Housing Micro-Finance Services & Sales, you operate at the global/regional level, analyzing the direction of the program at the macro level to strategically expand the housing finance solutions to fit will within partner organization’s structures. Each relationship built between Habitat and partner organizations is unique and requires someone with the right amount of finesse in order to influence others to commit to actions or products.
This position is based at our area office in Manila, Philippines and involves up to 50% travel within the Asia/Pacific region.
Interested candidates should visit: http://www.habitatjobs.org/JobDetail.asp?jid=57927
Responsibilities
- Lead the overall development strategy to further establish the Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance for Asia
- Directly package and sell the Center’s Advisory Services to MFI’s and other Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) firms that already work with low income families to offer appropriate housing products (finance, construction materials, and building services)
- Develop the three components to the CISF
a. Advisory Services
b. Peer Learning
c. Knowledge Management
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent wok experience
- 10+ years’ experience in consulting business
- 5+ years’ experience working with Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) firms
- Demonstrated experience advising boards and senior management on business strategy
- Excellent Written and verbal Communication skills in English
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s Degree (economics, business, finance, or international development)
- Program/project management
- International expertise; in Asia if possible
- Asian Pacific language skillset a clear advantage
*Also advertised as the Associate Director of Center for Innovation, Shelter and Finance (CISF)
*For additional information on Habitat’s Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance, please visit: http://www.habitat.org/cisf/
How to apply:
Interested candidates should visit: http://www.habitatjobs.org/JobDetail.asp?jid=57927
Habitat for Humanity International’s known as an international non-profit leader in housing solutions, whether it be building homes in areas affected by disasters in the Thailand, working with local communities to develop microsaving programs for home improvement in the Philippines, or piloting solar cookers in Central America. To date, Habitat has helped to build or repair over 600,000 decent, affordable houses, serving more than 3 million people worldwide. This amazing work could not be accomplished without an excited, dedicated, and driven base of employees that make up our “Habitat family.”
We are a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry and our purpose and goal is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses in partnership with families in need. Habitat for Humanity is a global, non-profit ministry where our employees build futures and lives.
HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veterans/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
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