Job Summary

The incumbent is responsible for the successful implementation of the RuSACCO rural program by supporting the prosmotion, accounting and reporting works of the RuSACCO unions where s/he is assigned and its member & non member RuSACCOs. The rural Saving and Credit Cooperative Officer will assist in strengthening the effective use of accounting and reporting system of loan & saving transactions and RuSACCOs to enable them manage operations, handling standard record keeping of the day to day transactions and producing financial reports in collaboration with the management team of the RuSACCO Unions.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Strengthen the existing RuSACCOs and their unions in terms of technical, institutional, financial and structural capacity
• Engage in community mobilization for making member of the existing RuSACCOs and non-members to be members.
• Support RuSACCOs for credit availability, linking them with unions and with relevant banks
• Enhance RuSACCOs operational capacity for smooth and rapid delivery of ICS for members and non-member households
• Enhance/strength working relationship between RuSACCOs unions, stove producers and local government cooperative offices.
• Support primary RuSACCOs for making members of the respective unions to access credit facilities
• Support the management staff and committee members of the Unions and member RuSACCOs in establishing a standards to support GIF program
• Create awareness for RuSACCO committees and members on the importance of ICS utilization from environmental, social and economic perspectives,
• Ensure/ support the RuSACCO Union and member RuSACCOs are inline with working standards and agreed procedures
• Monitors RuSACCOs financial capacity in terms of saving, credit and other accounting and banking activities

Job Requirement

Work Experience

• Experience of working in Saving and Credit Cooperatives would be a distinct advantage
• Good inter-personal and communication skills
• Experience in report writing, data collection and analysis
• Computer literacy, particularly in financial packages and ability to adapt and learn new Programmes
• Demonstrable good command of English both written and spoken

Desirables:

• Proven ability to work in multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder working environments
• Demonstrated knowledge in coordination of project implementation preferably rural finance related projects

Educational Requirement

• MSc/BSc. Degree from recognized college/ University in cooperative accounting, or cooperative auditing or related discipline
• At least three years MSc & 5 years for BSc degree working experience, preferably within NGO environment

Job Location:- Based in Arba Minch with frequent travel to project sites