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Country Manager Oikocredit Location: Quezon City, Philippines

Oikocredit is in search of a Country Manager for the Philippines

Oikocredit is one of the world’s largest sources of private funding to the microfinance sector. We also provide credit to fair trade organizations, cooperatives and other small-to-medium social enterprises (SEs) in the developing world.

The financial resources exceed EURO 550 Million and come from investments by churches, institutions and individuals. Oikocredit has 8 regional offices, 28 country offices, the International Support Office in The Netherlands and approximately 219 staff members worldwide.

In the Philippines, there are currently 47 active partners that include mostly MFIs and cooperatives, financial intermediary networks, fair trade organizations and other social enterprises benefiting over 3.2 million economically active poor Filipinos, the majority of whom are women.

The Country Manager

The Country Manager will be a Filipino national and will be based at the country office in Quezon City.

The Country Manager will be responsible for implementing the Oikocredit strategy for the Philippines, for building and managing a balanced portfolio of investments in microfinance, agriculture and other social enterprise ventures; for the provision of capacity building support to institutional partners; for the supervision and coaching of staff; and for the sustainable operations of the Philippine program.

Education and experience.
Academic qualifications in the field of economics, business administration or accountancy or development economics. At least 5 years of experience in the evaluation of institutional investment proposals and management of credit schemes and program team. Thorough knowledge of English is essential. Computer literacy.

Competencies
Do you have a strategic vision and are you market-oriented? Are you independent and do you take initiatives? Are you able to work and develop positive relationships with colleagues and project partners of different social, cultural and religious backgrounds? Are you willing to travel occasionally? Are you ready to make a change? Let us know!

Mail or send your letter of application with curriculum vitae before 4 November 2011 tooffice.ph@oikocredit.org. OR

Oikocredit EDCS, U.A. Phil. Representative Office
Unit 503 Transorient Maritime Building
No. 66 Timog Avenue, Sacred Heart
Quezon City, Philippines

For further information you can visit www.oikocredit.org/rm/ph. Selection interviews will be held in early October. Please take note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.