ACK Diocese of Butere in collaboration with Five Talents Kenya is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of BUCODET Field Officer.

Office: Butere Diocese CDT

Reports to: Program Coordinator

Provides supervision to: Interns

Effective Date: April 2025

Purpose of the position:

Grassroots organizing: Training and Orienting Community Savings Groups and Natural Resource Management Champions.
Community Sensitization: Awareness creation amongst the champions and all the savings groups, both new and the ones in existence
Capacity building: Training Savings groups Champions to deliver community sensitization forums
Economic Empowerment: Equip savings groups [community members] with savings mobilization and sustainable business capacity
Financial Access: Facilitate roll-out of an ASCA [Accumulated Savings and Credit Association] model in the community to afford savings and access to credit for enterprise development.

Major Responsibilities

Key responsibilities		Key tasks & outputs	Indicators
	Program Implementation and Control	Grassroots organizing through;Training the Savings Groups and ChampionsWorking collaboratively with the Community ChampionsCommunity Sensitization through organizing and facilitating community sensitization forumsCommunity mobilization and capacity building through;Formation of Savings GroupsTrain and build capacity of the Savings groups in Financial Access, Business skills and Natural Resource ManagementEnsures that the Groups receive adequate training; Participates in development/ reviews of curriculum for training of the group officialsCollaborates closely with NRM Coordinator in matters of training both new and existing groupsCommunity Economic Empowerment through;Business development skills trainingFinancial Access: Facilitate community financial access through;Savings mobilizationsLoans disbursements Quality loan managementRecord Keeping	Monthly Program reportsFinancial Access reports
	Program Growth	Grow the CDT membership base through outreach, attraction and retention strategies supported by expansion to new areas.Grow the CDT savings and loan portfolio in line with Program budgetEnsures that policies and procedures are applied consistently & uniformly.	Growth in membership and portfolio
	Program Reporting	Plans and ensures timely reports with focus on each group’s key success indicators;Membership growthNRM capacity developmentFinancial Access [Savings and Loan level]Sustainable business growth Ensures management and monitoring of the savings groups and ensuring strict compliance to all policies and proceduresActively leads in timely response to the group with unacceptable group performance	Performance ReportsSavings ReportLoans Report
	Risk Management and Compliance	Ensures compliance to all existing regulations, policies and procedures across the organization uniformlyImplementation of the internal control systems, ensuring the smooth running of the Program and safeguarding the institution’s assetsProposes to the Program Coordinator any changes or enhancements to the Program policies and procedures.	Compliance issues raised in auditsInternal AuditExternal Audit
	(0%) And any other duties that may be assigned by the Program Coordinator from time to time

Core Capabilities:

Community mobilization
Credit management and member mobilization
Team and collaborative relationship building
Thinking clearly, deeply and broadly
Innovative and aggressive in Program growth

Other Competencies/Attributes:

Must be a committed team members upholding high standards of integrity
Analytical with a keen eye to spot opportunities.
Perform other duties as required by the Program Coordinator.

Qualifications: Knowledge and Technical Skills:

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:

University Degree or Diploma in Sociology, Social Work, economics, accounting or business administration.
Experience (over 2 years) in Community development work/Rural Development/microfinance operations.
Determined personality with initiative, perseverance and the ability to motivate and manage a team
Capability and willingness to take responsibility and highly developed sense of rectitude
Ready to comply and live up to and in accordance with the Five Talents Ideals and Core Values
Be a good trainer, facilitator and coach
Very good communication and marketing skills
Good analytical and problem-solving skills

Working Environment / Conditions:

Office environment: Combination of typical office and field
Travel: 90% Domestic travel is required.

On call: When called upon outside normal working hours

If you meet the above qualifications, kindly send your cover letter and curriculum vitae to bishop@ackbutere.org or hand deliver your application to the address below not later than 31^st March 2025 at noon. Diocesan Administrative Secretary

ACK Diocese of Butere

P.O Box 54-50101

Butere Kenya

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