Portfolio Manager – PSD & Access to Finance

Description

• The USAID Supporting the Enabling Environment for Development (SPEED) program supports the
  Government of Mozambique (GRM) to develop and implement policies that improve the country’s
  business enabling environment, thereby enhancing the role of the private sector in agriculture, trade
  facilitation, health, energy, and biodiversity conservation. The program also strengthens economic
  governance and public financial management and enhances the role of civil society in supporting
  Mozambique’s ability to plan, manage, and finance its own development.
  The SPEED program is seeking qualified candidates to serve in the role of Private Sector Development
  (PSD) & Access to Finance (A2F) PM to assist the DCOP-Technical to implement a subset of technical
  activities in the SPEED Annual Work Plan in an efficient and compliant manner, with a particular focus on
  financial services and business enabling environment activities. The PM will help develop work plan
  activities, draft scopes of work (SOWs), serve as relationship manager to key SPEED stakeholders,
  provide support for the implementation of short-term technical assistance (STTA) assignments, technical
  purchase orders, subcontracts, grants, training and study, tours, and other core management tasks as
  needed. The PM will work closely with the DCOP-Technical, Portfolio Managers, the SPEED Grants
  team, and the M&E team to ensure that every activity has measurable impact towards achieving the high-
  level project goals (dollars saved, investment leveraged, jobs created, etc.). The PM will also provide
  ongoing QA/QC for SPEED technical reports and communications products, ensuring clarity of
  messages, program contributions, and impacts that result from program activities

Duties

• Serve as the technical lead for all SPEED activities related to financial service, trade and
  business enabling environment; this includes managing relationships with key counterparts such
  as business associations (i.e.,CTA) and financial services partners (i.e.,Gapi), economic analysis
  partners (i.e., on the Growth Diagnostic), and private sector health service providers; s/he will
  also manage coordination platforms such as the Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) and the
  Multi-stakeholder Platform (MSP)
• Provide secretariat support to and chair the MSME Resilience Fund Advisory Board in
  implementing its mission; work with Gapi to design and implement a monitoring & reporting plan
• Work closely with the COP and DCOP to develop, implement and monitor policy initiatives within
  the agreed strategies; organize policy and regulatory dialogue events in concert with project
  partners
• Identify and manage talented SPEED short-term consultants, implementing partners, and
  grantees to ensure their deliverables meet internal quality standards
• Package and present complex technical activities and subject matter to SPEED management,
  USAID, the GRM, and other key stakeholders in a clear, concise, and actionable manner.
• Ensure all SPEED technical reports, quarterly reporting, and communications products are of the
  highest quality from a content perspective and packaged in a manner that USAID and local
  stakeholders can quickly grasp the key takeaways, impacts, and next steps
• Develop work plan activities, technical scopes of work, activity budgets, and provide ongoing
  feedback to SPEED consultants, subcontractors, and grantees
• Work closely with the SPEED PMs (Agriculture, Economic Governance, Biodiversity) to align
  activities and provide expertise on strategies/opportunities to facilitate the business enabling
  environment to generate private sector development
• Be an integral part of implementing technical assistance for activities, including conducting
  research, obtaining data, participating in interviews, and helping consultants identify and set
  meetings with counterparts
• Assist consultants to draft reports as necessary; also, contribute to ‘telling the story’ of SPEED
  activities by working with the communications team to develop both written case studies as well
  as explainer videos
• Work closely with the M&E team to ensure ongoing data collection, monitoring, and evaluation of
  private sector activities to enable the SPEED team to measure and communicate impact
• Support coordination between SPEED and other USAID-funded national, regional, or global
  projects, such as the LOGOS program, the PREMIER program, the Southern Africa Mobilizing
• Investment program (SAMI), the Africa Trade Initiative (ATI), the global USAID INVEST program
• Work closely with the SPEED Gender and Youth Advisor to ensure comprehensive gender and
  youth integration across SPEED's work on private sector development and access to finance

Requisites

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required; advanced degree preferred; advanced degree
  preferred
• 6+ years of relevant professional experience in access to finance required
• 6+ years of relevant professional experience, including project management; familiarity with
  business enabling environment, policy and/or agriculture support projects desired
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple concurrent tasks
• Experience working on USAID-funded projects is preferred
• Excellent organizational skills with a willingness to take initiative
• Ability to speak in public and lead formal meetings with high-level government officials
• Competency in the English language, both spoken and written

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Interested candidates must submit their CV in English