Credit Line Promotion Specialist
ITALIAN CREDIT LINE FOR SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
(SOCIAL FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT – SFD )
Credit Line Promotion Specialist
Social Fund For Development (SFD) and The Italian Development Cooperation are Looking for the recruitment of six Egyptian Specialists in Support of SFD's regional offices to implement the Italian credit line to SFD
1) Duties and responsibilities
The Programme includes an Italian credit line (the “Line”) in support of small enterprises, managed by the SFD. In order to facilitate an efficient use of the resources, the Programme will provide, as technical assistance, Egyptian specialists to six SFD zone offices ( Cairo- Ismailia- Dakahlia- Minia- Alexandria- Luxor ).
The selected person, under the guidance of the SFD Zone office manager and the supervision of the Technical Assistance Team (TAT), will be dealing essentially with activities related to utilization and promotion of the Line and they will carry out the following activities:
a) providing information to the small entrepreneurs about the Line;
b) distributing existing information brochures about the Line and illustrating its comparative advantages;
c) scouting potential beneficiaries of the Line;
d) facilitating the organization of workshops/seminars scheduled by the programme throughout the Governorate to inform and promote the Line;
e) assisting the entrepreneurs who want to benefit from the Line in preparing their business plans;
f) introducing the entrepreneurs to the local banking system and assisting them during the negotiation of the credit;
g) maintaining an updated data base of all the activities related to the utilization of the Italian credit line;
h) reporting periodically to SFD and Italian Side on the activities carried out, on the progress and the utilization of the Italian credit line at Governorate level.
2) Selection Criteria
a) Egyptian citizenship;
b) Residence in the Governorate;
c) not older than 45 at the data of the announcement;
d) minimum of a University degree;
e) minimum of five-years experience with other public/private institutions in small enterprises policy implementation;
f) good capacity to frequent travels and good communication skills;
g) fluency in Arabic with a working knowledge of English;
h) Competency in the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access and Power Point)
Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their CV’s within two weeks to e-mail address recruitment@sfdegypt.org (Mentioning in the subject – ITALIAN CREDIT LINE).