Projects, Data & Innovations Officer at Pride Microfinance Limited

Job Description The Projects, Data and Innovations Officer will be responsible for supporting the Projects & Strategy Manager to generate funds for the various projects that Pride will run and ensure good relations with partnerships formed in line with our ethical partnerships policy. He / she will directly report to the Projects & Strategy Manager and will be based at Head Office.Main Purpose of the Job: –• Facilitate the development and designing of projects.• Initiating and coordinating Pride’s projects.• Support the development of relevant policy manuals for the projects function.• Initiate the writing of proposals to donors with best practices in the microfinance/banking industry, so as to secure Pride funding to support the projects.• Assist the Projects & Strategy Manager in the definition of project scope objectives and deliverables, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.• Provide leadership to the Business Intelligence and big data strategy as critical support functions towards generation of business insights for business growth and customer relations management.• Communicating analysis results and making recommendations to senior management• Perform BI research and provide results and findings to the Projects & Strategy Manager.• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.• Coordinate the strategic planning sessions including but not limited to team member composition, data collection & documentation of the strategic plan.• Create and maintain a comprehensive project documentation.Minimum Academic Qualifications and Experience• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Statistics, International Development or related humanities field.• At least 3 years of professional work experience in the field of project management, strategy development and/or humanitarian response.• A Strong interest in providing high quality administrative support to a professional team.• Diploma in project management is an added advantage.