The specialist will lead initiatives to expand rural financial inclusion, design tailored financial products, facilitate credit readiness, and build sustainable linkages between target communities/MSMEs and financial institutions (banks, SACCOs, and digital service providers) across Tanzania.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Linkages & Access: Facilitate access to formal financial services and capital for target client groups, rural communities, and small businesses.
• Credit Readiness & Training: Design and execute capacity-building frameworks to enhance creditworthiness and financial literacy among target beneficiaries.
• Product Development: Collaborate with financial institutions to develop and scale context-appropriate financial products (savings, credit, insurance, digital finance).
• Strategic Partnerships: Establish and maintain strong institutional relationships with banks, microfinance institutions (MFIs), SACCOs, mobile network operators (MNOs), and fintech providers.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, Agricultural Economics, or a related field (Master’s Degree is preferred).
• Experience: Minimum of 7+ years of progressive professional experience in banking, microfinance, SACCO operations, or digital financial services (DFS) within Tanzania.
• Domain Expertise: Demonstrated track record in rural financial inclusion, credit readiness programs, product design, and microfinance linkage models.
• Core Competencies: Strong analytical abilities, strategic partnership management, excellent written and verbal communication, and deep knowledge of the Tanzanian financial landscape.

• Facilitate access to formal financial services and capital for target client groups, rural communities, and small businesses.
• Design and execute capacity-building frameworks to enhance creditworthiness and financial literacy among target beneficiaries.
• Collaborate with financial institutions to develop and scale context-appropriate financial products (savings, credit, insurance, digital finance).
• Establish and maintain strong institutional relationships with banks, microfinance institutions (MFIs), SACCOs, mobile network operators (MNOs), and fintech providers.

• Strong analytical abilities
• Strategic partnership management
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Deep knowledge of the Tanzanian financial landscape
• Rural financial inclusion
• Credit readiness programs
• Financial product design
• Microfinance linkage models

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, Agricultural Economics, or a related field
• Master’s Degree is preferred
• Minimum of 7+ years of progressive professional experience in banking, microfinance, SACCO operations, or digital financial services (DFS) within Tanzania
• Demonstrated track record in rural financial inclusion, credit readiness programs, product design, and microfinance linkage models