FSDT is seeking a Digital Financial Services Manager to design, implement, monitor, and manage interventions involving digital financial services, digital public infrastructure, artificial intelligence, health technology, consumer protection, and financial sector infrastructure in Tanzania.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, monitor, and report on interventions involving digital financial services, digital public infrastructure, artificial intelligence, health technology, financial sector infrastructure, consumer protection, and redress technology.
- Apply adaptive management to deliver impactful projects that contribute to transforming Tanzania’s financial sector.
- Monitor global developments and innovation trends in digital financial services and digital public infrastructure.
- Provide technical support and advice to implementing partners.
- Manage ongoing interventions, drive results, mitigate risks, ensure accurate reporting, and provide adaptive oversight.
- Coordinate programme reviews, visits, and research to assess project performance and achieve targeted outcomes.
- Build and maintain relationships with public, private, development, government, central bank, and financial service provider stakeholders.
- Develop business plans, formulate strategies, prepare Project Appraisal Requests, and attract impactful implementing partners.
- Support onboarding, capacity assessments, due diligence, and contracting of implementing partners.
- Develop, manage, and track project budgets and cash-flow forecasts.
- Collaborate with the Monitoring Results and Measurement team to collect data, analyse results, and identify improvements.
- Contribute to advocacy, communications, influencing strategies, reports, newsletters, and knowledge management materials.
- Oversee DFS and infrastructure development budgets and expenditure tracking.
- Support sub-granting and procurement processes in compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
- Develop and implement risk management strategies for DFS and DPI projects.
- Manage staff and consultants assigned to interventions and lead teams to achieve high performance.
Requirements
- Digital financial services and digital finance expertise.
- Knowledge of digital public infrastructure, artificial intelligence, health technology, consumer protection, and redress technology.
- Knowledge of digital technologies, applications, process mapping, analytics, digital infrastructure, and payments.
- Knowledge of national payment systems, including Automated Clearing House systems and instant interoperable payment systems.
- Financial management, budgeting, risk management, and fund accountability skills.
- Monitoring, results management, quality assurance, and milestone tracking skills.
- Project and programme management skills.
- Stakeholder engagement, influencing, communications, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong written and spoken English and Swahili.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, make decisions, lead teams, innovate, solve problems, and manage change.
- Ability to empower others, promote inclusive teamwork, and deliver measurable, timely, and cost-effective results.
Document Requirements
Application Instructions
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
