Mifos, an initiative of the Grameen Foundation whose goal is to help MFIs become more effective, is looking for a business intelligence software designer in Seattle WA.

“Job Summary:
We’re seeking a superstar software developer who is deeply passionate
about ending global poverty using Free and Open Source Software. Along
with the software development team, this person is responsible for the
design, implementation, and testing of the software that makes up the
Mifos platform. This person will be the technical leader of the Mifos
Business Intelligence Initiative, a project to make Mifos the best
business intelligence platform for the microfinance industry.
This position has two main areas of leadership: technical vision for
Business Intelligence, and acting as liaison for non-US teams of
software developers located in India and other places.

As a technical leader, this person will help improve Mifos production
database, data warehouse database, database metadata layer
(abstraction layer) APIs, ETL system, reporting system, and data
migration (upgrade) system. Other important tasks are:

• help analyze performance and usability of software and database schemas,
• work with the software development team to remove bottlenecks and problems,
• train software developers and consultants in best practices for developing software that accesses the database.
• work with system administrators to tune and maintain our hosted Mifos systems in Amazon EC2.”

Read more and apply here

Wokai, the microfinance lending platform in China, is hosting a dinner with renowned panelist who will be speaking on poverty in China and the challenges that the solution faces next week in Seattle.

When: Thursday, June 10, 2010. 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Where: Four Seas Restaurant
714 South King Street
Seattle, WA 98104

Featured panelists:

Stevan Harrell, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington
“Education as a means of poverty alleviation in China.”
Based on his interest in environmental sustainability and community development through education, Stevan founded Yangjuan Primary School in Sichuan Province in 2000.  Stevan now heads the UW Worldwide Program, exchanging undergraduates with Sichuan University and involving many of them in ecological fieldwork and community service at Yangjuan School. In 2005, he founded the Cool Mountain Education Fund, a small NGO that gives scholarships to graduates of Yangjuan School.

Kam Wing Chan, Professor of Geography, University of Washington
“The plight of rural immigrants and solutions to better integration into society.” Kam’s areas of focus are urban and economic geography, migration, labor markets and urban finance in China.  Kam has been widely published, including The World Bank & PRC State Development Planning Commission.  His current research projects include Internal Migration and the Hukou Reforms and Urbanization and Land Conversion.

Heng-Pin (Ping) Kiang, Board Member, Rural Development Institute
”The role of secure land rights in alleviating poverty in rural China.”
An attorney and entrepreneur, Ping has been a board member of the Rural Development Institute for more than ten years and is a member of RDI’s executive committee and Chair of its Resource Committee.  RDI is an international nonprofit organization working with governments of developing countries and other partners to secure land rights for the world’s poorest people. RDI has been a principal foreign advisor to China ‘s central government on rural land issues since 1987.

Wokai Seattle Chapter, Panel Moderator
Wokai is a non-profit microfinance organization committed to alleviating poverty in China using a person to person web based platform.  Founded in 2008, Wokai to date has raised over $170,000 in microloan capital to help over 300 impoverished individuals in rural China lift themselves out of poverty.

Cost is $25 per person. Includes dinner and a $10 credit to a Wokai borrower of your choice.
Click here to register for this event
For questions regarding this event, please email Seattle@wokai.org