About the Organization:
Microcredit Summit Campaign (MCS) brings together microfinance practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, NGOs and others involved with microcredit to promote best practices in the field, to stimulate the interchanging of knowledge, and to work towards reaching their goals. In 2005, the organization successfully completed a nine-year campaign, having reached nearly 100 million of the world’s poorest families. The Campaign is now focused on two pressing goals for the period 2006-2015: working to ensure that 175 million of the world’s poorest families, especially the women of those families, are receiving credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the end of 2015 as well as 100 million families rise above the US$1 a day threshold adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP), between 1990 and 2015.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Communicating with member institutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to encourage action plan submission, answer questions, and clarify data;
  • Researching areas for growth and targeting potential new member institutions;
  • Reviewing MFI portfolio data on an ongoing basis and aggregating results;
  • Supporting outreach and promotional strategies on social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter, and our blog) as well as with major print and non-print media outlets in the US and internationally;
  • Gathering and compiling materials for report-related informational and promotional use (e.g., photos for cover and website);
  • Other office administrative support and special projects as needed.

Qualifications:

  • Candidates should be able to commit a minimum of 24 hours per week for a minimum of five (5) months. Preference will be given to those who can commit to 35-40 hours per week for six (6) months. Duration: January 3 through June 30, 2012.
  • Proficient spoken and written English and Spanish and/or French required. Arabic and Portuguese are also useful.
  • Candidates should be highly motivated self-starters with a passion for international development, and particularly for reaching and empowering the very poor.
  • Candidates do not have to currently be enrolled in an academic program.

 

Source: Microfinance Gateway