Regional People & Culture Director, West Africa (Africa 3), VisionFund International

À propos

VisionFund International is World Vision’s microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children. We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive. Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance.

Here’s where you come in

• As the Regional People & Culture Director, West Africa (Africa 3), VisionFund International, you will provide strategic leadership to the assigned region or cluster of countries in West Africa, i.e. Senegal, Mali and Ghana, in the areas of People & Culture, and Organizational Development by maximizing the potential of VFI´s human resources and optimizing organizational performance, sustaining the culture and ensuring alignment to fulfil VFI’s strategy. You will provide leadership in developing leadership capacity, furthering executive development of senior staff at the Regional and MFI level. Reporting to the Global Director of P&C and matrix reporting to the Regional Director of the assigned region or cluster of countries, the Regional P&C Director will build strong relationship with Global Centre’s Centres of Expertise and engage with external network to collaborate and further build VFI’s brand and capacity in the MFIs assigned. This role also matrix manages MFI’s People & Culture Managers, leading and developing a highly proficient and engaged team. The aim of this role is threefold:
• Provide Direction, oversight, support and capacity building to the P&C function in the region to meet demanding business needs and align with Partnership’s policies
• Be a trusted advisor to the Regional Director and the Board of Directors of the MFIs assigned, in decisions pertaining P&C specially for employees in key roles at the Senior Management Teams
• Provide oversight and control on people related processes and RACI matrix across the MFI, the Global P&C Director; Global VFI ExL; VFI Regional Director and Regional Finance Director; MFI P&C Teams and MFI SMT. The goal is to ensure consistency and quality of the processes related to people in adherence to the partnership’s policies and P&C philosophy

Requirements include

• Minimum of 8 to 10 years’ experience in a HR Leadership / Senior Human Resources Management position with significant organizational development experience, or related fields, in a complex, international organization (preferably in an International FinInclusion Network or international/multinational organizations)
• University degree preferably with a strong emphasis on HR portfolio
• CIPD /SHRM or equivalent will be considered as advantage
• Experience in Financial Inclusion, Microfinance or Financial Services studies would be considered an advantage
• At least 1-2 years of experience working in at least two of the countries of the region assigned
• Proven record of accomplishment of effective contribution as a member of the top team of a multi-national leadership group, reporting to a CEO-type role
• A thorough understanding of all areas of Human Resources management and staff development, and knowledge of HR and OD practices, group processes and dynamics and apply such in the context of the countries/regions assigned
• A demonstrable track record of critical and analytic thought that influences organisational direction and change and forges strong partnerships
• Experience collaborating with Board of Directors
• Strong business acumen and understanding of financial metrics and how that informs the HR strategy
• Native French speaker with excellent English or native English speaker with excellent French. Travel Requirements: Travel up to 30%