Position Title: project coordinator- START-UP Palestine Program. (Lending and Financing officer)

Position Type: full Time
Location: Ramallah
Duration: 12 months. (With possibility to renew the contract annually)

The Palestinian Employment Fund (PEF) is the national umbrella for employment and the executive arm of the national employment policies and the Ministry of Labour policies in the field of employment. We seek to provide sustainable work opportunities for youth graduates, women, marginalized groups, persons with disabilities, and unemployed persons. We do so by either providing job opportunities or supporting self-employment and entrepreneurial projects through providing financial portfolios and technical services including business advisory services. 

 

PEF was established by Presidential Decree No. (9) of 2003, as a national institution with legal personality and independent financial authority. PEF’s Board of Directors is distinguished by its representation to all components of the labour market, including government, workers, employers, and the civil society.

 

PEF's strategic objective is to fight poverty and unemployment by creating job opportunities for the unemployed and supporting small and entrepreneurship projects. It provides specialized assistance aiming to empower small and entrepreneurial projects.  

 

The beneficiaries are individuals, families, vulnerable, poor, and low-income groups, and those who are unemployed and unproductive, especially marginalized and sensitive sectors of women and persons with disabilities. To do so, PEF develops plans and emergency interventions for crises resulting from political, economic, and health situations. 

 

 

Program Coordinator (Lending and financing Officer)
Main Duties:

• Review the credit applications received from beneficiaries, check the compliance with the projects terms and conditions and provide initial recommendations.
• Review all periodic financial reports submitted by partners’ financial institutions to verify compliance with the standards and conditions set out in the agreements.
• Prepare the monthly and quarterly portfolio analysis reports about all programs in Arabic and English
• Monitors the Credit portfolio and follows up with partners to ensure adherence to lending agreements.

 

 

• Follow-up the collection of installments of the granted loans and follow up the installments arrears and defaults and submit the necessary reports.
• Follow up the portfolio quality and profitability, and contribute to the development of lending and operational processes, polices and reporting
• Providing technical services in line with the financial services. To enhance the quality and the success chances of the supported businesses. This includes developing all the training and coaching materials required for the provided technical services, and provide awareness workshops, trainings and coaching
• Keep records and files that related to the department operations

 

• conduct regular field visits and prepare detailed field visit’s reports ( when needed)
• Assist in the development of new financial products.
• Organizing and preparing the necessary materials for meetings and documenting and following up the important procedures and decisions issued.
• Monitoring the financial performance of all financial products in accordance with the instructions and procedures adopted and submitting the necessary financial reports to the department manager.
• Assist in drafting agreements with partner’s institutions. ( Arabic and English )
• Provide training courses and workshops about the financial  and  personal skills  needed to  MSMEs establishment and management 
• Carry out any tasks assigned by the line manager.

Qualification, Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor degree in finance, accounting or any related field.
• At least 2 years’ experience in banks ,financial institutions or any  a related field
• Good knowledge of the financial topics such as feasibility studies , financial plans , entrepreneurship
• Excellent command of written and spoken English language.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet.

Success Factors:
- Excellent communication and coordination skills, with strong personality.
- Excellent planning and administration skills.
- Initiative, self-reliant and cooperative.

- Excellent time and organizational management skills.
- Excellent ability to work under pressure and carry out multiple tasks.

 

Application:

Interested candidates should send their CV and a cover letter no later than  17/05/2023    to the following email: jobs@pef.ps 

Please indicate the position title in the email subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.