J/P Haitian Relief Organization is currently seeking an Affordable Housing Specialist (Chief-of-Party) to spearhead an upcoming Home Ownership and Mortgage Expansion Initiative in Haiti. This project will seek to:
• Stimulate affordable housing development in Haiti through housing finance;
• Increase the interest and capacity of participating financial intermediaries to effectively cost, issue and service home loans and mortgages geared towards low-to-moderate income households;
• Build the interest and capacity of housing developers to build affordable units which will be in demand by average Haitian households; and assess the target market demand for different types of housing finance and homeownership.

The Affordable Housing Specialist (Chief of Party) primary responsibility is as follows:
• Provide overall technical direction for the project;
• Manage and oversee the timely execution of tasks, reporting and communication of project progress, and will be responsible for the integrity of the results;
• Lead, guide and coach technical staff;
• Represent the project at regional and countrywide implementing partner conferences;
• Assess program capabilities, practices, initiatives, and activities against wider USAID strategic objectives;
• Communicate and collaborate with sector stakeholders to develop relationships with other housing value chain finance initiatives for knowledge sharing;
• Assist in the development of a facility to catalyze affordable housing projects, review grant applications, monitor technical implementation of activities by grantee, and technical assessment of the results of grants.

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience overseeing projects in Haiti or other similar developing country contexts, and significant experience in the areas of housing finance and/or affordable housing construction;
• At least 3 years’ experience directly engaged in affordable housing provision;
• Working knowledge of current developments in microfinance, including mobile financial services and one or more of the following: savings, remittances, financial literacy;
• BA/BS or equivalent (required); advanced degree in financial management (preferred);
• Experience working in or with microfinance institutions, central banks and branchless and mobile banking providers;
• Experience working in Haiti, preferably with the Haitian financial and housing sectors;
• Experience in designing donor projects, developing project documents, corresponding budgets, and monitoring and evaluation plans;
• Experience leading USAID and/or other donor-funded projects.

LANGUAGE:
Fluency in English and/or French

To apply for this position please submit your resume, motivation letter including copy of diplomas to the Human Resources Department before March 20, 2015 at 17, Rue Maurice Latortue, Delmas 48 or hrstaffing@jphro.org.

Please mention the "position applied for" as subject of your email. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.