International Opportunities

We field staff and consultants on projects and consulting assignments throughout the world and have both long- and short-term hiring needs. Banyan Global is an equal-opportunity employer.

Health Sector Specialist (Azerbaijan)

Banyan Global is currently recruiting a senior professional to serve as a Health Sector Specialist for a short-term consultancy in Azerbaijan. The consultancy will entail a market assessment of the private health sector, including the size of the market, market composition, business models, and their business financing needs, with a particular focus on small scale health enterprises.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small team of researchers, including a Microfinance and SME (MSME) Finance Specialist, and local facilitators, to conduct the assessment in Baku and in one to two other locations in Azerbaijan.

It is envisioned that this assignment will take place November Ð December 2008 and may lead to other short-term consulting opportunities.

The activities will include the following:

As part of a team of consultants, implement an assessment of the private health care sector, particularly the sector's business finance needs.
Provide background and context to the international team on the current state of health sector reform in Azerbaijan, including a literature review of the size and content of the market.
Assist with the organization of interviews with appropriate government, private sector, and international stakeholders.
Oversee the planning of interviews and focus group meetings with a selection of private sector health care providers, pharmacies, and distributors.
Analyze findings regarding opportunities and constraints to the growth of small scale private health care providers, and their specific financing needs,
Develop recommendations for financial institutions interested in reaching out to the market with specialized marketing campaigns and financial products.

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

Experience working in the health sector in Azerbaijan.
Strong research, critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills.
Familiarity in working with donors and/or international financial institutions.
Excellent communication and computer skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with organizations in both the private and public sectors.
Ability to work independently.
Strong English language skills, both oral and written.
Experience with private health care firms is desirable.
Experience working with Azerbaijan financial institutions is preferred.

Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply for this position, candidates should submit a comprehensive CV with current contact information to jobs@banyanglobal.com.

We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Banyan Global is an equal opportunity employer.

Health Sector Specialist (Georgia)

Banyan Global is currently recruiting a senior professional to serve as a Health Sector Specialist for a short-term consultancy in Georgia. The consultancy will entail a market assessment of the private health sector, including the size of the market, market composition, business models, and their business financing needs, with a particular focus on small scale health enterprises.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small team of researchers, including a Microfinance and SME (MSME) Finance Specialist, and local facilitators, to conduct the assessment in Tbilisi and in one to two other locations in Georgia.

It is envisioned that this assignment will take place in January 2008 and may lead to other consulting opportunities.

The activities will include the following:

As part of a team of consultants, implement an assessment of the private health care sector, particularly the sector's business finance needs.
Provide background and context to the international team on the current state of health sector reform in Georgia, including a literature review of the size and content of the market.
Assist with the organization of interviews with appropriate government, private sector, and international stakeholders.
Oversee the planning of interviews and focus group meetings with a selection of private sector health care providers, pharmacies, and distributors.
Analyze findings regarding opportunities and constraints to the growth of small scale private health care providers, and their specific financing needs,
Develop recommendations for financial institutions interested in reaching out to the market with specialized marketing campaigns and financial products.

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

Experience working in the health sector in Georgia.
Strong research, critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills.
Familiarity in working with donors and/or international financial institutions.
Excellent communication and computer skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with organizations in both the private and public sectors.
Ability to work independently.
Strong English language skills, both oral and written.
Experience with private health care firms is desirable.
Experience working with Georgian financial institutions is preferred.

Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply for this position, candidates should submit a comprehensive CV with current contact information to jobs@banyanglobal.com.

We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Banyan Global is an equal opportunity employer.

Business Development Advisor, Ethiopia

Banyan Global is currently recruiting an Ethiopian professional to serve as a Business Development Advisor for a long-term consultancy under a USAID-funded project in Ethiopia. The project expands private sector provision of affordable, quality health care packages to moderate- and low-income individuals. It fosters private sector partnerships to address HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Banyan Global's role is to improve the ability of private health sector businesses to manage themselves effectively and if necessary, access credit, thereby improving their capacity to deliver high-quality health care products and services.

The successful candidate will be based in Addis Ababa and will be responsible for managing program activities taking place in Addis Ababa as well as one to two other locations in Ethiopia, overseeing training and other activities primarily in cities such as Addis Ababa and Adama (Nazret.)

The activities may include the following:

Coordinate all business training activities for private health providers, serving as a master trainer and assist in overseeing training implementation by local training firms.
Organize trade fairs, with the assistance of a subcontracted firm or organization, for private clinics and hospitals.
Work with partner financial institutions to promote health sector lending, including training, one-on-one technical assistance, and borrower referrals.

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

Demonstrated skills in adult education and significant training experience.
Knowledge of business management, including marketing, especially for small businesses.
Demonstrated understanding of financial management for private enterprises, including costing and financing.
Experience working with and training Ethiopian financial institutions.
Familiarity in working with donors, especially USAID.
Strong research, critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills.
Excellent communication and computer skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with organizations in both the private and public sectors.
Experience with private health care firms is desirable.

Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply for this position, candidates should submit a comprehensive CV with current contact information to jobs@banyanglobal.com.

We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Banyan Global is an equal opportunity employer

Microfinance and SME Finance Specialists

Banyan Global is recruiting long and short-term Microfinance and SME Finance Specialists to promote expansion and development of MSMEs through increased access to finance and alternative financing mechanisms.

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

Must have operational experience with MFIs and/or other lending and savings programs.
Experience with leasing, purchase order financing, and DCA a plus.
Must have overseas experience living and working in a developing country.
Candidate must have at least 10 years of operational and institutional development experience in lending and savings programs.
BA/BS or masters degree in economics, business or finance.

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Gender Specialists

Banyan Global is recruiting long and short-term gender specialists with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, private sector development, and training. Experience with youth a plus. Activities of the specialist will include the following:

Advises project teams on gender integration, assuring project approaches, activities and opportunities are inclusive of women-owned businesses and targets increased opportunities to increase the employment of women in project-related enterprises.
Assists in the development of comprehensive training strategy for the project/project component/partner organization, including a focus on gender, youth, and workforce development issues.
Works with gender, youth, and labor organizations to ensure project activities focus on these groups and issues.

Successful candidates will have previous USAID project implementation experience. Middle East or Central Asia experience is a plus. Candidates should have a Masters degree or its equivalent and at least 7 years of relevant work experience.

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Rural Finance Specialists

Banyan Global is currently seeking rural and microfinance development professionals for long and short-term projects.

Candidates should meet some of the following requirements:

Rural and Micro Finance Development Specialists:

Minimum of 10 years experience in rural and micro finance institutional development.
Familiarity with MIS needs of an MFI going through a transformation.
Excellent training skills.

Rural and Micro Finance Regulations and Supervisions Specialists:

At least 15 years demonstrated experience in preparing rural and micro-finance policy frameworks and financial infrastructure.

MIS Specialists - Rural Finance:

Minimum of 5 years of experience with MFIs.
In-depth familiarity with operations of banking and financial institutions, specifically reporting requirements.
Expert in IT infrastructure and MIS.
Experience conducting information system analysis, procurement, integration and/or system upgrades within a transforming MFI.

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MFI Transformation Specialists

Banyan Global is currently seeking development professionals with experience in MFI transformation into regulated banks. Both long-term and short-term consultants are being sought for upcoming contracts.

Senior Transformation Specialist:

Candidates should meet some of the following requirements:

Minimum 10 years of financial sector experience, including working with microfinance institutions and MFI transformation experience.
Experience drafting a full transformation plan that incorporates all the legal, financial and operational issues involved in the transformation process.
Ability to assess and make recommendations on improvement of an MFI's financial management and risk management (including liquidity management, asset and liability management, foreign exchange risk management, interest rate risk management, and adequacy of capital structure) in preparation for transformation.
Experience working with MFIs to raise commercial capital.
Experience in operational aspects of the transformation including organizational structure revisions, new product development and implementation, business process development and security systems.
Ability to provide guidance on legal aspects of the transformation process including new incorporation documents, issues related to assets and liabilities transfer, changes necessary to meet regulatory requirements.
Familiarity with MIS needs of an MFI going through a transformation.
Excellent training skills.
Fluency in one of the following languages a plus: Bosnian, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian or Russian.

Legal MFI Transformation Specialist:

Candidates should meet some of the following requirements:

Lawyer with minimum 5 years of experience with MFIs, including specific MFI transformation experience.
Experience with all legal and regulatory issues related to microfinance institution transformations into deposit taking, regulated banks.
Experience reviewing legal and regulatory requirements in various Central and Eastern European countries and advising MFIs on legal forms and regulatory compliance issues.
Fluency in one of the following languages a plus: Bosnian, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian or Russian.

MIS Specialists - Transformation:

Candidates should meet some of the following requirements:

Minimum of 5 years of experience with MFIs, including work with MFIs that have undergone full bank transformations.
Strong understanding and background in standards in microfinance reporting, both financial and operational.
Experience conducting information system analysis, procurement, integration and/or system upgrades within a transforming MFI.
Experience working with bank regulators to ensure compliance to legal reporting requirements.
Experience with assessing and advising MFIs on IT related security issues.
Fluency in one of the following languages a plus: Bosnian, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian or Russian.

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Microfinance Consultants—Global

Banyan Global is looking for experienced microfinance consultants, for short-term consulting assignments overseas, who meet the following requirements:

Master's degree in business administration or equivalent;
At least eight years of experience in microfinance;
Fluency in English and Spanish; and
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

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Private Health Sector Consultants—Global

Banyan Global is looking for experienced private health sector consultants, for short-term assignments, who have an MBA/MPH or equivalent degree, as well as experience in some of the following areas:

Private health provider networks, franchises, managed-care organizations, and other patient-delivery models;
Health care business planning, management, and financial and market analysis;
Financial-systems strengthening;
Costing and pricing health services;
Contracting with private and pubic health financing and insurance programs;
NGO sustainability;
Organizational development;
Corporate social responsibility;
Public-private partnerships;
Lending to health care businesses; and
Knowledge of public health issues, including reproductive health, family planning, and HIV/AIDS.

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Development Finance and Banking Advisors—Global

Banyan Global is looking for banking advisors with 10 or more years of banking experience, for short-term assignments, who have an MBA/MIA or equivalent degree, as well as experience in some of the following areas:

Retail banking;
Small and medium enterprise (SME) lending;
Banking training in SME lending;
Development Credit Authority guarantees;
Treasury and risk management;
Credit appraisal;
Corporate governance;
Portfolio management and/or treasury operations (desired);
Prior international experience; and
Proficiency in a second language (Spanish, French, Arabic or Russian) is desired, but not essential.

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Financial Sector Specialists—Global

Banyan Global is looking for candidates interested in contributing their knowledge and expertise for short-term consulting assignments in a broad range of developing countries. We have both paid and unpaid opportunities in financial market development that involve one- to three-week, in-country field missions, as well as some desk reviews (without travel). Banyan Global is looking for experts in the following areas:

Advisory services to foreign governments in capital markets development
Municipal and project finance;
Structuring fixed-income products, including loan and bond guarantees;
Settlement and clearing systems;
Foreign exchange hedging and treasury risk management;
Ratings assessments of financial institutions;
Investment fund management;
Mortgage and other retail lending activities.
Proficiency in French, Spanish, Arabic, or Russian is a plus.

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