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Job Title:          Sales Representative – Forex

Organization:  Pride
Microfinance Limited (MDI)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to:  Branch Manager

About US:

Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance
Deposit Taking Institution in Uganda with 34 networked branches and 10 contact offices
countrywide; regulated by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act, 2003.

Pride is an equal opportunity
employer looking for a competent and experienced individual to fill the
position of Sales Representative -Forex to be based at Kabalagala.

Job Summary:   The
Sales Representative- Forex will be responsible for sourcing clients for
Pride’s forex trading product.

Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 

·        
Update the board rates in a timely manner.

·        
Carry 
out  research  on 
the  rates  with 
other  competitors  and 
advise  the  Branch 
Manager  as  appropriate.

·        
Mobilize 
both  Pride  clients 
to  buy  and 
sell  forex

·        
Keep 
good  relationship  with 
clients  mobilized  and 
Create  good  working 
relationship  with  credit 
staff  and  cashiers 
so  that  they 
refer  clients  for 
forex.

·        
Bring 
in  a  minimum 
of  350  forex 
transactions  on  monthly 
basis

·        
Mobilise 
special  clients  like 
car  dealers  and 
NGOs  to  buy 
and  sell  forex 
at  Pride. 

·        
Work 
with  Procurement  Section 
of  Pride  to 
refer  suppliers  to 
sell  and  buy 
forex  from  Pride. 

·        
Perform 
any  other  duties 
as  may  be 
assigned  by  the 
Branch  Manager  or 
designee.

Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:

·        
The ideal applicant should  possess 
a  minimum  of  a  Diploma 
in  Commerce,  Development 
Economics,  Economics,  Microfinance, 
Development  studies,  Business 
Studies,  International  Business, 
Accounting  and  Finance, 
Marketing,  Financial  Services 
and  Business  Computing, 
Business  Statistics,  Entrepreneurship  & 
Small  Business  Management, 
Social  Sciences,  SWASA, 
Education,  Procurement  & 
Chain  Supply  Management, 
Procurement  &  Logistics 
Management,  Human  Resource  Management, 
Industrial  &  Organization 
Psychology,  Project  Planning 
and  Management,  Entrepreneurship  and 
Project  Planning,  Public 
Administration  and  Management, 
Sales  and  Marketing 
Management,  Public  Relations 
and  Media  Management, 
B.  Agriculture  & 
Rural  Innovations,  Agricultural 
Engineering,  Agricultural  Extension, 
Engineering  or  in 
any  other  relevant 
/  related  field.

·        
2 Principal passes at A’Level.

·        
Should 
possess  credits  and 
or  a  pass 
in  Mathematics  and 
English  at  O’level

·        
He/ 
she  must  possess 
experience  of  selling 
forex  products  to 
business  clients,  NGOs 
and  companies  of 
at  least  two 
years.

·        
He  /  she 
must  have  worked 
in  a  Forex 
bureau  or  commercial 
banks  dealing  in 
forex  trading.

·        
Should 
be  willing  to 
work  in  any 
part  of  the 
country.

·        
Should 
be  energetic  with 
high  degree  of 
innovativeness,  creativity  and 
ambition. 

·        
Should 
have  a  high 
degree  of  integrity, 
excellent  interpersonal,  communication 
and  presentation  skills.

·        
Should be fluent in commonly used local
languages.

·        
Must be able to meet set targets.

·        
He/she should not be more than 43 years of age.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and
interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by following the
procedure;

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Fill in your personal information
and upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including all your scanned academic
credentials, 3 letters of recommendation from each of the referees and a passport
photo.

Submit online i.e. no hardcopy
deliveries will be accepted

Deadline:   15th November 2019

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