Looking For A Job At Kiva?

Who wouldn’t want to work at Kiva, one of the coolest non-profits out there?  Looks like Kiva is hiring a few positions on the business side of things:

“Chief Financial Officer
About the Job:
Kiva is looking for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). S/he will provide stability and strategic guidance to the growing Kiva team. S/he will play a central role in the continued growth of the organization. In addition to overseeing the financial health of the organization, the CFO will be responsible for maintaining a strong financial foundation as the organization grows.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Executive management: Serve as a member of Kiva’s Management team; participate in key decisions pertaining to strategic initiatives;
• Revenue growth: Help pioneer new business models and spot new opportunities for international expansion;
• Operations: Serve as a key leader in running the day-to-day infrastructure of Kiva, with potential to move into a COO role in the future;
• Analytics: Oversee analytics team and the development of tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to the organization;
• Financial planning and analysis: Complete analysis of financial results. Maintain regular financial planning reports, develop strategic and tactical recommendations. Assist in establishing yearly objectives;
• Finance: Oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed. Oversee investments and asset management. Prepare revenue forecasts, monthly management reports, budget, and board reports;
• Accounting and administration: Oversee the accounting department to ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems for both Kiva Microfunds and Kiva User Funds.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a BS, a CPA and/or MBA would be a plus;
• Demonstrated leadership ability, team management, and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills, plus excellent organization skills;
• High growth tech experience highly preferred. Banking experience is a plus.

Community Marketing Coordinator
About the Job:
Kiva is looking for a Community Marketing Coordinator. S/he will build ongoing, permanent relationships for the purpose of applying a collective vision for the benefit of Kiva’s community. S/he will strive to build a grassroots movement with the goal of moving Kiva’s existing online communities towards positive change offline, as well.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Identify and nurture key influencers:
• Identify Kiva lenders who are key influencers in online communities, and work to build relationships with them;
• Serve as an evangelist and foster engagement for Kiva’s most active users with a goal of increased lending volume.
• Identify and engage lending team captains; Facilitate communication and collaboration between captains;
• Create regular challenges to encourage healthy competition amongst the various teams, as one of many vehicles for fostering engagement and incentivizing growth.
• Communicate regularly with Kiva’s lender community
• Plan and run quarterly Kiva insights calls;
• Monitor lending team discussion boards. Respond to questions, negative comments and requests.
• Manage improvements to lending team functionality.
• Gather feedback and take suggestions from lenders on improvements to the product;
• Create and manage special projects to deepen lender experience and facilitate increased lending and team membership.
• Facilitate community events:
• Equip lenders to host parties and gatherings by giving them the resources and support they need to be successful; Help team captains organize and coordinate these events;
• Take charge of staffing booths at events that provide an opportunity for interaction with large numbers of people.

Qualifications:

• BA or equivalent degree required;
• Minimum 2 to 3 years volunteer management experience preferred;
• Minimum 2 to 3 years of experience managing online forum for web 2.0 company preferred;
• Demonstrated creativity and documented immersion in online forums and internet communities;
• Superior customer service orientation, both for internal and external audiences.”

Sources: Community Marketing Coordinator,  CFO