Cooperative Bank of Oromia S.C is looking for qualified applicants for the following open positions.

Job Overview

• Duty Station: Head Office
• Remuneration: As per the Bank’s salary scale and benefit scheme
• Terms of employment: Permanent after probationary period

Job Title

Research and Innovation Specialist

Job Requirement

Qualifications;

• Master degree specialization in Economics fields, Marketing Management, Business Leadership, Financial Services, or international business, or related disciplines with 3 years of experience in financial or related sectors;
• Self-motivated and committed with the ability to work under pressure;
  Willingness to work flexible schedules as deemed necessary including weekends and evenings.

Required Competencies;

• Ability to think innovatively and design and deliver customer-oriented digital products and services
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand their needs and build trusted relationships;
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams;
• Excellent Knowledge of advanced research methodologies, statistical tools, and techniques;
• Ability to perform well under pressure and with defined timelines and milestones;
• Ability to manage multiple priorities assess and adjust quickly to changing priorities;
• Excellent research report writing, forecasting, analytical and reasoning skills;
• Ability to draw strategic implications from the market, operational and strategic data’s
• Knowledge of global and industry perspectives (i.e., far and near external environment);
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Attention to details;

Role and Responsibilities;

• Design user-centered digital business-related products and services, by using the right research methodologies (i.e. collecting, analyzing quantitative and qualitative customer data using the right research methods);
• Generating a creative idea, to solve the customer pain points, and needs using design thinking methods;
• Co-creating the ideal solutions with the target stakeholders to optimize the digital value propositions;
• Rapidly Prototyping and testing innovative digital business ideas using ideation and testing techniques;
• Implementing the tested ideas and continuously evaluating the progress of the launched products/solutions/services;
• Continuously bench marking various institutions such as neo banks, digital banks, BigTechs, FinTech’s, startups, and other digital financial service actors to generate new ideas, products and services;
• Understand the market situation and availability of new technology, conduct market analysis, and propose enhancement recommendations for the management decision;
• Integrate analytics, data science, and research into the products development;
  Analyzing Ethiopian financial landscapes and identifying its potential opportunities and threats regularly;

NB:The applicants must have desirable skill, knowledge and attributes.

The applicant must have proven proficiency in English, Afaan Oromo and Amharic Languages

NB:Only those who fulfill the minimum requirements and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

       How To Apply

Interested applicants can apply through the following link ;  https://coopbankoromia.com.et/jobs/digital-strategy-and-transformation-officer/

Place of Registration: Human Capital Business Partner, Africa Avenue (Bole Road), Dembel City Center 4th Floor (Kindly use lift number 6)

Deadline: February 25, 2022

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