Job Responsibilities
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Financial Inclusion Strategies: Support the Team Leader of Project Phase in developing and implementing financial inclusion strategies and workplans to enhance access to financial services for underserved populations.
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Collaboration with Financial Service Providers: Work with banks, microfinance institutions (MFIs), e-MFIs, and community leaders to create cost-effective programs for better access to savings, credit, and insurance services.
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Insurance Product Design: Collaborate with insurance companies to design suitable insurance products, including crop, weather, disaster risk reduction, life, and health insurance.
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Resource Leveraging: Work with the team to leverage financial resources and partnerships to scale up low-emissions and resilient business models for vulnerable communities.
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Training and Capacity Building: Develop training materials and provide capacity building on financial inclusion, insurance, disaster risk reduction, and digital banking skills for target groups.
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Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: Ensure integrated implementation across sectors, including policy advocacy, gender equity, social inclusion, environmental mitigation, and climate resilience communications.
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Data Collection and Reporting: Gather field data, maintain records, and contribute to technical progress reports and success stories.
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Relationship Management: Develop and maintain relationships with development partners, private sector entities, donors, local organizations, and government agencies.
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Additional Duties: Perform other duties as required by the line manager.
- Advanced degree in banking, finance/microfinance, business administration, agribusiness, sustainable development studies, or related field.
- Minimum five years of professional experience implementing inclusive finance development projects or companies.
- Experience in working in microfinance schemes, implementing financial education/ literacy programs, provisioning of financial services in underserved areas.
- An understanding and experience in the use of technology to drive the development of alternative delivery channels for financial institutions.
- Experience in coaching, mentoring, and strengthening the capacity on financial inclusion field.
- Experience with resource mobilization, public-private partnership engagement.
- Experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion related to gender and vulnerable populations and communities.
- Good social, analytical and planning skills.
- Be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently as well as in a team.
- Good written and oral communication skills in English and Vietnamese required