IRC recrute un Conseiller en matière d’inclusion financière et de marché en Somalie.

 

 

 

 

Responsibilities:

Quality Standards

  • Lead BRCiS Members and DS partners through the development of minimum standards for activities under the assigned Output including discussion facilitation, technical leadership/advice, preparation of formal guidance documentation (including for publication), and revision of guidance over time.
  • Ensure that programme quality standards are sufficiently harmonized to allow effective project management and measurement, while remaining flexible enough for contextualization based on geography, access/operational factors, communities’ positionality on the Resilience Spectrum, etc.
  • Collaborate with the BRCiS CMU and BRCiS Member focal points for downstream implementing partner capacity strengthening, identifying, and addressing opportunities for cross-consortium capacity strengthening related to the assigned Output.
  • Carry out regular field-based monitoring of activities, including travel to insecure environments.
  • Proactively identify and document best practices, lessons learnt and relevant human-interest stories for publication and dissemination.
  • Coordinate documentation of learnings as evidence to inform further project designs and scale up

Adaptive Programme Management and Learning

  • Oversee the development and implementation of the Workstream-level adaptive management work plan and overall BRCiS Learning Strategy including management of learning consultancies, outcome harvesting exercises, activity pilots, and/or other activities resourced by the Workstream, in consultation with BRCiS CMU Programme Manager and the BRCiS CMU MEAL Manager.
  • Lead regular meetings (including and especially field locations where access is feasible) to oversee the adaptive learning implementation at the field level and lead knowledge and experience sharing across the Consortium members.
  • Participate in national, regional, and global technical fora to remain up to date on technical developments and best practices and proactively identify external innovations for consideration by the Workstream.
  • Collaborate with the Project Improvement Advisor (hired by IRC, 50% seconded to BRCiS III) and BRCiS CMU on the establishment, measurement, and application for programme management use of Output-level Value for Money indicators as part of the overall BRCiS III Value for Money Framework.
  • Represent the BRCiS III project in presentations of adaptive management findings (research, reports, best practice guidelines, etc.) to external stakeholders including BRCiS III donor representatives, peer implementers, and national, regional, and global communities of practice.
  • In any other ways requested by the BRCiS CMU, support the overall design, adaptation, and delivery of the BRCiS III Learning Strategy and the BRCiS III Influencing Strategy for all aspects related to the assigned Output and Workstream.

Program Implementation:

  • Lead and support different market assessments and analyses aimed at informing market-based interventions planned across BRCiS III outputs/workstreams.
  • Technical support in the mapping and identification of sound FSPs to adopt saving groups (SGs) schemes, and in identifying existing suitable products and services for BRCiS III clients
  • Refining and popularizing models for SG linkage to formal financial services providers (FSPs)
  • Lead in the harmonization of the SG approach and training materials for the establishment of new SGs and strengthening of the already formed SGs under the BRCiS III Consortium project and coordinate the adoption of best practices within BRCiS III including managing harmonized exercises such as data collection, monitoring of indicators, and in facilitating SG linkages, and aggregation activities.
  • Continuous engagement with Financial Service providers and regulators to advocate for breaking barriers to success
  • Support with the development of specific cost-efficient services that can be offered at an acceptable cost to SGs and their members.
  • Advise the consortium on the best approach to establish and strengthen market linkages to mature SGs and their members.
  • Support in developing tailored guidelines, operational manuals, toolkits, and training guides for SGs, BRCiS III Partners, and participating Financial Service providers
  • Provide context-appropriate technical guidance on the best approach to community entry and engagement and securing buy-in from other relevant stakeholders.
  • Support in the identification of market actors /private sector actors to work with in market-based business development processes through skilful identification of players based on their clear incentives, will, capacity, and motivation to engage with BRCiS III Interventions
  • Promote learning between BRCiS III Consortium, its previous FCDO-funded interventions, and other donor actions within Somalia in the promotion of financial inclusion and microenterprise development programming uptake at scale.
  • To technically guide the naturing and growth of microenterprises and in the promotion of context-appropriate business development engagements with financial service providers to improve inclusive access to affordable financial services for remote and poor clients such as pastoralists.
  • Any other BRCiS CMU authored thematic technical thought processes linking and financial inclusion and markets workstream to the other 3 BRCiS III Outputs and workstreams    

Profil

  • 5+ years’ experience in humanitarian/development aid in complex and/or insecure environments, preferably in East/Horn of Africa and including significant field-based experience with relevant rural livelihoods programming, especially in Agribusiness, financial inclusion and markets, economic growth, and expertise in financial services and/or investment advisory, private sector capacity development, and public and private sector engagement and technical approaches.
  • Demonstrable experience with resilience programming and/or measurement, past experience with adaptive programming is essential
  • Excellent communication (i.e., negotiation, networking, influencing, public speaking, and facilitating workshops at different levels), reporting, and proposal writing skills in the English language, including synthesis and elaboration of qualitative and quantitative inputs/data.
  • Ability to work closely with field-based national staff and experience in various staff training and development approaches.
  • Strong planning, monitoring, and organizational skills with good knowledge of the use of logical and result-based monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
  • Experience in naturing micro-enterprises and inclusive access to affordable financial services
  • Ability to conduct training – remotely and in person and provision coaching and mentorship to others.

Close on 31 July 2023

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