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• S/he will promote awareness about the needs for access to finance
  for both refugees and host community members and disseminate findings of
  DCA work in this area by planning and delivering on a research agenda and
  writing/editing relevant communication pieces and papers as needs arise.
• The Financial Inclusion Officer will champion program implementation
  at partner/ field level, while focusing on integration of financial
  inclusion as well as DCA’s transformative programming approaches to the
  other key components of the program i.e. agricultural production and
  market access, environment and energy as well as inclusive participation
  and decision making. The job holder will directly work with partners on
  the ground and carry out capacity building of partner organizations and
  follow up implementation of field activities in as far as financial
  inclusion is concerned.
• His/her responsibilities will focus on activity planning and
  implementation, organizational training needs assessment; training,
  mentoring and coaching, monitoring and assuring program quality, report
  writing, documentation of stories of change and reporting to the key prime
  partner organization under this program. S/he will work closely with the
  Humanitarian Team Leader to ensure all targets are met, ensure high
  quality of work on the ground, identify and address programmatic and
  partner relations challenges and issues in timely and effectively manner.
• Support DCA field operations to raise awareness about access to
  finance for refugees and host communities within the financial community
  and to establish partnerships with qualified financial service providers.
• Provide technical guidance to DCA field operations engaged in
  partnerships with financial service providers.
• Train financial service providers and other key stakeholders in the
  industry about the financial needs of refugees and host communities by
  organizing workshops and focus groups.
• Identify and build solid partnerships with the financial sector,
  competent technical agencies and others that can bring knowledge, know-how
  and networks in support of creating financial inclusion opportunities for
  refugees and hosting communities.
• Raise awareness about the needs of refugees and host communities in
  access to finance and on the work done by DCA in this area by
  writing/editing publications and presenting at key national and
  international events.
• Proactively seek new opportunities for effective shared value
  partnership building and resource mobilization amongst highly qualified
  financial institutions, as well as development actors and donors.
• Perform other related duties as required.

• The ideal candidate for the DanChurchAid (DCA) Financial Inclusion
  Officer job placement must hold a bachelor’s degree in development Economics or Economics, International Development, or other related field 
• Five years of professional experience in the financial inclusion
  sector as researcher or provider with refugees and host communities
• Practical experience in conducting needs assessments of microfinance
  clients and analysis of results.
• Proven experience of developing training materials, organization and
  delivery of trainings for microfinance and banking institutions.
• Professional experience with financial and social performance data
  collection and due-diligence of microfinance institutions.
• Proven knowledge of the financial and social performance standards
  of the microfinance industry.
• Proven ability to produce high-quality presentation materials.
• Excellent written and verbal skills, including the ability to draft
  and edit written articles,
• Confident and articulate speaking abilities in public settings;
• Excellent computer skills including Excel, Word and Power Point.

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