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• Guide Policy Development through careful consideration of the policy
  choices, their potential market impact, and alignment with industry
  incentives.
• Ensure Evidence based decisions that uses systematically collected
  market data (both supply and demand) to inform regulation and guide policy
  priorities.
• Enable Constructive public/private dialogue that enables regular
  engagement among public and private stakeholders to discuss specific
  market constraints and public policy objectives. This also includes
  dialogue among regulators, to clarify jurisdictions, share data, and rally
  behind a common economic vision.
• Facilitate exposure to global practice so local regulators
  understand their choices in the context of emerging trends and how these
  can be applied (or avoided) in their domestic markets.
• Deepen familiarity with Inclusive DFS that helps different actors in
  the government to understand the broad impact DFS can have and various
  elements of the ecosystem that must come together for it to be inclusive.
  This baseline capacity building can help to accelerate the effectiveness
  of the activities.
• Under the direct responsibility of the Technical Specialist (Global
  Policy), the Policy Specialist- East Africa will be responsible for
  contributing to the application of the activities in up to 10 African markets.
  He/she will specifically:
• 50% – Contribute to the delivery of direct technical assistance to
  policymakers and regulators.  S/he
  will provide the overall leadership, drive, direction, implementation and
  management of the digital activities. S/he will manage the relationships
  with stakeholders in country, including partners, the government, the UN
  system, UNCDF’s funders, etc.
• Actively participate in the delivery of Direct Technical Assistance
  to policymakers and regulators in East and North Africa, including (but
  not limited to) policy analysis, global benchmarking, and regulatory
  impact assessments.
• Help UNCDF programme to have an effective dialogue between
  government and private sector through policy advocacy, workshops and other
  related means.
• Engage with private sector actors to understand digital finance
  business models and to identify potential legal constraints
• Policy Analysis and Research of financial service laws and
  regulation relevant to digital financial services, to provide policy and
  regulatory recommendations to government counterparts.
• Draft reports and extensive written analysis based on country
  research and engagement with policymakers, regulators, and private sector
  stakeholders.
• Support UNCDF develop its policy and regulatory advocacy strategy to
  deliver more effective support to African Policymakers and Regulators
• Directly advise and support other UNCDF Digital Finance Specialists
  on how to make best use of global policy and regulatory resources that
  drive the digital finance agenda
• Participate in country level assessments and stakeholder engagement
• 25% – Manage knowledge management systems and activities. S/he will
  support the UNCDF policy team to share critical information with local and
  global partners to improve awareness and knowledge about the respective
  technical assistance activities.
• Support the Technical Specialist (Global Policy)develop and manage
  communications strategy for global policy activities
• Support Brussels based UNCDF’s communications team by providing
  technical input and guidance regarding policy related communications and
  public facing materials
• Provide technical insights and communications support to regional
  teams to ensure learnings are curated in a manner that can be shared with
  key partners
• Design and manage use of templates and standards of practice to
  ensure learnings from technical assistance can be easily identified and
  extracted to share with relevant partners.
• Develop collaboration tools and systems so regional teams can easily
  communicate, plan, and deliver technical assistance activities.
• 25% – Manage results measurement processes and systems. S/he will be
  responsible for ensuring critical information is captured from the
  respective technical assistance activities to improve effectiveness of
  delivery and capacity to share with UNCDF and global partners.
• Support Technical Specialist (Global Policy)based Results
  Measurement Specialist (both based in Brussels) to implement results
  measurement strategy for policy activities under the Digital@UNCDF
  strategy
• Support the tracking of contribution to policy and regulatory change
  to measure impact of technical assistance and capacity building, using
  systems and standards established by the Results Measurement Specialist
• Update and contribute to database of resources to ensure relevant
  laws, regulations, and country data is available for UNCDF global team and
  partners
• Collate and manage results of the policy technical assistance to
  enable regular reporting to donors and partners
• Outcome: A high performing efficiently-managed, monitored and
  evaluated technical assistance program that improves the capacity of
  regulators and policymakers to enable digital financial service. The
  creation of tools and resources that can help develop partners pursue
  their own policy and regulatory agendas. Establish UNCDF as a center of
  excellence for enabling policy and regulatory outcomes that support the
  SDG’s.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations Capital Development Fund
  (UNCDF) Policy Specialist (Digital Finance) job placement should a
  Master’s degree in Economics, Public/Business Administration, Social
  Sciences, Communications, or related discipline.
• At least five (5) years relevant and progressively experience
  working for financial service regulator or policymaking body;
• Experience in working with executive levels of government and
  private sector;
• Working knowledge of current developments including innovative data
  collection and reporting methods essential;
• Functional understanding of payment systems, banking, and other
  retail financial services;
• Proven experience leading country level research, assessments and
  stakeholder engagement;
• Proven experience building relationships with private sector actors
  to understand digital finance business models and to identify potential
  legal constraints;
• Previous experience working in emerging markets in Africa or Asia;
• Excellent attention to detail, a proactive approach to achieving key
  results, and a high level of thoroughness in a complex multitasking and matrix
  management environment;
• Proven track record of managing digital collaboration and knowledge
  management tools;
• Experience in project management and program management;
• Excellent written and oral communications skills;
• Willingness to travel up to 33% on average.
• Language: Fluency
  in written and spoken English a must; Knowledge of another UN Language is
  an asset.

• Innovation: Ability to make new and useful ideas work ( Level 5:
  Creates new and relevant ideas and leads others to implement them)
• Leadership: Ability to persuade others to follow ( Level 5: Creates
  new and relevant ideas and leads others to implement them)
• People Management: Ability to improve performance and satisfaction (
  Level 5: Creates new and relevant ideas and leads others to implement
  them)
• Communication: Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform (
  Level 5: Creates new and relevant ideas and leads others to implement
  them)
• Delivery: Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement
  Level 5: Creates new and relevant ideas and leads others to implement
  them)

• Subject Matter Expertise: Understands more advanced aspects of
  primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts related
  to digital innovation and regulation of financial inclusion
• Knowledge Management: Ability to capture, develop, share and
  effectively use information and knowledge
• Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, and control
  resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals
• Relationship Management: Ability to engage and foster strategic
  partnerships with other parties, Inter-Agency Coordination and forge
  productive working relationships
• Advocacy: Brings visibility and sensitizes decision makers to
  relevant emerging issues
• Results Based Programming: Assesses project performance to identify
  success factors and incorporates best practices into project work

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