Financial Inclusion Specialist (FI-S)

			Job Description
		Position: Financial Inclusion Specialist.
VACANCY INFORMATION
Job Title		Financial Inclusion Specialist (FI-S)		Manager		Program Manager.
				Name/Title
				Department/Office		Program Department
History	of	New		Contract Type		Local 1
Position
Employee Type		Fixed Term, Full Time		Contract Duration		2+ Years
Hours per Week		40

JOB PURPOSE (Limit 750 characters)

The Financial Inclusion Specialist (WYFI-S) will support the most-marginalized program participants to access TVET and financial services and employment opportunities. S/he will support women and youth to access complex financial services and products through training in financial inclusion and linkages to financial institutions. They will assess TVET service offerings, co-create TVET capacity improvement plans, curriculum reviews and development, identify regional and global best practice and support the design and deployment of GYSI responsive pedagogical methods, materials and approaches to improve vocational skills training.

The FI-S will mobilize savings groups into associations, train in governance, and support them to link with financial institutions. Support women and youth to advocate for changes to public lending practices to lower barriers to access financial services. Support business coaches to deploy digital technology to better understand credit history of program participants. S/he will partner with Tarmiye fund banks to develop methods to assess target group credit viability, develop pro-poor services and loan products, and link EMERGE M/SMEs and agricultural associations to access capital.

S/he will support the analysis of the findings of Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Analysis, Labor Market Assessment (LMA) and Power Dynamics Analysis (PDA) to inform TVET capacity strengthening to develop service improvement plans. Promote World Vision Youth Ready approach for business apprenticeship/internships through pre-service training, development of framework agreements with businesses, protection-sensitive monitoring systems and train partners to support students during their learning period.

In support of EMERGE program’s GYSI strategy, this position will prioritize the inclusion of women and youth into TVETs, preparing them for future employment- including establishing channels for promising graduates to intern with program. The FI-S will mentor business coaches to identify entry points for marginalized groups into non-traditional livelihood sectors and build pathways to help graduates gain access/exposure to new types of employment.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

• Of Activity time

End Results

	Savings and business groups and banks linked and facilitated to develop	•	Program	participants access loans and
	relationships;		other financial services to sustain and
	Working with EMERGE S4T Specialists, train savings and business groups to		grow businesses;
	prepare to engage with financial institutions, including financial literacy,
	preparation of business plans, etc.
	Mobilize Tarmiya-Fund banks to meet with savings and business group, explore
	business opportunities;
	Working with EMERGE Digital Transformation Specialist, support savings groups to
	adopt digital banking solutions;
	▪  Identify ways to track savings groups behaviors, develop system to track
	adoption, analyze and present data to financial institutions to support linking;
	TVET centers’ services offerings cater to the needs of youth and enable them	Young women and men access TVET
	to gain experience to job market;	facilitates which are safe and support their
	Support assessment of TVET facilitates and develop partnering framework	unique needs;
	agreements;
	Develop Capacity Improvement Plans (CIP) to strengthen Gender Youth and Social	•  Young women and men access safe job
	Inclusion, mobilizing workshop to brainstorm on how to improve service-offerings		exposure/experience opportunities;
	and train TVET center employees in different topics;
	Highlight and address the barriers to women involvement in TVET institutions /or
	in certain vocations
	Ensure Youth Ready approaches are established with TVET centers and business
	partners (for internships), including the establishment of Accountability to Affected
	Populations (AAP) and Protection systems and training to partners;
	In collaboration with other technical specialists, mobilize influencers and business
	person to share wisdom and guidance to inspire and motivate;
	Monitoring quality of TVET service quality, including student experience and
	develop monthly reports;
	Expand opportunities for TVET graduates to gain exposure and experience via	•	Youth access job training experience in
	job-placement and internships		local	business	and	government
			institutions;

Identify business willing to host TVET graduates;

Develop framework agreements with business to host TVET graduates;

Train business partners in Youth Ready approaches to better manage internships;

Provide pre-service training to youth to take full advantage of job placement opportunities;

• Partner with MoLSA to link with job-seeking platform Xogsiiye to network of TVET graduate and centers;

Promising young women TVET graduates access internship opportunities with	Young women graduate access internship
EMERGE program	opportunities in EMERGE (6 during life of the
	project).

Establish feeder system with EMERGE-supported TVETs to identify and screen interns;

 

In partnership with EMERGE and World Vision People and Culture, develop vetting system to transparently select promising candidates;

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required	Professional
Experience			•  Minimum of 5 years’ experience in private sector and/or NGOs focused on peace-building, social cohesion
			and/or gender/inclusion programming;
			•  Certification in Vocational training methodologies, curriculum development and assessment techniques
			will be a definite advantage
			•  Experience working with community groups or organizations;
Required	Education, training,		•  Bachelor Degree in Education, engineering, technical education or related field.
license,	registration,	and	•  Proven experience in teaching or training in a technical or vocational institution/setting.
certification			•  Government, NGO, private sector and UN experience in conflict-affected locations;.
Preferred	Knowledge	and
Qualifications			•  Proficiency in teaching skills
			•  Practical experience of Technical and vocational training in refugee/IDPs context

	•	Familiarity with educational /Labour markets				in Somalia including challenges and opportunities in TVET
	•  Skills in community engagement and partnership development
	•  Experience in working		with government agencies, NGOs and private stakeholders to promote and
		implement TVET initiatives
Travel and/or Work	Based	in Baidoa with frequent		Physical	•		Language	English language proficiency
	travel	to field sites in Baidoa		Requirements			Requirement	Somali-May dialect preferred
Environment
	and Hudur with some travel to						s
Requirement
	Mogadishu

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

EMERGE  Resilience  and  Livelihood	Will support Livelihood and Market technical specialist to (i) assesses TVET services,	Monthly
Advisor	ensuring that strengthening supports youth education, soft-skills strengthening,
	and job seeking; (ii) youth-centric agriculture marketing opportunities in-place; (iii)
	at-risk youth targeting strategies developed;
EMERGE GYSI Advisor	Will support to develop strategies and strengthen service offerings at TVET-center	Quarterly
	to be women and youth sensitive and responsive;
EMERGE M&E Advisor	Will support in the development of a M&E framework to monitor the uptake of	Quarterly
	skills
EMERGE Graduation Advisor	Will support in the design of curriculums, choice a pedagogical methods and	Daily
	linkages to other technical specialist to mainstream youth-centric approaches into
	all Graduation Approaches;
EMERGE Communication Officer	S/he will identify, develop and share success/challenge stories with EMERGE	Needs-basis
	communications team to develop marketing and lessons-learning materials to
	share via various forums;
EMERGE Strategic Learning Advisor	Will support in the development of youth-centric operational research to identify	Needs-basis
	entry points for youth to access new livelihoods and banking services.

EMERGE Sr. Ops Manager			Will support the coordination of monitoring, trainings, and technical backstopping	Needs-basis
			exercises targeting implementing partners and coach/mentor networks.   Will
			support mapping of different youth-centric associations and clubs in target
			locations;
EMERGE	Digital	Transformation	Identify ways to link TVET centers job-seeking services to existing employment	Needs-basis
Specialists			information platforms (Xogsiiye and SHAQO).
World Vision Partners Program Officer			Will support in the vetting of TVET Centers, ensuring they meet minimum
			requirements. Support in the development of partners capacity improvement plan.
World Vision P&C Coordinator			Support the adaptation of WV’s female internship program for EMERGE program.	Needs-basis
			Develop ToRs to develop profile of EMERGE program internship needs with sector
			leads.
SWS  Ministry  of  Labor  Youth  and			Ensure government engagement and involvement in the development of key	Needs-basis
Social Affairs (MoLSA)			technical approach components (i) development of frameworks with TVET centers;
			(ii) development of employer TVET graduate hosting arrangements; (iii) graduation
			of  TVET  graduates;  (iv)  brainstorming  with  EMERGE  Digital  Transformation
			Specialists to link job-seeking platforms.
TVET Centers			Will provide direct oversight and support to 12 TVET center supported by the	Weekly
			program, including (i) assessment; (ii) Capacity Improvement Plans for GYSI; (iii)
			mobilizing guest speakers; (iv) development of frameworks agreement, etc.
Business Partners (for internship)			Will actively seek out businesses who would host an intern, developing framework	Needs basis
			agreements, putting in place AAP and Protection system, and providing pre-
			service trainings
Savings and Business Groups			Support business and savings group through training in financial literacy, facilitate	Needs basis
			links with banking Institutions
Tamiya Fund (banks)			Mobilize them to engage with youth program participants;	Need-basis
EMERGE	Resilience	and  Livelihood	Will support Livelihood and Market technical specialist to (i) assesses TVET services,	Monthly
Advisor			ensuring that strengthening supports youth education, soft-skills strengthening,
			and job seeking; (ii) youth-centric agriculture marketing opportunities in-place; (iii)
			at-risk youth targeting strategies developed;

 

CORE COMPETENCIES

☐ Be Safe and Resilient	☐ Build Relationships	☐ Learn and Develop	☒ Partner and Collaborate
☒ Deliver Results	☒ Be Accountable	☐ Improve and innovate	☐ Embrace Change
For Management positions only, select the top 2 prioritized competencies from below.
☐ Model Self-Management	☒ Engage, Influence, Lead	☒ Run an Effective	☒ Develop the Organisation
	and Grow Others	and Agile Organisation	for the Future

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and updated CV with three professional references and their contact details on via this email address: jobs@shaqodoon.org. Indicate the title of the position in the subject of your email “Financial Inclusion Specialist.” The deadline for submissions is 18^st January 2025.

Shaqodoon is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis.

 

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