Job Description

Position: Financial Inclusion Specialist.

VACANCY INFORMATION

Job Title: Financial Inclusion Specialist (FI-S)

Manager Name/Title: Program Manager.

Department/Office: Program Department

History of Position: New

Contract Type: Local 1

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 time

Activity

Savings and business groups and banks linked and facilitated to develop relationships;

Working with EMERGE S4T Specialists, train savings and business groups to 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 to gain experience to job market;

Support assessment of TVET facilitates and develop partnering framework agreements;

Develop Capacity Improvement Plans (CIP) to strengthen Gender Youth and Social Inclusion, mobilizing workshop to brainstorm on how to improve service-offerings 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 job-placement and internships

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 EMERGE program

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;

End Results

• Program participants access loans and other financial services to sustain and grow businesses;

Young women and men access TVET facilitates which are safe and support their unique needs;

• Young women and men access safe job exposure/experience opportunities;

Youth access job training experience in local business and government institutions;

Young women graduate access internship opportunities in EMERGE (6 during life of the project).

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, license, registration, and certification

• Bachelor Degree in Education, engineering, technical education or related field.

• Proven experience in teaching or training in a technical or vocational institution/setting.

• 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 Environment Requirement

Based in Baidoa with frequent travel to field sites in Baidoa and Hudur with some travel to Mogadishu

Physical Requirements

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Language Requirements

English language proficiency

Somali-May dialect preferred

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

EMERGE Resilience and Livelihood Advisor

Will support Livelihood and Market technical specialist to (i) assesses TVET services, 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;

Monthly

EMERGE GYSI Advisor

Will support to develop strategies and strengthen service offerings at TVET-center to be women and youth sensitive and responsive;

Quarterly

EMERGE M&E Advisor

Will support in the development of a M&E framework to monitor the uptake of skills

Quarterly

EMERGE Graduation Advisor

Will support in the design of curriculums, choice a pedagogical methods and linkages to other technical specialist to mainstream youth-centric approaches into all Graduation Approaches;

Daily

EMERGE Communication Officer

S/he will identify, develop and share success/challenge stories with EMERGE communications team to develop marketing and lessons-learning materials to share via various forums;

Needs-basis

EMERGE Strategic Learning Advisor

Will support in the development of youth-centric operational research to identify entry points for youth to access new livelihoods and banking services.

Needs-basis

EMERGE Sr. Ops Manager

Will support the coordination of monitoring, trainings, and technical backstopping exercises targeting implementing partners and coach/mentor networks. Will support mapping of different youth-centric associations and clubs in target locations;

Needs-basis

EMERGE Digital Transformation Specialists

Identify ways to link TVET centers job-seeking services to existing employment information platforms (Xogsiiye and SHAQO).

Needs-basis

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. Develop ToRs to develop profile of EMERGE program internship needs with sector leads.

Needs-basis

SWS Ministry of Labor Youth and Social Affairs (MoLSA)

Ensure government engagement and involvement in the development of key 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.

Needs-basis

TVET Centers

Will provide direct oversight and support to 12 TVET center supported by the program, including (i) assessment; (ii) Capacity Improvement Plans for GYSI; (iii) mobilizing guest speakers; (iv) development of frameworks agreement, etc.

Weekly

Business Partners (for internship)

Will actively seek out businesses who would host an intern, developing framework agreements, putting in place AAP and Protection system, and providing pre-service trainings

Needs basis

Savings and Business Groups

Support business and savings group through training in financial literacy, facilitate links with banking Institutions

Needs basis

Tamiya Fund (banks)

Mobilize them to engage with youth program participants;

Needs basis

EMERGE Resilience and Livelihood Advisor

Will support Livelihood and Market technical specialist to (i) assesses TVET services, 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;

Monthly

CORE COMPETENCIES

☐ Be Safe and Resilient

☒ Deliver Results

☐ Build Relationships

☒ Be Accountable

☐ Learn and Develop

☐ Improve and innovate

☒ Partner and Collaborate

☐ Embrace Change

For Management positions only, select the top 2 prioritized competencies from below.

☐ Model Self-Management

☒ Engage, Influence, Lead

and Grow Others

☒ Run an Effective

and Agile Organisation

☒ Develop the 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: [email protected]. Indicate the title of the position in the subject of your email "Financial Inclusion Specialist." The deadline for submissions is 18st January 2025. Shaqodoon is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis.