Call for Fellowship applications
The ILO’s Social Finance Programme invites applications from qualified professionals with expertise in inclusive finance, microfinance, insurance and development for inclusion in its Fellowship Programme roster and for potential placements in three countries: Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands. The projects are expected to start at the end of third quarter of 2024.
The Fellowship Programme
The objective of the programme is to match qualified professionals with organizations working on the frontiers of financial inclusion, micro finance and impact insurance, bridge skill gaps and create a new generation of professionals with experience serving low-income populations.
Each Fellow will be placed with a host organization for a year to support an innovation project. The project could range from the implementation of a financial product, public-private partnership, digital solution, or distribution partnership.
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor or master’s degree in economics, management, finance, banking and insurance or other relevant fields
Professional experience
- 5-10 years of professional experience in financial services industry and knowledge of banking and insurance products and processes
- Experience in project management
- Experience in business analysis
- Experience in development cooperation
- Experience in design of financial product design and operations
- Experience in design of mass market distribution strategies
- Experience in digital technologies
How to apply
Interested candidates should submit their application by downloading and filling out the application form and returning this, together with a CV and cover letter, to socialfinance@ilo.org, using subject line “Application – Social Finance Fellowship in Mozambique/Solomon Islands/Sierra Leone”. The deadline for submissions is 11 June 2024, 23:59 (CEST).
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