Digital Financial Services Expert - Banjul, GAMBIA

Under the direct supervision of the JSF Programme Manage and with reporting lines to the Youth Finance and Empowerment Lead based in Dakar, Senegal, the Digital Financial Services (DFS) Expert will be responsible for providing technical assistance to partners including regulators, FSPs, and fintechs; identify peer to peer learning opportunities; and leading the development and dissemination of lessons learned and best practices in DFS and financial services for youth and women. The consultant will also work closely with the JSF programme team to ensure alignment in programme objectives and with the FIPA Regional team on reporting and alignment to the FIPA strategy

The Expert will be expected to be based in The Gambia for this engagement, however, they will work from home until travel is possible in line with COVID travel guidelines as dictated by UNCDF.

Activities and deliverables expected by the DFS Expert are as follow:

1. Provide technical assistance to project partners (50%)(micro-level activities) the expert will be responsible for providing on-going technical assistance to Reliance Microfinance and Q-Money to ensure they reach their year objectives of providing financial services for cash for work recipients and integrating financial education and chatbots into their offerings; provide technical assistance to grantees including those developing a crowdfunding platform, FSPs developing services for women, and to selected FSPs integrating psychometric tests. The expert will be expected to support all micro-level activities including current and future projects and serve as point person to grantees. The consultant will be expected to conduct regular visits to grantees to complete their work and ensure programs are running accordingly
2. Identify 2 new projects (meso-level activities) (40%): The expert be responsible for identifying 2 new projects/activities at the meso level. These activities should focus on supporting actors increase access to finance for youth, women and/or clean energy
3. Support the ecosystem with knowledge sharing and best practices (10%): the Expert will help UNCDF and the JSF Team in acquiring specific insights and knowledge of the sector by sharing lessons learned and best practices with key stakeholders to position UNCDF and JSF as a key technical agency for financial inclusion.

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