Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 31 Aug 2018
The ILO's Social Finance Programme is welcoming applications for the Fellowship Programme. The application deadline is August 31, 2018.
The Fellowship Programme encourages professionals with substantial experience in the insurance and/or microfinance industry to use their expertise to effectively provide insurance/microfinance services to low-income households and emerging customers.
The fellow will be placed with a host (NBC Mozambique, a microinsurer offering both life and non-life insurance) for 12 to 14 months. During this assignment, the Fellow will support market research and segmentation for low income clients, design new insurance products, identify and develop partnerships for distribution of microinsurance, among other duties. Candidates for this Fellowship preferably speak Portuguese.
The Fellow’s main responsibility will be to support project management, provide technical support for product development and extract meaningful lessons. Description of duties and expected outputs The fellow will be responsible for supporting the project and to the extent possible assist in other projects to develop solutions for emerging customers. Specific duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Market research and segmentation for low income clients
- Designing of new insurance products for the low income segment in collaboration with NBC Mozambique Micro Insurance
- Identifying and developing partnerships for distribution of microinsurance
- Developing internal operational processes (premium collection, client servicing, claims) to deliver products in a cost effective way through alternative distribution channels
- Designing marketing and communication plans to target specific market segments. Assist in dissemination strategies like SMS, website, workshops and media campaigns. Collaboration in the development of financial education activities.
- Supporting capacity development initiatives for the organization and its partners through the development of manuals and trainings
- Data creation and analysis to improve decision making in the project implementation
- Project monitoring and evaluation
How to apply:
Fellowship applicants are kindly requested to submit their CVs along with a cover letter emphasizing they commitment and specific experience related to this fellowship description. The terms of reference can be found here and the application form here. Applications should be received by August 31, 2018 (midnight CEST). Applications received after this date will not be considered.