Climate Risk Insurance and Livelihood Analyst
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WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.
WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.
Job Title: Climate Risk Insurance and Livelihood Analyst
Grade: SC9
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Duration of contract: 12 Months
Duty Station: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Vacancy Number: 178609
Monthly Net Salary: As per UN salary scale
Date of Publication: 06 December 2022
Deadline of Application: 19 December 2022
This vacancy announcement is for Nationals from Bangladesh.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, leave, and a medical insurance.
*Remote work may be possible depending upon the operational requirements of the Programme. Requests are assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the personal circumstances of the requestor given the operational situation.
JOB PURPOSE
The purpose of this position is to coordinate, develop and fine-tune the climate risk insurance, seasonal livelihood programming interventions for implementation under Resilience Innovation and to assist in achieving relevant outcome indicators of strategic objective 3.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Within the framework of WFP’s Resilience Innovation and under the overall guidance of the Deputy Country Director for Strategy and Programme, and direct supervision of the Resilience Innovation Manager the incumbent will provide technical guidance and support in designing and implementation of the climate risk insurance and seasonal livelihood programming under Strategic Outcome 3 (SO-3) of the Bangladesh Country Strategic Plan 2021-2026. More specifically the incumbent will:
- Provide technical support and guidance to conduct country context analysis, need assessment, market assessment, weather, and hydrological data analysis.
- Organize the design and implementation of climate risk insurance and seasonal livelihood interventions
- Identify potential stakeholders and establish collaboration with the government institutions such as Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry Disaster Management and Relief, Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority.
- Establish partnership with the insurer, reinsurer, and the civil society organizations to design and implement of climate risk insurance Programme.
- Act as focal of the interventions and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to receive adequate support and cooperation in planning and implementation of the intervention
- Identify potential data service providers such as Flood Forecast and Warning Center (FFWC), Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD), and Actuary for designing product, tools, methods for the climate risk insurance interventions.
- Organize national level consultation and dialogue with relevant government ministries and departments on climate risk insurance and buy-in their support for the climate risk insurance implementation.
- Review current situation with special focus on countries existing micro-insurance mechanisms, governments policy frameworks, and current practice of flood or weather index-based insurance.
- Support to conduct research and studies on different and policy issues and share with the policy makers and wider audience
- Help the development of national capacities for index insurance design; help with testing and the scaling up of alternative insurance distribution channels
- Support insurance companies to put in place a standardized and comprehensive process to deal with basis risk
- Assist the capacity-building process regarding index design and support the design of a sustainable business model.
- Assess seasonality and its impact on livelihoods of vulnerable community by applying relevant WFP 3PA (three-Pronged Approach) tools; provide technical support to plan and implement Seasonal Livelihood Programming, linking with micro insurance interventions.
- Support to the capacity enhancement of the Resilience Innovation team, WFP Sub-office, and Cooperating Partner’s staff on climate risk insurance, and seasonal livelihood programming interventions.
- Support to develop resilience food systems in the climate hot spot areas in Bangladesh.
- Contribute prepare project budgets, donor reports, quarterly reports, case studies, blogs, and publications.
- Maintain professional relationships with the cooperating partners, technical partners, and other stakeholders.
- Support to develop training materials, guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and other technical documents.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: The applicant should have a masters’ degree in social science or public finance, or environmental science or engineering science, or any relevant discipline; Ph.D. degree will be an added asset.
Experience: Minimum 7 years of experience in the humanitarian and/or development sector and at least 4 years of professional experience in activities and/or projects that involved micro-insurance intervention as risk transfer, resilience building and/or livelihood promotional interventions.
• A minimum work experience in the climate risk insurance space, inclusive or climate risk insurance, meso or macro-insurance or disaster risk financing sector.
• Specific knowledge of agricultural and climate insurance initiatives at both micro- and macro-level.
• Experience of microfinance and savings systems would be an advantage.
• Proven expertise in information collection and documentation, including using participatory methods of data collection.
Language: Good command over spoken and written English
HOW TO APPLY
To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
For more on WFP and what we do, please go to http://www.wfp.org/videos/zero-hunger
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
WFP provides life-saving assistance to more than 850,000 Rohingya refugees and over 300,000 most vulnerable households in the local communities. WFP implements a range of programmes including integrated food and nutrition assistance, school feeding activities, emergency preparedness, and tailored livelihoods programme to support the most vulnerable population.
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• Leading by example with integrity,
• Driving results and delivering on commitments,
• Fostering inclusive and collaborative teamwork,
• Applying strategic thinking,
• Building and maintaining sustainable partnerships.
