• Make policies and public goods work for technology-enabled financial inclusion – Examples:- Foster conducive digital finance regulations globally and in key countries, leveraging GPFI and partners. – Bridge fintech world with (SSBs) and regulators to mitigate new risks for customers and financial system.
• Ensure diverse financial services are used and have a positive impact on peoples’ lives and financial wellbeing – examples: – Push for measurement of usage and impact as part of national FI strategies. – Motivate industry to publish more evidence and promote financial inclusion solutions that advance the achievement of SDGs especially in the light climate change, future of work, and growing inequalities. 
• Encourage policies and practices for underserved segments, with technology as a cross-cutting theme to – Ensure that the private and public sectors serve hard-to-reach segments, namely: MSMEs: Develop innovative products with the CEOP; Women: Public sector: promote robust data for policymaking; identify legal barriers and infrastructure needs for women’s economic empowerment; foster policy implementation (W20). Private sector: Raise awareness around unintentional gender bias in serving female customers, Smallholder households and agriculture: Promote innovative solutions 

• Oversee the establishment and lead the work on the women’s economic empowerment, which could include fundraising, managing consultants (if and when need be) and working with a technical reference group on the strategy.
• Manage and sustain good working relationship with the W20 focal point, the troika and especially the Presidency.
• Once the strategy setting is completed, then develop a workplan for global and /or country-level implementation.
• Provide ongoing support to the UNSGSA on topic of women economic empowerment.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Director.

• Prepare or assist office in preparing UNSGSA country visits as well as a follow-up to country visit. Each country visit consists of work around developing key messages and key policy documents for the UNSGSA together with reference group partners.
• Keep communication with selected partners (e.g. World Bank Group, Gates Foundation, UN agencies) working in focus countries.
• Accompany and support the UNSGSA in country visits if needed.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Director.

• Prepare briefing notes, speeches/statements, talking points, and background papers for the UNSGSA’s meetings with government leaders, multilateral organizations, and participation in high profile events. 
• Manage key areas of the UNSGSA agenda based on needs (e.g. GPFI work, ongoing work on agriculture, link between SDGs and financial inclusion).
• Prepare bilateral briefings for the UNSGSA as well as summaries of key documents in areas of responsibilities.  
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Director.

• Ability to make new and useful ideas work.

• Ability to persuade others to follow.

• Ability to improve performance and satisfaction.

• Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform.

• Ability to get things done

• Technical knowledge of the breadth of financial inclusion.

• Ability to proactively share UNSGSA knowledge and activities at UN and other venues.

• Ability to engage with other agencies, delegations and other development stakeholders and forge productive working relationships.

• Ability to prepare quality briefs and or speeches.

• Ability to identify and prioritize risks, and organize actions around mitigating them.

• Knowledge of the Intergovernmental bodies and respective mandates and operations.

• Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge.

• Advanced university degree (Master’s) in International Development, Finance, Economics, or Business.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in financial inclusion/ digital finance. 
• Demonstrated experience of working on women’s economic empowerment initiatives.
• Technical knowledge and deep understanding of the breadth of digital financial inclusion.
• Hands-on field experience in financial inclusion is particularly useful.
• Strong experience in drafting policy memos.
• Capacity to prioritize multiple tasks, meet deadlines 
• Thrive as part of a small and fast-moving team.
• Outstanding written communication skills, with an ability to sum up key points concisely.
• Sense of humor and grace under pressure, team player and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Equal enthusiasm and efficiency for any task. Ability to travel and, as needed, work after hours and over weekends.

• Excellent command of, and drafting skills in, English essential. Spanish desirable. Knowledge of another UN language an advantage.

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Contract Duration: 1 Year with possibility for extension