Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
The Credit Guarantee Analyst shall work under overall supervision of Asistant Resident Representative, Inclusive Economic Growth Portfolio, UNDP Nepal and directly report to the Project Manager. The incumbent will work in close coordination with the Chief Executive Officer at Deposit and Credit Guarantee Fund (DCGF), which will host the Agri-CGS window. S/he will take guidance from Regional Blended Finance Specialist at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) and closely collaborate with UNCDF. S/he shall coordinate with Strategic Specialist at UNDP on a day to day basis. The incumbent will have working space stationed at DCGF.
The Credit Guarantee Analyst will provide technical leadership in the design and operationalization of the Agri-CGS under DCGF, working closely with UNDP, UNCDF and DCGF. The incumbent will ensure that the scheme is designed in line with international best practices and adapted to the context of Nepal’s financial sector. The scope of work combines strategic design, technical drafting, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building. The details are given below:
1. Product design and roll out:
- Coordinate the design of the pilot individual credit guarantee product under the project
- Lead the development of negotiating frameworks and other required documents to pilot the guarantee product
- Facilitate consultations with participating financial institutions, local governments, cooperatives, and development partners for validation, operationalization and improvement of the designed guarantee product
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders
2. Technical support for policy instruments and operational tools
- Provide technical support for the development of standardized templates, operational manual and other operational tools
- Ensure effective oversight, transparency, and accountability in the operationalization of guarantee product
3. Advisory support, capacity building, knowledge management and reporting
- Provide technical support for the development of monitoring tools, reporting templates, impact measurement framework and digital solutions
- Draft the required Terms of Reference (ToRs) under the programme
- Provide capacilty building support to the DCGF staff, PFIs, local governments, and other relevant stakeholders
- Provide technical support to DCGF and Programme on guarantee operations, risk management, claims handling, guarantee underwriting, portfolio monitoring, and reporting
- Prepare periodic progress reports for UNDP
- Provide additional day-to-day technical support to the DCGF in consultation with UNDP and UNCDF as necessary.
4. Ensure mainstreaming of Gender & Social Inclusion (GESI)
- Ensure that GESI is well captured and mainstreamed in all policy documents and operational tools
- Provide technical support to DCGF and Programme in integrating GESI in training, monitoring and capacity building activities.
- Work closely with the Programme to ensure GESI related results
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Job Specification
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Banking and Finance, Microfinance, Development Finance, Development Economics, Business Management, or a related field is required; or
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above fields, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Minimum two years (with Master´s degree) or four years (with Bachelor´s degree) of work experience in the field of development finance, feasibility studies related to improving access to finance.
Required skills:
- Good knowledge in the usage of computer and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.)
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:
- Experience in designing and implementing credit guarantee schemes.
- Experience in designing and implementing agriculture schemes.
- Familiarity with the economic and financial landscape of Nepal.
- Experience of strong stakeholder engagement and experience working with governments, financial institutions, and development agencies.
- Experience of working with financial intermediaries such as banks, microfinance, insurance companies, and others.
- Proven strong analytical aptitude and writing skills
- Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Experience in accommodating the issues of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in the field of development finance
- Gender Equality and Social Inclusion will be considered.
Required Languages:
- Fluency in written and oral English and Nepali language is required.
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