UN High Commissioner for Refugees Financial Inclusion Officer Jobs in Kenya

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Financial Inclusion Officer Jobs in Kenya

Improving livelihoods through economic and financial inclusion is a key component of achieving protection and long-term solutions for the refugee situation.

Economic inclusion contributes to the self-reliance and resilience of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons, empowering them to meet their needs in a safe, sustainable and dignified manner, avoid aid-dependency, contribute to their host economies, and prepare for their future whether they return home, integrate in their country of asylum, or resettle in a third country.

Self-reliance is often contingent to the ability of forcibly displaced to have access to financial services such as loans and credit lines, savings accounts and payment services.

Most forcibly displaced, in particular refugees, are today excluded from the formal financial sector, which means they lack a safe place to save and receive money, affordable ways to make payments, and access to loans to invest in a business activity or to smooth their consumption needs.

Ongoing global processes such as the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) and the focus on the humanitarian-development nexus show the need for and benefit of taking a holistic approach which requires the engagement of a broad range of stakeholders, leveraging the value-add and strategic positioning of each of them.

In the area of financial inclusion, UNHCR engages with financial service providers (FSPs), specialized development agencies, and impact investors to facilitate the financial inclusion of refugees and other forcibly displaced.

To make its planning and interventions effective in this area, UNHCR wishes to hire a Financial Inclusion Officer in Nairobi who will be working under the supervision of the Senior Financial Inclusion Coordinator based in HQ and in close collaboration with the Economic Inclusion Unit.

S/he will have a broad range of tasks and responsibilities related to programs’ design, monitoring and evaluation, partnerships’ creation, and support of field operations.

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