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Financial Inclusion Specialist Brazil - Capital Project

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The Capital Foundation (Fundación Capital) is a development organization. Its aim is to reduce poverty through the incubation, design, and implementation of innovative initiatives enabling poor households to strengthen their capacities to generate and accumulate various assets (human, productive, financial, etc.). It focuses on increasing and improving the access of poor households to diversified formal financial services in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the design of instruments to foster productive investments.
About the Job: 
The Capital Foundation is looking for a Financial Inclusion Specialist to start-up the Capital Project in the Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The project objective is to promote the financial inclusion of the conditional cash transfer programs'€™ beneficiaries through saving mobilization.
Tasks and Responsibilities: 
  • Provide technical assistance to policy makers and financial institutions in areas related to financial inclusion of the CCT beneficiaries in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Renda Melhor and Renda Melhor Jovem);
  • Coordinate the design process of the Capital Project;
  • Fine-tune the financial education programs and incentive schemes for formal saving of the Capital Foundation and adapt them to the local context;
  • Monitor project implementation and evaluation;
  • Disseminate the Capital Project in the region.
Qualifications: 
  • Master degree in Economics, Public Administration, Finance or related areas;
  • At least 8 years of experience in microfinance especially in saving mobilization and/or microinsurance. Knowledge on social protection is desirable;
  • Knowledge in financial education and behavior economics is highly desirable;
  • Field work experience;
  • Ability to interact with various stakeholders: high-level civil servants, operating staff, and people in poverty;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to develop relations of respect and to conduct team work;
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%;
  • Fluency in Portuguese and Spanish. Fluency in English is highly desirable.


Closing Date: 04 Feb 2013
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to lf@fundacioncapital.org
Please mention "Financial Inclusion Specialist Brazil – Capital Project" in the subject line.
Contact:
Daniel Diaz
dd@fundacioncapital.org
Bogota
Colombia
Telephone: + 5716025530

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