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Financial Inclusion Specialist - Dominican Republic


About the Organization: 
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 coordinate the "capital project" in the Dominican Republic. 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 in areas related to financial inclusion;
  • Coordinate the design process of the "capital project";
  • Fine-tune the financial education programs and incentive schemes for formal saving of the Capital Foundation;
  • Elaborate project documents for the "capital project" implementation;
  • 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;
  • Field work experience;
  • Knowledge in financial education is highly desirable;
  • Ability to interact with various stakeholders: high-level civil servants, operating staff, and people in poverty;
  • Knowledge in behavior economics is preferred;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to develop relations of respect and to conduct team work;
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 50%;
  • Fluency in Spanish and English. Fluency in French would be a plus.


Closing Date: 12 Mar 2013
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to hr@fundacioncapital.org
Please mention "Financial Inclusion Specialist DR – Capital Project" in the subject line.