UNDP is hiring DFS Innovation Analyst – Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme 2021 in Dhaka

UNDP is hiring DFS Innovation Analyst – Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme 2021 in Dhaka

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and ensure the functional activities of financial Innovation Lab
• Coordinate with partners to finalize the management arrangement, operational guideline and other operational and partnership documents of the lab.
• Monitor and coordinate day to day activities of the lab and report higher management as required.
• Ensure regular communication and discussion with steering committee & advisory board for necessary guidance;
• Ensure regular meeting of advisory committee and implementation of the decision.
• Liaison with lab partners for the implementation of planned activities of the lab.
• Assist team to establish new partnership and donor for lab sustainability & future expansion.
• Facilitate and organize innovation challenges for new innovations
• Coordinate with partners to arrange innovation challenge/cohort to facilitate new ideas and innovations from lab.
• Communicate with various financial institutions/research institutions for acquiring new financial product or services ideas which will promote environment friendly businesses;
• Identify and support digital financial innovations that augment the delivery to low-income households in respective areas like of health, agriculture, and MSME
• Assist to design new financial products or services for different type of customer and different sector.
• Arrange necessary mentors and technical advisor for startups and innovators for acceleration program.
• Facilitating deep industry engagement so regulators understand their role in enabling innovation and gain comfort in the potential of local solutions
• Help each FinTech engage (separately and, where possible, as a group) the relevant regulators to help understand relevant products/services and solicit guidance or feedback needed on likely compliance requirements.
• Enable communication between regulators and industry on successes/failures, encouraging feedback from regulators and enabling product iteration
• Support regulators to coordinate and liaison with industry representatives and innovation hubs as needed.
• Provide support in financial product innovation including support in research and development
• Arrange necessary mentorship session/coaching for the innovators/startups with the support from lab partners
• Arrange testing facility of the selected product under the observation/supervision of regulators if possible, relevant, and needed.
• Communication of the testing of the product to relevant stakeholders
• Review/Summarize existing regulatory guidance, criteria and standards of practice expected for live testing of new models in Bangladesh market
• Enable lessons from implementation to inform future iterations of regulatory engagement and product testing.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.