Overview
Provide national-level financial expertise to support the development of a blended finance mechanism and related financial product, ensuring regulatory alignment and contributing technical inputs.
Key Responsibilities
- Support research on the blended finance landscape in Tajikistan, including reviewing national documents, assessing investment interests, examining models, exploring partnerships, analyzing financial instruments, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and contributing to reports.
- Facilitate stakeholder consultations with government entities, private sector, financial institutions, development partners, and migrant households.
- Participate in the development of the financial product, providing inputs on relevance, feasibility, and regulatory aspects.
- Support the partner financial institution in incorporating beneficiary perspectives into financial product design.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 5-7 years of professional experience in consulting or financial institutions, with a track record in banking or microfinance.
- Familiarity with blended finance mechanisms, impact investing, climate finance instruments, and innovative financial structures.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research (data collection and analysis).
- Demonstrated ability to design and facilitate multi-stakeholder consultations.
- Familiarity with Tajikistan’s financial and investment regulatory environment, migration dynamics and/or climate vulnerabilities.
- Experience working with migrant communities and/or diaspora populations is an advantage.
- Experience integrating gender analysis into assessments, research, or program design is an advantage.
- Experience producing high-quality analytical reports and presentations.
- Previous experience working with or cooperating with UN agencies is an advantage.
Qualifications
• University degree in finance, economics, business administration, public policy or related field. A master’s degree is preferred.
