DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

25 March 2025-23:59-GMT+06:00 Bangladesh Standard Time (Dhaka)

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WHY JOIN WFP?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

The purpose of this position is to coordinate, develop, and fine-tune the climate risk insurance and climate and disaster risk financing interventions for implementation under Resilience Innovation Programme.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

Within the framework of WFP’s Resilience Innovation and under the overall guidance of the Head of Programme, and direct supervision of the Head of Resilience Innovation, the incumbent will provide technical advice and support in designing and implementing of the climate risk insurance and disaster risk financing strategies under Strategic Outcome 3 (SO-3) of the Bangladesh Country Strategic Plan 2021-2026. More specifically, the incumbent will:

• Provide technical support and guidance to conduct country context analysis, need assessment, market assessment, weather, and hydrological data analysis. Organize national-level consultation and dialogue with relevant government ministries and departments on climate risk insurance to get the due support for CRI designing and implementation.
• Identify potential stakeholders and establish collaboration with government institutions such as the Financial Institution Division, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority, insurer, reinsurer, and civil society organizations to design and implement a climate risk insurance Programme
• Identify potential data services providers such as Flood Forecast and Warning Center (FFWC), Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD), and Actuary for designing products, tools, and methods for climate risk insurance interventions.
• Support developing training materials, guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, and other technical documents.
• Organize support for enhancing national capacities for index insurance design; help with testing and the scaling up of alternative insurance distribution channels; support insurance companies to put in place a standardized and comprehensive process to deal with basis risk.
• Support to the capacity enhancement of the Resilience Innovation team, WFP Sub-office, and Cooperating Partner’s staff on climate risk insurance
• Support to develop sustainable CDRFS and contribute to preparing project concepts and proposals for CRI resource mobilization; prepare operational budget, donor reports, quarterly reports, case studies, blogs, publications
• Maintain professional relationships with the cooperating partners, technical partners, Accademia, and RBB and HQ respective Teams.

Requirements:

Education: Completion of Advanced University degree (Masters) in Public Finance, Environmental Science, Social Science, or any relevant discipline.

Experience: Total 7 years of experience including 4 years of mandatory professional experience in activities and/or projects that involved macro, meso and/or micro-insurance intervention as risk transfer, resilience building and/or livelihood promotional interventions.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language & native speaker of Bangla.

Job title: Programme Policy Officer (Climate Risk Insurance)

Grade: SC9

Type of contract: Service Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Duty station: Dhaka

Number of positions: 01

Date of publication: 12 March 2025

Deadline of application: 25 March 2025

This vacancy announcement is for only Bangladeshi Nationals.

WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, pension, leave plus medical insurance.

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• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
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• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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