COORDINATOR FOR THE EXPERT LEADERS GROUP(ELG) ON WOMEN’S FINANCIAL INCLUSIO

OVERVIEW
The Graça Machel Trust (GMT) works across the continent on three issues: women’srights, children’s rights, and governance and leadership. We catalyse action, support local initiatives, lend solidarity, and offer support where it is needed. We work through networks and collaborations and incubate and create new initiatives where there are gaps.
Our mission is to amplify women’s movements, influence governance, and promote women’s contributions and leadership in the economic, social, and political development of Africa, and advocate for the protection of children’s rights and dignity.
By way of this GMT has convened an Expert Leaders Group on Women’s Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy in Africa (ELG), consisting of female Deputy Governors of Central Banks (finance regulators), and senior financial sector leaders to elevate the voices of African women, influence institutional transformation, and drive an agenda for action which prioritizes building inclusive economies and institutions that respond to the needs of women. The ELG represent the 5 regions in Africa. They work in collaboration with GMT’s Women’s sector-based Networks to build greater political will and investment in a COVID-19 recovery agenda that is gendered and to promote
accountability for action.

JOB OBJECTIVE
The Coordinator will provide technical and administrative support to the ELG Convener and the ELG,as well as provide technical support on the development of key frameworks, standards and tools on gender, network capacity building and financial inclusion.

SPECIFIC DUTIES
Technical and administrative support to the Convener
• To ensure efficient communication between the office of the of Convener and the GMT Secretariat.
• To provide support to the Convener in liaising with local networks and receiving and analyzing reports.
Technical support as a gender specialist
• Conduct financial inclusion gender gap analysis for Lesotho including on disaggregated data.
• Analyze policy commitments as well as data, using available sourcesfrom relevant Government Ministries, Fincsope surveys, annual reports of licensed financial institutions and from regional network sources and publications.
• Conduct research on COVID -19 policy commitments on economic recovery strategies for Lesotho and enable knowledge sharing within internal and external networks.
• Identify and conduct suitable training/workshops using local and external facilitators to determine and understand financial inclusion gender standard norms in Lesotho.
• Work with country networksto assist them to advance women’sthought leadership strategies.
• Engage various financial sector players based on research and analysis to promote gender standard norms.
• Assist country networks on monitoring and evaluation as well as reporting of women’s economic empowerment implementation programmes.
• Work with the Secretariat to analyze the gender gap, promoting strategies and standards that work in other countries to close the gap.

Education
• A minimum of a master’s degree in economics or the social sciences
• A minimum of 1 years’ research field work experience will be an added advantage
Experience
• 2 years’ experience in relevant field
Technical competencies (Knowledge, skills and abilities)
• Strong communication and writing abilities in English with the ability to produce clear, focused reports, briefs and speeches on variety of issues
• Strong research skills
• Familiarity with trends in women’s rights, particularly in the SADC region
• Ability to use information and communication technology as a tool and resources
• Ability to work independently and in “virtual” teams, as much of the implementation will be done through partners at country level
• Strong MS-Office computer skills including data capture
Behavioural competencies (Personal Characteristics)
• Very organized: being able to be logical and structured, orderly, and efficient. It also means being able to multi-task and meet multiple deadlines.
• Concern for quality: The underlying drive to ensure that quality is not comprised within the working environment. It includes the identification and maintenance of standards to meet the needs of the organization. This also requires attention to detail and achieving thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task. Work requires little or no checking.
• Proactive/self-starter: Able to get things done, usually without being told or reminded. Being conscientious, assertive, persistent, and achievement oriented.
• Integrity: Following moral and ethical convictions and doing the right thing in all circumstances.
• Flexible: Willing to make changes to the time, place, and approach of the work to meet organizational requirements.
• Team player: Ability to cooperate and coordinate the work with others in a participatory manner in striving to achieve project or organizational goals. This also requires being reliable and sticking to agreed deadlines individually and as it impacts on the team.
Other requirements
• Ability and willingness to travel both locally and internationally as required
• Driver’s licence (desirable)
• Must be eligible to live and work in Lesotho
• Reference, qualification and criminal checks will be conducted.