Job Details

NTU is currently preparing a tender for the Framework Agreement (FWA) to support EIB GLOBAL Financial Sector Advisory Services. The objective of the FWA is to support EIB Global to provide advisory services to financial institutions in the areas of innovation/digitalisation, Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprise (MSME) and Mid-Cap Finance, Climate Action and Sustainable Finance, specifically in relation to three priority topics:

1. Competitiveness and Growth , which aims to improve business performance, support growth, and contribute to the resilience and competitiveness of supported MSMEs, as well as to foster entrepreneurship and better integrate MSMEs into global and regional value chains;

2. Sustainable Finance, which aims to both improve climate risk management in financial systems and increase green investments and sustainable entrepreneurship, promote climate-smart, environmental and circular technologies and processes, support sustainable agriculture and the development of specific agricultural value chains, contribute to an effective climate resilient low-carbon economy and society, and increase adaptation efforts to build long-term resilience to climate change; and

3. Social Inclusion, which aims to improve financial inclusion of women, youth, rural populations and socially excluded groups, support MSME projects that provide employment to women, youth, migrants, refugees/Internally Displaced People (IDP) and socially excluded groups, as well as increase outreach to remote and fragile areas, notably those vulnerable to climate change.

We are building up a pool of experts who will be interested in short term assignments under this framework contract. If you are interested in such short-term assignments, please apply to be included in our pool of potential experts. We will directly contact you when we have an assignment suitable for your profile and region.

Requested profile:

Key Expert: Junior Financial Sector Experts (cat.III) – Zambia

☝️ Qualifications and skills:

• At least a Bachelor’s Degree or an academic equivalent in finance, economics, etc

☝️ Professional experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in Competitiveness and Growth (Innovation & digitalization, Trade & supply chain financing; Growth & resilience) or Sustainable Finance (Green financial products, Climate risk management; Special focus green finance)

☝️ Specific professional experience:

• Experience in Inclusive entrepreneurship, Leadership and employment, Skills and training: Provision of capacity development support to final beneficiaries in key areas such as digitalisation, greening operations and entrepreneurship; Consumer products and services.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply and upload your CV via LinkedIn or send to [email protected]. Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted due to the large amount of applicants.