Financial Inclusion Specialist

Job Level Specifications

Essential

• A Postgraduate diploma in Financial Management
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration
  
• At least 5 years’ experience in financial inclusion, youth economic empowerment, microfinance, or agrifood systems development.
  
• Demonstrated experience working with financial institutions, regulators, CSOs, and private sector actors.
  
• Strong understanding of financial literacy, digital finance, insurance, and value chain financing, particularly for women and youth.
  

Desirable Criteria

• Expertise in designing and implementing financial inclusion strategies.
  
• Ability to analyze market systems and identify barriers to access.
  

Financial Literacy and Capability Building

• Design and deliver financial literacy training for young women and youth groups, covering mindset change, cultural norms, money management, savings, budgeting, and business planning.
  
• Identify, profile, and support CSO staff and Master Youth Champions to participate in Bank of Uganda Financial Literacy Training of Trainers (ToT).
  
• Coordinate with the Bank of Uganda Financial Inclusion Department to conduct co-design meetings, sign and operationalize an MoU, organize and implement Financial Literacy ToTs.
  

Digital Financial Inclusion and Record Management

• Promote and support adoption of digital record-keeping systems for youth groups and young women-led agribusinesses to enhance creditworthiness and visibility.
  
• Work with digital platform partners to integrate financial literacy content into their systems and upgrade platforms to host financial education materials
  
• Train group leaders on digital literacy, mobile platforms, and digital financial tools.
  

Access to Financial Services and Products

• Facilitate access to formal financial services, including savings, credit, insurance, agency banking, and value chain financing.
  
• Map and profile youth groups and enterprises for linkage to financial service providers (FSPs).
  
• Organize financial services clinics, stakeholder meetings, and business forums at district level to link youth with FSPs and off takers.
  

Business Development Services and Enterprise Support

• Map and identify promising young women-led enterprises for targeted BDS support.
  
• Conduct capacity and needs assessments of youth groups and enterprises to determine technical, financial, and operational gaps.
  
• Coordinate tailored Business Development Services, including business registration, regulatory compliance and financial management strengthening.
  

Financial Ecosystem Partnerships and Systems Change

• Refresh and contribute to financial systems mapping to identify opportunities for women-focused financial products (including agriculture insurance and value chain finance).
  
• Co-design value chain financing solutions with financial institutions and private sector actors for selected value chains.
  
• Collaborate with Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) to develop a value chain financing strategy for young women, organize co-design and partnership meetings, secure buy-in from senior bank leadership and promote tailored loan products to youth enterprises.
  

Documentation and Knowledge Management

• Develop and implement a documentation framework for all financial inclusion interventions under the ASTYE Program.
  
• Ensure systematic documentation of training sessions, partnership engagements, co-design meetings, financial clinics, exposure visits, and youth agro-expos.
  
• Compile case studies, human-interest stories, best practices, and evidence of impact related to youth financial inclusion, with a strong focus on young women and vulnerable groups.