Country Operations Officer, Somalia

Job Summary

B. SCOPE OF WORK The overall scope of the DRIVE Project, Country Operations Officer is to have work stream management, provide support to the management of the DRIVE project and the administration of budget and financial reporting activities, liaise with and support DRIVE partners including the Project Implementation Unit of the World Bank, and the beneficiaries through electronic communication, meetings, and/or travel to regions to provide support in the design and implementation of the project.

Job Details

1. Coordinate and work closely with Country Relationship Manager (CRM), relevant Regional Government Administration and implementation partners, service providers, private sector, and financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, and Pastoralists’ Primary Cooperatives and associations.             
2. Play active role to support partners to implement their work plan and report back to CRM in due time with appropriate action plan on corrective measures.            
3. Assist in organizing capacity assessment and capacity building and financial awareness activities for partners. Prepare a report of each training including monitoring the number of persons trained, disaggregated by gender      
4. Work with partners in providing the required documents for the DRIVE Leadership team, Finance and Admin teams 
5. Collect data and information for the Project team for the planning, designing of product &procedures, situation analysis, stakeholder mapping, pastoralists covered by the insurance, training of trainers, etc.     
6. Develop stakeholder engagement plan and facilitate execution of engagement plan to enable policy development and legislation to support the development and growth of the DRIVE project.       
7. Facilitate onboarding of the pastoralists through continuous follow-through and support to the aggregators and financial institutions in delivering the financial awareness and distribution of the financial package. This will involve travelling to the areas where the pastoralists are located for this swift execution.      
8. Validate enrollment of pastoralists after each season by undertaking a sample of the registered pastoralists and verified premiums paid.       
9. Validate the payment of enrollment bonus, savings, and payouts to pastoralists.     
10. Ensure that the reports on pastoralists registered and the insurance policies sold, and savings accounts opened reconcile, limiting delays on payments and accurate monitoring of the accumulated savings. Get data from banks on payments made to pastoralists and obtain the confirmation of payments
11. Collaborate with implementing partners, Project Implementation Unit and World Bank DRIVE team to ensure the eligibility criteria are adhered to during the onboarding of pastoral groups.      
12. Work closely with the project implementation unit to ensure the work schedules are harmonized and represent ZEP-RE in the project technical working committee ensuring monthly reporting on country engagements as per project governance structure to include indicators achieved, regulatory and operational issues by areas covered.       
13. Assist the CRM for the overall financial management of the project and expenditures and ensuring that internal controls are operationalized. 
14. Ensure all financial transactions are accurately approved and adequately supported according to the Financial Management Manual and for project purpose in accordance with relevant finance directives. Ensure that the activities of Component 1 for registration of pastoralists is reaching all the groups including women, disable and isolated areas.          
15. Develop of lessons learned on implementation after each season.          
16.  Monitor grievances received.          
17. Ensure that financial supporting documents are completed, recorded, and maintained.        
18. Manage and monitor advances with concerned implementing departments for timely clearing and reporting of the expenditures; and       
19. Performs other tasks that may be assigned by the CRM.

Requirements

1. A University degree in Public Administration, Economics, Finance, Development Studies, or any Business-related fields.
2. Five years’ experience of work in the development sector and two year of experience in working in a governance program is highly desirable.
3. Working with community and local actors is highly desirable.
4. Good understanding of transparency and governance issues in Somalia
5. Experience in working with and knowledge of both government and civil society in Somalia.
6. A good understanding of microinsurance and application of digital solutions in the agriculture sector will be an added advantage.
7. Strong client engagement skills, strategic planning, and partnership building.
8. Excellent analytical and communication skills, sound judgment, resourcefulness, ability to take the initiative, capacity to self-manage and ability to create a team-based, participatory work environment.
9. Be self-motivated and capable of working independently to meet deadlines. 
10. Written and spoken fluency in the English and Somali language is highly important and the knowledge of any additional languages is an advantage.

Benefits

Competitive Package 

About Company

ZEP-RE(PTA REINSURANCE)

https://jobsatzepre.seamlesshiring.com

ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company) is a leading reinsurer in Africa and a specialised institution of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The company was established in 1990 under the then Preferential Trade Area, a precursor to COMESA, to develop the insurance and reinsurance industries and support capacity building.