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Consultant - Women Entrepreneurship Initiative: Financial Product Development and Pilot Program Design

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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: 
The Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) is the apex developmental finance promoting agency in Afghanistan. MISFA was set up in 2003 with a mission to facilitate the development and growth of a long-term, strong, and healthy microfinance sector in Afghanistan that provides high quality and efficient financial services to low income people.
ABOUT THE JOB: 
MISFA is seeking Consultant - Women Entrepreneurship Initiative: Financial Product Development and Pilot Program Design. The study includes developing financial products based on the preferences of women-owned/operated micro and small businesses and the design of a pilot program to test the products.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
  • Conduct a market research to identify the financing needs and appropriate financial products required by the target market segment drawing both on exiting data and on new data that supplements gaps in the first. The new products will be pilot tested by up to two organization's partner MFIs to be identified during the market research;
  • Undertake the downstream assignment that will include an evaluation of the pilot test, revision of the products and providing recommendations for scale-up.
Qualifications:
  • Demonstrable institutional capacity and experience in the field of market research within the microfinance/financial sector;
  • Experience of designing and conducting market research using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies;
  • Excellent track record or experience in financial product development;
  • Analytical expertise and capacity to appropriately and sufficiently collect, collate, and analyze data;
  • Past experience in performing a similar assignment or socio-economic research in Afghanistan or a post-conflict environment would be an advantage;
  • Awareness of gender and cultural issues.
HOW TO APPLY: 
Interested candidates can send their application to khalid.abid@misfa.org.af

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