UNCDF Internship YOUTHSTART Global Senegal 2017 |
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Location : | Dakar, SENEGAL |
Application Deadline : | 09-Jun-17 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Time left : | 16d 6h 5m |
Additional Category : | Management |
Type of Contract : | Internship |
Post Level : | Intern |
Languages Required : |
English French |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) |
19-Jun-2017 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 3 to 6 months |
Background |
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YouthStart, a UNCDF initiative established in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, has been working closely with 10 partner financial services providers (FSPs) in 8 African countries which have been providing financial services and financial education to youth. To date, YouthStart’s partners have reached over 725,000 youth savers – well over three times the programs objectives! These youth have saved well over US$20 million. YouthStart partners have also provided loans to over 126,000 young entrepreneurs and provided non-financial services to almost 750,000. Information on UNCDF can be found at www.uncdf.org/youthstart
UNCDF has learned from the different approaches in which financial inclusion can help address the youth employment challenge through the regional pilot including a) the types of financial services that best meet the needs of youth according to their socio-economic context and developmental stages, b) the types of financial services that can best mitigate the risk of lending to youth; c) the business models that FSPs can use to deliver financial education to youth, d) the business case for YFS; e) the types of trainings and tools necessary for FSPs to gain a better understanding of the youth market; and, f) the changes needed in the policy and regulatory environment to increase access to financial services for youth. As such, UNCDF will take the best practices from the regional pilot and scale them up, as well as improve the programmes based on lessons learned within the framework of a new programme entitled YouthStart Global. The programme will be implemented in 3 phases:
Information on YouthStart may be found at http://www.uncdf.org/en/youthstart |
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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Under the supervision of the YouthStart Programme Manager the intern will assist the YouthStart team in undertaking work :
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Please submit your Resume/CV and an application using the UNCDF Internship Application form: http://www.uncdf.org/sites/default/files/internship.doc UNCDF is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. |
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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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