Agriculture Insurance Specialist, Dhaka

## Agriculture Insurance Specialist, Dhaka - Organization:UNDP - United Nations Development Programme Description of assignment title:Agriculture Insurance Specialist Assignment country:Bangladesh Work location:On UN premises Expected start date:10/01/2026 Duration:6 months(with possibility of extension)Long-term benefits and allowances Sustainable Development Goal:13. Climate action Volunteer category:Specialist UCoS from Apr2026 Work schedule:Full-time Number of Assignments:1 Mission and objectives: - UNDP's mandate is to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions. We advocate for change, and connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with Bangladesh ever since its birth and through its remarkable journey from a war-ravaged economy to a middle-income country. It remains a catalyst in Bangladesh’s journey from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. UNDP assists in building institutions and helps strengthen institutional capacities through people-centric, pro-poor, inclusive and sustainable policy making and development governance. - Bangladesh's agriculture sector is highly exposed to floods, cyclones, drought, salinity, extreme temperature, disease and other shocks affecting crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture. Smallholder producers, women farmers and climate-vulnerable households often have limited access to suitable financial protection. Agriculture insurance remains at an early stage of institutional and market development and requires coordinated action across government, regulators, insurers, financial institutions, technology and data providers, producer organizations and development partners. - Through the Financial Resilience in Agriculture (FRA) initiative, UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) supports the Government of Bangladesh and market actors to strengthen the enabling environment, partnerships, technical capacity and delivery systems for inclusive agriculture insurance. The portfolio cover crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and associated value chains. It may include national policy and ecosystem development, strategy and roadmap support, public-private partnerships, product and distribution initiatives, pilots, capacity development, data and technology solutions, monitoring, learning and evidence for scale-up. - The Agriculture Insurance Specialist will support the National Programme Officer, IRFF in the FRA project implementation in Bangladesh. The volunteer will work with relevant ministries and departments, regulators, Fis, Insurers and reinsurance companies, development partners, value-chain actors, and communities. - Under the direct supervision of the National Programme Officer-IRFF, and in close collaboration with the partner entities, the Agriculture Insurance Specialist will: - i. Support the planning, coordination and implementation of activities under the Financial Resilience in Agriculture (FRA) initiative, contributing to agriculture insurance, climate risk insurance and agricultural risk financing interventions. - ii. Support stakeholder engagement and coordination with relevant ministries, departments, regulatory authorities, insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, development partners, producer organizations and private sector actors to advance agriculture insurance initiatives and partnerships. - iii. Contribute technical inputs to the design, implementation, refinement and scale-up of agriculture insurance and climate risk financing solutions, including crop, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and index-based insurance initiatives. - iv. Support the preparation of concept notes, technical briefs, presentations, meeting materials, reports, policy inputs and knowledge products related to agriculture insurance, disaster risk financing and financial resilience. - v. Coordinate and facilitate workshops, consultations, training programmes, awareness sessions and capacity-building activities for government institutions, financial institutions, insurers, cooperatives, private sector entities and community stakeholders. - vi. Support programme monitoring, field missions and implementation reviews, ensuring timely documentation of progress, challenges, lessons learned and recommendations for adaptive management. - vii. Collect, maintain, validate and analyse programme and sector data related to insurance outreach, enrolment, coverage, claims, climate risks, partnerships and other relevant indicators to support evidence-based decision-making. - viii. Assist in identifying opportunities for innovation, partnerships and scaling of inclusive agriculture insurance solutions through engagement with public, private and development sector stakeholders. - ix. Contribute to knowledge management, communication and visibility efforts by documenting good practices, lessons learned, success stories and stakeholder experiences. - x. Perform any other related tasks assigned by the supervisor in support of the implementation of agriculture insurance, climate risk finance and financial resilience initiatives under the IRFF programme - Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment. Assignment requirements - English, Level: Fluent, Required - Bengali, Level: Fluent, Required Required education level: - Bachelor's degree in Insurance, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, International Business, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture, Rural Development, Development Studies, Public Administration, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Project Management or other relevant disciplines Competencies and values: - • Adaptability and flexibility - • Judgement and decision-making - • Planning and organising Skills and experience: - • Minimum five years of progressively responsible professional experience in agriculture insurance, climate risk insurance, disaster risk financing, financial inclusion, climate adaptation, programme implementation, agricultural finance or related development programmes. - • Demonstrated experience supporting the design, implementation, monitoring or scale-up of agriculture insurance, climate risk insurance, index-based insurance or related risk financing interventions. - • Experience working with meteorological, climate, agricultural, hydrological or insurance-related data for programme implementation, product development, monitoring or decision making. - • Experience coordinating with government institutions, insurers, financial service providers, Local Government Institutions, cooperatives or community organizations. - • Experience in field monitoring, data verification, programme documentation and report preparation. - • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, online meeting applications and collaborative file-sharing platforms. - • Ability and willingness to travel frequently to remote and climate-vulnerable project locations. - • Experience with index-based, parametric or climate risk insurance products. - • Experience working with development partners, United Nations agencies, government institutions, regulators, insurers or financial institutions. - • Experience in stakeholder training, knowledge management and capacity building. - • Experience supporting policy dialogue, research, feasibility studies or evidence generation. - • Experience managing partnerships across public, private and development sectors. - • Familiarity with UNDP or UNV internal systems. Area(s) of expertise: - Administration, Project management, programme development, strategy, Climate change, environment