Financial Education Programs Field Support Officer Volunteer (Cambodia)

  • Full-time

Company Description

About Good Return

Good Return's mission is to enable those living in poverty to achieve economic empowerment through responsible financial inclusion and capability development. We do this by engaging with partners across the Asia Pacific, where two-thirds of the world’s poor live. We help them deliver better financial services and economic opportunities to those living in poverty.

Our work focuses on promoting responsible inclusive finance, building financial capability & consumer empowerment, and developing smallholder agribusiness solutions. We also deliver interest free loan capital raised from the Australian public. Together these powerful tools empower people to create lasting change for themselves.

Good Return is an initiative of World Education Australia, an Australian Aid accredited agency and member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).  Visit www.goodreturn.org.au for more information.

Job Description

The Financial Education Programs Officer FSO role will provide support to the following areas:

  • Financial Literacy activities

    • Support the National Bank of Cambodia & Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Joint Technical Working Group and Technical Assistance Team on project activities, including researching and writing reports, monitoring and evaluation, and meetings/consultation workshops to embed financial education in the Cambodian government school curriculum.

    • Support the consultation and development of teacher training manuals and teacher training workshops, and interactive, engaging student curriculum resources on financial education.

    • Assist the Technical Assistance Team with the implementation of a pilot financial education program in schools.

  • Consumer Protection activities

    • Support the development of consumer awareness campaigns to highlight the importance of wise money management, financial education and financial literacy.

    • Contribute to women’s economic empowerment initiatives and activities

  • Other activities

    • Other activities may arise with the partner organisation during the course of the FSO year and responsibilities will be agreed in accordance with the needs of the partnership.

Marketing & fundraising:

  • Occasional production of short blogs, photographs and video for the Good Return website



Qualifications

Essential skills and experience:

  • A degree in Education, Humanities,  Economics, Finance/Business, Law or similar (Masters is preferred)

  • At least 2 years of relevant work experience, such as teaching, curriculum development, financial literacy, policy regulation, finance/banking, monitoring and evaluation

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong research, analysis and report writing skills

  • Team work skills

  • IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel

  • Independent living or travel experience, preferably in the Asia Pacific region

  • Willingness and ability to travel to the field

  • Experience working in a cross-cultural context

Desirable skills and experience:

  • A strong interest in personal money management skills

  • Experience working in consumer protection in the banking sector

  • Experience in developing training and assessment programs, and in coaching or mentoring

  • Experience living and working in the Asia Pacific region

Essential personal qualities:

  • Independence and resilience

  • Self-motivation and desire to learn

  • Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity

  • Patience, tolerance and open-mindedness

  • Responsible (for own actions, upholding integrity)

  • Initiative and ability to adapt to new contexts

  • A sense of humour!


IMPORTANT: Citizenship – you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident to apply for this position. Applicants not meeting this requirement will not be considered.

Additional Information

The placement will commence in-country in July 2018. Applicants must be available for a one week induction course (held in May 2018 at Good Return’s Sydney office), prior to the commencement of their placement. Later commencement dates and/or periods of less than 12 months will not be considered.

Good Return will provide international airfares, certain pre-departure medical costs, visa expenses, insurance and a monthly living allowance (including accommodation costs).

Position Description: please visit https://goodreturn.org.au/contact/opportunities/?t=alt

How to apply:

Applications can be submitted by selecting the 'I'm interested' link below.

Applicants should provide a CV and a cover letter that clearly states your Australian citizenship/permanent residency status and addresses the selection criteria listed in the full position description, along with your phone and Skype contact details. Cover letters can be included in the messages section or uploaded together with a CV file.

Please indicate which FSO role/s you wish to be considered for (do not need to submit multiple applications) and how you heard about these positions.

Enquiries can be directed via the Good Return website https://goodreturn.org.au/contact/?t=alt

Applications close: COB Friday 2 March 2018

Note: Recruitment will commence immediately and interviews will be conducted over a number of weeks. Please apply as soon as possible.

Note: Good Return is a child safe organisation. The successful candidate will be required to comply with our child protection policy and will be subject to pre-hire checks.

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