VisionFund’s digital solutions provide sustainable financial services to the rural poor through adoption of technology platforms that improve client reach and engagement, create efficiency, empower VisionFund staff with the right tools, and enable us to gather evidence of change. By embracing digital technology, VisionFund is able to provide financial services to the most rural of our clients with ease, ensuring that nobody is excluded from accessing sustainable livelihood. VisionFund is working to provide the processes, platforms and products to ensure that financial technology and digitization is at the forefront of our financial inclusion practice.
fraud, lack of transparency, data misuse and inadequate redress mechanisms
• The Consultant will assess and document the digital safeguarding risks of VisionFund’s growing digital solutions, including but not limited to online marketing channels (websites and social media), digital client onboarding including use of digital identity verification and digital signatures, digital payments, mobile banking, system integrations with third party vendors, cloud infrastructure service providers, and other digital financial services.
• The Consultant will review the existing guidance and documents on safeguarding and ICT.
• The Consultant will engage closely with the VFI Safeguarding, WVI Safeguarding, and VFI Global Center Information and Technology, Business Optimization Unit, Impact and selected MFIs, when needed.
• The Consultant will recommend digital safeguarding risk management approaches and resources that mitigate the risks identified and which are informed by evidence-based good practices in the digital financial services. It is critical that the outcome of the consultancy engagement is used to inform VFI leadership decision-making and to ensure that any platform/application considers client privacy protection and client safety from online harm or abuse.
Time frame :
This is a maximum 15-day consultancy that may be spread over the course of maximum 8 weeks between January to February 2025, noting that other dates in close proximity may also be considered. The consultancy will be managed by VFI Safeguarding and in collaboration with VFI CITO department.
Desired Background
• 5+ years working in safeguarding, consumer protection in digital finance.
• Experience in supporting digital safeguarding, preferably where it affects child and adult well-being
• An in-depth understanding of policy and program issues related to digital safeguarding and inclusive financial services
• Well informed of digital trends, risks of digital platforms and the impacts of digital technology to vulnerable population
• Experience in researching and developing safeguarding best practices in a microfinance model
• Experience in large, complex international NGO
How to apply
To participate, please send your expression of interest to [email protected] by email to allow you get the full access for the documents on our system COUPA.
The confirmation of interest to participate in order to have access to the document can be sent by maximum the end of 21st of November and not after.