deion uncdf seeks the services of a consultant who will support the pacific insurance and climate adaptation programme across the thematic areas below: inclusive insurance innovation hub – an innovation programme setup to develop and test new products, processes, and frontier ideas, such as digital climate risk insurance. disaster risk insurance for msmes – insurance product that will provide financial protection to small businesses from climate induced financial risks. the inclusive insurance innovation hub that is proposed to be established will look into developing new climate and disaster risk insurance projects to cover msmes, specific agriculture/livestock/fisheries insurance and other frontier initiative including exploring the feasibility of piloting, testing and scaling other disaster risk financing instruments d on market assessments and established needs. the consultant will provide strategic guidance, oversight and technical support to develop all the above new initiatives. at the moment, the programme expects to develop, and pilot test an sme focused disaster risk insurance product, however, depending on the outcome of the market research and willingness of insurers, the exact nature of the product may be different. the consultant will be be working closely with uncdf partners at regional, global and national level to achieve the programme outcomes by providing regular technical assistance and facilitating partnerships related to innovations, inclusion and resilience. for full details and application process, please access this : uncdf jobs - 102562- inclusive innovations for insurance expert (undp.org)