Dream71 Bangladesh Limited (Dhaka) is hiring Agriculture Insurance Expert (Part time, Contractual) | Apply Now

Dream71 Bangladesh Limited (Dhaka)

Requirements

Education

Bachelor/Honors

Experience

At least 8 years
The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Insurance, Agro based Startup

Additional Requirements

Age At least 30 years

Responsibilities & Context

Agricultural Insurance Risk Assessment

Assess agricultural and environmental risks affecting farmers, crops, and agricultural value chains.
Analyse climate-related risks and their implications for agricultural insurance products.
Support the identification and characterization of key risks across different agroecological zones and farmer segments.

Insurance Product Development

Review existing agricultural insurance products and risk models under the Uganda Agricultural Insurance Scheme (UAIS).
Contribute to the design and refinement of climate-sensitive and fit-for-purpose agricultural insurance products.
Support the development and validation of prototype insurance products using integrated climate, agricultural, exposure, and historical loss data.

Premium Calculation and Pricing

Develop and/or validate premium calculation approaches using relevant agricultural, climate, and historical loss information.
Provide technical inputs to improve pricing accuracy and reduce uncertainty in agricultural insurance underwriting.

Loss Modelling

Develop, review, and validate agricultural loss models using historical loss, climate, exposure, and agricultural data.
Analyse relationships between climate events and agricultural losses to support more accurate risk estimation.
Contribute to reducing basis risk through improved risk modelling and product design.

Climate and Agricultural Data Interpretation

Interpret meteorological, hydrological, agricultural, and economic data relevant to agricultural insurance.
Translate climate indicators and agricultural datasets into actionable insurance-risk insights.
Support the integration and interpretation of climate indicators such as rainfall anomalies, vegetation stress, soil moisture and evapotranspiration in insurance applications.

Risk Scoring and Exposure Analysis

Provide technical inputs to risk-scoring methodologies for farmers, crops, portfolios, and geographical areas.
Support farmer segmentation and exposure modelling to enable differentiated insurance solutions.
Contribute to analytical tools that assess risk at farmer, portfolio, and national levels.

Decision-Support Tools

Provide insurance-sector requirements and technical inputs for the development of CDP decision-support tools.
Support development of tools for insurance product design, pricing, risk assessment and risk-sharing.
Review and validate the assumptions, methodologies and outputs of insurance-related analytical models.

Reinsurance and Risk-Sharing

Provide technical inputs to evidence-based reinsurance and risk-sharing frameworks.
Support analysis of portfolio risks to inform reinsurance arrangements and capital allocation.
Contribute to recommendations on layered reinsurance structures, public-private pooling mechanisms and subsidy models.

Pilot Testing and Validation

Participate in testing the Climate Data Platform and decision-support tools in the selected pilot districts.
Validate whether the platform’s outputs are relevant and practical for agricultural insurance applications.
Participate in stakeholder validation workshops with insurers, regulators and value-chain actors and incorporate agreed feedback.

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Transfer

Work closely with stakeholders, insurers, regulators and other relevant actors to understand agricultural insurance requirements.
Support knowledge sharing and capacity building on the interpretation and application of climate and agricultural insurance data.
Contribute to training materials and practical guidance for users of the platform.

Technical Reporting and Recommendations

Provide technical inputs to inception reports, pilot testing reports, use-case reports and other project deliverables.
Document lessons learned and provide recommendations for improving agricultural insurance applications.
Contribute to the development of the national scale-up strategy for the Climate Data Platform.
Skills & Expertise
Agricultural Research
Agronomist
Insurance

Other Relevant Skills

Agronomist
General Insurance
Agro Businesses

Workplace

Work from home

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Dhaka (Basundhara RA)

To apply for this job email your details to apply@chakricircular.com