Milliman’s partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), known as the UNDP-Milliman Global Actuarial Initiative (GAIN) has a mission to grow actuarial capacity in developing countries to better manage the increasing risks faced by these countries. Since its launch in late 2022, this bold and unique initiative is thriving and growing, supporting 10 countries with insurance and risk finance solutions to face growing risks.
In 2024, they will be introducing a volunteer team structure with the goal of bringing together groups of experienced professionals to work on our response on certain topics. The team effort is designed to provide adequate expertise and experience to lead responses. In addition to Milliman professionals, they are seeking actuarial professionals to join our teams and share their time and knowledge in uplifting the actuarial profession in developing countries. They need the help and support of the global actuarial community for this initiative to succeed.
Here are the details for these volunteer positions along with the links to the scope of work:
| Title | Core skills required | Descriptions |
| Education Working Group | Interest, experience, and familiarity in working with education related topics | Part of team to provide support and advice to university actuarial science programs, including connecting them with other resources. |
| Regulatory Working Group | Interest, experience, and familiarity in working with insurance regulatory bodies | Part of team to support insurance regulators in building their capacity and advising on actuarial regulatory issues |
| Insurers Support Working Group | Interest, experience, and familiarity with working in small or mid-sized insurance companies | Part of team to support the building of actuarial teams within insurance companies |
| Social Security Working Group | Interest, experience, and familiarity in working with pension plans, and ideally with social security schemes | Part of team to support high-level review of social security schemes |
All the positions are virtual and estimated number of hours of commitment is 30 hours in the year of 2024 with an application deadline of 26 January 2024. If you have any questions about specific ambassador opportunities, reach out to UNDP@milliman.com.