African Development Bank Job Vacancy for a Senior Agribusiness Officer
African Development Bank (AfDB) established to strengthen dialogue
between the Bank and the Government, is recruiting to fill the vacant
position of:
Job Title: Senior Agribusiness Officer
Reference: ADB/15/192
Location: Nigeria
Department/Division: Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department
(OSAN)/Agriculture and Agro-Industry West and Central Regions (OSAN.2)
Report Line: Division Manager, OSA.2
Grade: LP5
SAP NO: 50064587
Objectives
- The role of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department (OSAN)
is to contribute to the fulfillment of the African Development Bank's
objectives to be the leading development finance institution in Africa,
dedicated to providing quality assistance to African Regional member
countries in their poverty alleviation efforts.
- This will be realized through the Bank's 2013-2022 Strategy
which prioritizes inclusive and green development, particularly its area
of special emphasis on agriculture and food security as well as the
Bank's five point agenda: Feed Africa, Industrialize Africa, Integrate
Africa, Power Africa and Improve Quality of Life in Africa.
- Using agribusiness and agro-industry development as an entry
point, this role will be key in supporting Regional Member Countries
(RMCs) create enabling policy regulatory and financing frameworks needed
to scale up the collective business activities that will transform
farm outputs and deliver to final consumers.
- Using a value-chain approach, this role will seek to design and
support RMC's activities that reinforce agricultural transformation
agenda, including:
- Support development of agro-allied industrial zones and agricultural corridors
- Increase commercial financing to the agriculture sector by
establishing an African Agricultural Risk Sharing Facility to de-risk
the agricultural value chains
- Support Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa
- Central Banks special funds to support long term agricultural loans with longer term maturity
- Develop Agribusiness Diaspora Bonds to securitize remittance flows for investments in African agriculture and agribusiness
- Increase the deployment of financing to the agriculture and
agribusiness sector through private equity funds to support critical
infrastructure development
- Support more functional Agricultural Development Banks, where appropriate,
- Scale up the establishment of Warehouse Receipt Financing and Agricultural Commodity Exchanges
- Scale up Skills Enhancement for Youths in Agriculture and establish an African Youth in Agriculture Financing Facility.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting administratively to the Country Director of the Nigeria
Country Office and under the general supervision of the Division
Manager, OSAN.2, the incumbent’s role includes but not limited to:
- Undertake analytical work in agriculture and agribusiness
sector, with a view to determining its level of priority in the
country's development program, and advise Management on how to ensure
sustainability of benefits of Bank financed agricultural projects and
programs in Nigeria.
- Assist where required in the development of the Bank’s policies, procedures and guidelines, and ensure their application.
- Assist the department of Agriculture and Agro-Industry in the
analysis of key agribusiness and agro-industrial challenges facing
Africa.
- Perform analysis of selected agricultural sectors/food chains,
including food security and food safety issues and assess the
feasibility of agribusiness investment projects.
- Analyse the constraints and opportunities related to
agribusiness investment options with emphasis on the functionality of
markets, support services, trade policies, market institutions and
organizations, risk management systems and private sector engagement.
- Support the financing of major aspects of agro-industrial
development of the African continent with focus on value addition and
processing, regional commodity exchanges.
- Support the structuring of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agribusiness projects, to catalyse private sector investment.
- Contribute to the preparation of Country Strategy Paper, with particular reference to agriculture and agribusiness development.
- Formulate, evaluate and supervise projects, lending proposals, feasibility studies and agribusiness sector work.
- Provide inputs in the review of tender evaluation reports and
undertake the evaluation of technical and financial proposals for
contracts relating to project implementation.
- Participate in the Agricultural Sector Working Group activities
and related donor-coordination meetings to strengthen partnerships in
the sector.
- Contribute with technical inputs to Bank Group’s operational
activities relating agro-industrial development, through the review of
the technical design and institutional arrangements for agricultural
programmes proposed for Bank’s funding.
- Set up and maintain strategic collaboration with relevant
partners in the area of agribusiness, agro-industry and the Bank’s
private sector department.
- Organize agribusiness and agro-business development seminars, make presentations and represent the Bank in those meetings.
- Collaborate with other Bank's Units in reviewing the operations
performance, preparing completion reports, etc., so as to ensure that
the lessons drawn from the implementation of past operations are taken
into account in new projects.
- In relation to the Bank's country and regional strategy,
identify, prepare and appraise agribusiness and agro industry sub-sector
operations.
- Assist Regional Member Countries to radically boost their
agribusiness and agro-industries as a platform for job creation,
improved livelihood and broad-based economic growth and development.
- Undertake analysis and sector studies to orient the Bank's
strategy of intervention in the area of agribusiness and agro-industry
development for Africa.
- Advice and develop concepts on the design of strategies and
policies related to agricultural marketing and inclusive and sustainable
agri-food value chain development.
- Undertake any other assignments as may be assigned by the Division Manager.
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- A minimum of Master's degree or equivalent in
Agribusiness/Agro-industry/Agriculture with a major in Agricultural
Economics or Development Economics or relevant Social-related
discipline.
- Demonstrated attention to details.
- Strong leadership and coaching skills, with a proven track
record of working with economic teams and creating an empowering and
self-development oriented work environment.
- Proficiency in the use of standard Microsoft software, especially MS Office environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and
/ or French with a good working knowledge of the other language.
- A minimum of 5 (five) years of relevant experience and broad
professional experience in agribusiness and/or agro-industry
development, linkage with the private sector, project formulation,
preparation, appraisal and management.
- Ability to apply innovative approaches, ability to work in team, analyse and summarize.
- Good interpersonal communication and project management skills.
Information on the Position
This position dose not attract international Terms and Conditions of
Employment. (Incumbents of the Position will be considered as Local
Staff and will not have International Status).
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline 31st January, 2016.