Job Recruitment at African Development Bank (AfDB)
African Development Bank (AfDB) - Established in
1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African
development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress
across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa
(Regional Member Countries). The
Bank's development agenda is
delivering the financial and technical support for transformative
projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and
sustainable economic growth.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Director, Environment and Social Safeguards Department (SNSC)
Reference: ADB/17/064
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: EL5
Position N°: 50093255
The Complex
- The Senior Vice-Presidency is responsible for supporting the
President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve its
strategic objective and drive performance culture that will align all
processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
- The Senior Vice-President will provide effective leadership and
exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key
corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary
corrective measures and actions.
- The Senior Vice-President will lead senior management
discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of key
Board and Management decisions.
The Hiring Department
- Located within the Senior Vice-Presidency Complex, the
Environment and Social Safeguards Department is responsible for
mainstreaming environmental and social development considerations into
Bank-financed operations in the public and private sectors through the
implementation of the Integrated Safeguard System.
- The Department’s main tasks will be to improve the
quality-at-entry of Bank operations, including Country Strategy Papers
and project-specific interventions (Economic and Strategic Works, etc.)
as well as during implementation, with a particular emphasis on
enhancing developmental effectiveness through application of
environmental and social safeguards procedures and tools at various
stages of the project cycle.
The Position
- The Environment and Social Safeguards Department’s mission is to
ensure proper application of the Integrated Safeguards System and its
associated procedures, guidelines and tools, in order to enhance
environmental and social sustainability into the Bank’s operations.
- The Director will provide guidance, leadership and strategic direction on effective:
- Planning, organization and coordination of the activities of the Department
- Timely delivery compliance of regional operations with the
Bank’s environment and social safeguards and timely processing of their
Environment & Social requirements
- Effective execution of environmental and social safeguards
during project implementation through supervision, counselling and
compliance audits.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Vice-President, the
Director of the Environment and Social Safeguards Department will:
Strategy and technical consultation:
- Provide leadership and interface with the Board in providing
feedback on environment and social matters related to Compliance Review
and Mediation Unit /Independent Review Mechanism in liaison with
respective sector departments;
- Advise Senior Management in relation to operations undergoing mediation or inspection under the Independent Review Mechanism;
- Provide policy and operational guidance to Task Managers and
Investment Officers on environmental and social development issues as a
means of strengthening the environmental and social performance of Bank
operations;
- Provide technical support to Regional Member Countries to
enhance their knowledge of Environment & Social issues and through
country dialogue strengthen their own national country safeguards
systems
- Ensure that projects and programs comply with the Bank’s
environment and social safeguards and compliance policies throughout as
well as coordinating management responses to complaints on Bank-funded
projects;
- Coordinate Management responses on issues of compliance with environmental and social safeguards;
- Provide guidance, leadership and strategic direction on:
developing, implementing and updating the Environment & Social
safeguards policies, procedures and guidelines;
- Foster partnerships in the area of environmental, climate and
social sustainability to enhance the delivery and performance of the
High 5s;
- Strengthen partnerships and initiate networking with other
international and bilateral agencies at international, regional and
local levels.
Work Program Validation and Execution:
- Plan, organize and coordinate the activities of the Department, including review and validation of the work program;
- Set the overall objectives, ensuring alignment between the
strategic priorities of the department, the Complex and the Bank, and
oversee their execution;
- Ensure that deadlines are met and that Department’s outputs reach the highest technical quality standards;
- Review the budget and its real implementation;
Technical Oversight of Department Activities:
- Ensure environment and social compliance of the Bank’s operations;
- Oversee environmental and social categorization and climate
screening routinely executed by the decentralized regional staff and
liaise with operations on any issues of categorization;
- Ensure project due diligence review, clearance and monitoring of all operations’ environmental and social safeguards documents.
Knowledge Development and Networking:
- Establish and oversee the in-house network of environmental
safeguards and social development specialists as a platform for
consultation, knowledge and capacity development;
- Support staff development and capacity building programs on
environmental and social safeguards, at both Bank and country levels;
- Coordinate knowledge capture, and dissemination and outreach activities;
- Manage partnerships, networking, harmonization initiatives with
other multilateral development banks and development agencies and
represent the Bank in international fora and conferences on
environmental and social safeguards.
People Management:
- Ensure the department has the appropriate skills-mix at any time
for effective delivery of the objectives defined in the work program.
- Assess work performance, appraise staff potential and determine training needs.
- Put in place, with the assistance of the Human Resources
department, talent management mechanisms, to build a talent pool for the
department for business continuity.
- Review and validate the staffing needs, and build with the Human Resources department the required recruitment plans.
- Organize effective delegation of responsibilities by empowering staff at all levels.
Relations with Stakeholders:
- Provide sufficient human and financial resources to fulfill the
mandate of the Department, leveraging internal resources and
establishing external partnerships.
- Represent the Bank in the relevant discussion platforms, by
clearly presenting Senior Management value proposition and enhancing
African Development Bank 's brand image
- Performs other duties assigned by the Senior Vice-President.
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Hold at least a Master’s degree in Environmental and/or Social Sciences, International Development studies or related discipline
- Extensive knowledge and experience with environmental and social
safeguards with a clear understanding of developing and applying
multilateral development banks’ safeguard policies and procedures to
project operations, or equivalent
- A strong understanding of environmental and social safeguards’ issues, challenges and practices relating to Africa
- Ability to interact with various stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally
- Ability to develop a successful leadership style to establish and achieve exceptional organization performance
- Ability to handle multiple responsibilities in a fast paced
environment; Strong managerial skills, including interpersonal
communication and client-orientation
- Ability to communicate effectively (excellent written and oral
skills) in English or French, with a working knowledge of the other
language
- Have a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience (5 of
which must be at a managerial level) in a combination of related fields
such as: Environmental and Social impact assessments; environment and
social safeguards policy and procedures (development and application);
multilateral development bank operations; public or private financial
institutions operations; A proven track record in successfully
developing and applying environmental and social safeguards measures in
development interventions, in the particular context of the multilateral
development banks
- Ability to manage cultural and sensitive issues within a multicultural team
- Demonstrated leadership and strategic thinking on mainstreaming
environmental, social and climate safeguards measures in lending and
non-lending operations
- Competence in the use of Bank standard software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
- It would be advantageous to have competence in SAP, and any
other bespoke application used by the Bank which is deemed critical for
discharging of Directors’ duties.
Job Title: Director Fiduciary & Financial Management, Inspection and Procurement Policy
Reference: ADB/17/063
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Position N°: 50092376
Grade: EL5
The Complex
- The Senior Vice-Presidency is responsible for supporting the
President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve it
strategic objective, and drive performance culture that will align all
processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
- The Senior Vice-Presidency will provide effective leadership and
exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key
corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary
corrective measures and actions.
- The Senior Vice-Presidency will lead senior management
discussions, decisions-making process and the implementation of key
Board and Management decisions.
The Hiring Department
The role of the Fiduciary, Procurement Policy and Inspection Department,
is to custodian of the procurement (including procurement for private
and public partnership) and Financial Management profession, and the
following responsibilities:
- Developing and interpreting policy, strategy and related guidance notes and manuals;
- Preparing annual post review reports on the Bank’s Financial Management and procurement operations for the Board;
- Developing training strategy for internal and external clients;
- And dialoguing with external and global partners with a view to building partnerships and fostering harmonization;
- Providing the secretariat for the Procurement Review Committee ; and
- Inspecting and reporting on the performance of procurement and Financial Management activities undertaken by the regions.
The Position
- Director Fiduciary & Financial Management, Inspection And
Procurement Policy is responsible for developing and interpreting policy
and strategy relating to Project Procurement, Project Financial
Management and Inspection;
- Designing guidance notes and manuals to assist staff implement
policies and strategies as above; formulating safeguards and ensuring
their execution by the Regions;
- Inspecting and reporting on the performance (Financial Management and Procurement) of the Regions.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Vice-President, the Director will:
1.)
Strategy:
- Spearhead the development and review of Bank fiduciary policies, strategies and related programs;
- Provide technical leadership to the procurement and financial management function through development of adequate networks;
- Developing FM and Procurement training strategy for internal and external clients;
2.)
Technical Oversight on the Department Activities:
- Liaise with the regions to ensure that the fiduciary and development mandate of the Bank is consistently applied;
- Provide technical guidance to senior management on issues
relating to Procurement, Financial Management, Inspection and
institutional recruitment of consultants;
- Develop the Inspection function- to ensure physical verification of assets in projects financed by the Bank;
- Reviewing Financial Management and procurement performance
reports from the Regions, and preparing Annual Review Reports on the
application of Bank’s Financial Management and procurement policies in
Bank Funded Operations;
- Support the Transformation Management Team and the Delivery
Accountability and Process Efficiency Committee for process
improvements;
- Reviewing unresolved procurement complaints from bidders and
contractors for final Bank decision and servings as the Secretariat for
the Procurement Review Committee;
- Support the Senior Vice-President in Board and Board Committee meetings as needed;
- Support the Purchasing Committee as a technical member;
3.)
People Management:
- Ensure the department has the appropriate skills-mix at any time
for effective delivery of the objectives defined in the work program.
- Review and validate the staffing needs, and build with the Human Resources department the required recruitment plans.
- Assess work performance, appraise staff potential and determine training needs.
- Put in place, with the assistance of the Human Resources
department, talent management mechanisms, to build a talent pool for the
department for business continuity.
- Organize effective delegation of responsibilities by empowering staff at all levels.
4.)
Relations with Stakeholders:
- Conducting dialog with external and global partners and participation in inter-institutional meetings (harmonization, etc.);
- Building and participating global partnerships with institutions
like Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Secretariat,
OECD-Development Assistant Committee (for Methodology for Assessing
Procurement Systems), International Federation Accountants, academic
institutions, etc.
- Performs other duties assigned by the Senior Vice President
Selection Criteria
Including Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Hold at least a Master's Degree or its equivalent in Business
Administration, Engineering, Management, Finance, Economics or other
relevant fields
- Have a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant and progressive
professional experience in country operational situations relevant to
Bank fiduciary work, of which at least 5 years must be in managerial
role
- Good command of budgetary and operational management matters
- Aptitude to diagnose and resolve multiple, concurrent problems; a
conceptual and strategic analytical capacity to understand the
competing requirements
- Proven ability to assimilate information gathered through
research and consultations, to apply that information in creative and
cross-cutting ways, and to synthetize appropriate strategies and
responses
- High-level skills in communication and negotiation as well as
ability to build partnerships with a broad range of clients and deliver
results that meet the needs and long-term interests of clients within
and outside the department
- Strong strategic influencing skills and demonstrated ability to present and win support for ideas
- Ability to develop a successful leadership style to establish and achieve exceptional organization performance
- Well established and recognized track record in complex procurement and FM issues in particular infrastructure
- Good understanding of the African Development Bank's strategic directions and policies
- Capacity to work across departments and institutional boundaries
to coordinate a bank-wide process on results and to ensure timely
production of results
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing,
in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other
language.
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
Note
- Applicants who fully meet the Bank's requirements and are considered for interview will be contacted.
- Only online applications submitted with a comprehensive
Curriculum Vitae (CV) and copies of the required degrees will be
considered.
- The President, AfDB, reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level.
- The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer.
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: 15th May, 2017.