Latest Jobs at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), 15th May, 2019

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African Development Bank Group (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: Principal Advisory Services Officer Reference: ADB/19/100 Location: Cote d’Ivoire Grade: PL4 Position N°: 50078333 The Complex

• The Vice Presidency for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization is central to the Bank’s mission of developing the private sector, improving infrastructure and accelerating industrialization. The complex main functions are to (i) strengthen the enabling environment for private sector [and financial sector] development conducive to inclusive growth and sustainable development, (ii) support the development of reliable and sustainable infrastructure, including cities and urban development, and (iii) place renewed emphasis on industrial and trade performance in support of structural transformation across Africa.

The Hiring Department:

• The role of the Bank’s NSO and Private Sector Support Department (PINS) is to promote private sector in Regional Members Countries (RMCs), ensuring that it plays a central role in laying the foundations in the development role of the Bank, in line with the Bank’s 10 Year Strategy and HI 5 initiatives.
• As part of the Private Sector Support Department, the Strategy and Transaction Support Division is responsible for preparing strategies, policies, guidelines, and analytical tools relevant to the private sector development; it also ensures global client management and undertakes specialized assignments for the Regions, providing ad hoc advice on transaction bankability, structuring, Project Modelling and designs and implements technical assistance for Private Sector operations.

The Position The level of responsibility associated with the position as Principal Advisory Services Officer requires the job holder to:

• Coordinate and contribute to the development of innovative programs, structures, co-financing, technical assistance aimed at enhancing the structure and viability of Non Sovereign Operations(NSO);
• Identify the focus and type of initiatives and potential partners for delivery of Technical Assistance (TA) and business advisory States; alongside special vehicles to mobilize third parties funds  to support NSO in Low Income Countries (LICs) and Conflict affected Countries;
•  Drive analytical work and develop a framework for business advisory services for Non-sovereign operations within the Bank. Contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and best practices on issues related to  mainstreaming TA in Country Strategy Paper ( CSPs) and NSO related activities;
• Provide support in preparation and monitoring technical assistance transactions within the Bank;
• Operate and Manage the Technical Assistance Platform and develop guidelines and standards for TA operations.

Duties and Responsibilities Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Division Manager - Strategy and Transaction  Support, the Principal Advisory Services Officer will perform the following:

• Provide guidance on the design and implementation of technical assistance projects, related initiatives, programs and services, through regular outreach to NSO Sector teams with a view of enhancing  Non Sovereign Operations;
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of technical assistance projects originated by NSO and other Departments of the Bank;
• Conduct Analytical Work and Advisory Service,  dissemination of knowledge and best practices on issues related to TA and private sector development in Africa;
• Coordinate the development of innovative programs, structures, co-financing, technical assistance aimed at meeting the specific requirements of the various NSO business segments;
• Participate in  the technical review of identified technical assistance  proposals to be financed through managed trust/special funds, ordinary resources and captive facilities;
• Train staff in the utilization of the TA platform and reporting;
• Administrate the Technical Assistance web based Platform and provide user support;
• Design and originate specific TA proposal for PSD (Private Sector Development) in Fragile Countries for the underserved (youth, women, etc.);
• Provide inputs on technical assistance program to inform the Bank's country assistance and other development strategies, plans, programs and projects;
• Monitor, coordinate and provide inputs from PINS perspective to the private sector -related technical assistance activities led by other units across the Bank;
• As needed, reach out to the Bank’s administrators of internally managed donor facilities to mobilize transaction-level financing for technical assistance projects;
• Provide on need basis updated status and forecast information on operational and fiduciary matters TA activities funded by Bank managed trust funds;
• Contribute to the preparation of briefs on private sector technical assistance, matters for senior management, for the Bank's annual report, etc;
• On a periodic basis, consolidate portfolio and TA performance  related information as part of departmental and corporate reporting requirements;
• Contribute to the preparation of workshops and internal trainings to NSO Departments and other Bank staff on technical assistance;
• Organize information sessions and seminars on TA support functions and services;
• Prepare knowledge papers and briefs as required on TA;
• Provide guidance to Task Managers on TA design and implementation;
• In partnership with other NSO departments and counterparts/ donors/Governments, conduct and coordinate analytical work on the private sector development in RMCs, to shape the Bank’s private sector interventions in the various business segments and define areas of emphasis for the preparation of Country Strategy Papers (CSPs) and other relevant documents.

Selection Criteria Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master’s degree or its university equivalent in Finance, Economics or related field;
• Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience in the Bank or a similar institution and/or in strategic consultancy, in particular in SME development and technical assistance;
• Knowledge of MDB's private sector business will be an added advantage;
• First-hand knowledge and proven experience in private sector development in Africa with exposure to fragile situations;
• Strong experience with trust funds and donor funded operations;
• Sound knowledge of technical assistance products for private sector development;
• Experience with SME training and capacity building;
• Ability to respond swiftly to new situations and to anticipate new issues;
• Capacity to adapt to the rapidly evolving needs of the Bank’s NSOs ecosystem;
• Proven ability to acquire new skills (particularly in legal, investment, risk capital, technology and innovative sectors);
• Proven record of accomplishment in building and maintaining very strong and successful partnerships;
• Proven ability to effectively plan, direct, organize and administer diverse activities to ensure effective delivery of work program;
• Solid negotiation skills, diplomacy and credibility to deal with internal and external clients at all levels;
• Excellent spoken and written English or French languages, preferably with a working knowledge of the other;
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications; Knowledge of SAP is advantageous.

    Job Title: Principal Resource Mobilization & Partnerships Officer Reference: ADB/19/101 Location: Côte d’Ivoire Position N°: 50070053 Grade: PL4 The Complex

• The Vice Presidency for Finance oversees the financial management of the Bank Group. This encompasses the Bank Group’s treasury activities including borrowings from the capital markets and investment activities; controllership functions including financial reporting and loan administration; strategic resource mobilization and the strengthening of the non-statutory financial resources and instruments; the overall asset/liability management for the Bank Group.

The Hiring Department/Division:

• As part of the Finance Complex, the Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department has fiduciary responsibility for strategic concessionary resource mobilization, as well as donor relationship management and reporting, with the aim to complement and leverage the financial resources and instruments of the African Development Bank Group. The department is comprised of two divisions whose primary, joint role is to increase the pool and types of funding available to the Bank's regional member countries, particularly for transformative projects in line with the Bank's Ten-year strategy and High Five priorities. The Division 2:
• Leads the institution’s partnership with emerging shareholder countries (e.g. China, Korea, India, Brazil) and their bilateral aid agencies; and multilateral bodies including the European Union, the United Nations and African Union;
• Leads the strategic negotiations for the setting up financial vehicles and institutional frameworks necessary for the institution to accept external resources, including all co-financing facilities and trust funds financed by external partners;
• Oversees fiduciary management of the institution’s bilateral and thematic trust funds; that is, mobilize, allocate and monitor non-statutory capital ensuring compliance with the African Development Bank Group’s rules and the commitments taken upon the replenishment negotiations, as applicable;
• Monitors and manages relationships with existing and new partners, including non-sovereign partnerships such as with corporates and philanthropic foundations (e.g. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); serving as the secretariat for the review committee for new partnerships (i.e. Standing Committee on Partnerships);
• Identifies innovative ways to partner with non-traditional donors and leverage new resource mobilization tools and approaches (e.g. crowdsourcing, block chain) to evaluate their potential applicability and viability for the institution;
• Researches and positions the institution to respond to emerging thematic resource mobilization trends
• Assists other organizational units of the Bank Group to identify resources for their initiatives (i.e. Jobs for Youth Program);
• Houses innovative financial products and risk mitigation instruments which catalyze private capital to finance development in Africa (e.g. Private Sector Credit Enhancement Facility) under a blended finance approach.
• Reports globally on the use of resources placed in trust at the African Development Bank Group to management and to outside parties, as required;
• Develops and disseminates to internal and external audiences trainings, capacity building, guidance papers and policy documents on resource mobilization at the African Development Bank (e.g. member to MDB Roundtable on Trust Funds and Co-Financing, Business Opportunity Seminars).

The Position

• The Principal Resource Mobilization & Partnerships Officer (PL-4) plays a central role in the department and division. The selected individual would contribute directly to engaging, managing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on both institutional relationships with external partners and financial commitments, with a focus on delivering impact and results to donors and senior management.
• The successful candidate would be directly implicated in mobilizing and deploying the Bank Group’s resources, by contributing to the planning, conceptualization, elaboration and operationalization of key Bank Group key resource mobilization and partnerships processes, programs and projects.

Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager, the Principal Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Officer will:

• Facilitate the coordination and collaboration between Bank Group business units and external partners and/or sovereign donors as assigned;
• Contribute to the conceptualization, elaboration and presentation of negotiation documents relevant to the successful fundraising of new resources;
• Task manage specific resource mobilization efforts including but not limited to statutory and/or non-statutory replenishments, co-financing, fundraising for trust funds, fundraising for special initiatives and launching of any other innovative partnership mechanisms with the Bank Group’s sovereign and non-sovereign partners;
• Serve as a Fund Manager, overseeing the administration and monitoring of existing and new resource vehicles (trust funds), particularly their disbursement, and grant-level project implementation so as to ensure organizational compliance with donors’ financial and programmatic reporting requirements with a focus on impact and results for Africa’s development;
• Serve as the external focal point for assigned donors and initiatives, responding to ad hoc queries and ensuring the highest level of visibility for the partner and the uses to which resources placed in trust have been applied;
• Consistently monitor and evaluate grant-level activities of donor-funded programs and review activity progress reports, project completion reports, audit reports and other evaluation outputs from operational departments; and financial statements from the accounting department to assess corrective actions if required, and submission of documents for review by the respective donor(s), as needed;
• Provide internal stakeholders with technical advice and information on the priorities and availability of development partner and donor funding to strengthen opportunities for fundraising of targeted Bank Group initiatives
• Contribute to key processes for the strengthening of the operational environment for resource mobilization including updating and or developing related implementation procedures and operational guidelines for receipt and use of funding or new financial instruments;
• Assist in the organization of regular internal and external outreach events for the benefit of staff and other stakeholders to explain the activities of the different funds, facilities and instruments of the Bank Group;
• Participate in and contribute to key partnerships meetings and conferences (including those with other Multilateral Development Banks and international philanthropic organizations) to seek new resource mobilization and partnership opportunities for the Bank Group;
• Contribute to the conceptualization, elaboration and presentation of Bank Group resource mobilization and negotiation documents; elaborate policy and strategy papers relevant to resource mobilization and/or negotiation process;
• Contribute to the development of white papers and other reports to address emerging fundraising innovations (i.e. crowdsourcing; social impact bonds; blended finance) and the evolving positioning of the Bank Group within the evolving global aid architecture;
• Serve as an advisor on documentation presented for review to various relevant internal committees including Operations Committee (OPSCOM) and Standing Committee on Partnerships (SCP);
• Assist in elaborating the Division’s objectives, work programs and their execution while ensuring that deadlines are met and that outputs meet the highest technical standard.

Selection Criteria Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master's Degree (or its equivalent) from recognized/accredited university in either: Social Sciences (Law, Public Policy, International Affairs, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy, etc.), Economics and Finance, Other relevant fields
• Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant and work experience in resource mobilization and/or partnerships, preferably within a (i) public financial institution and/or non-profit sector; or (ii) private sector, with a clear and established operational track record of achieving results;
• Strong grasp and understanding of key trends in international development finance (e.g. knowledge of ODA approaches and policies of major international donors as part of OECD-DAC, as well as emerging donors; bilateral and multilateral agency fundraising and partnership trends in the short-, medium-, and long-term) and an ability to identify the strategic fit of new partners, products and services in the global marketplace and what these may imply for the Bank Group’s fundraising efforts at any given time;
• Mature relationship manager with ability to balance the needs and requests of external donors against the policy environment of a multilateral development bank;
• General knowledge of the Bank Group’s shareholders, various financial vehicles and facilities, capitalization ambitions, and volume of its lending activities;
• Proven consultation and diplomacy skills, with track record of effectively contributing to the conclusion of complex negotiations with public and private institutions; proven ability to persuade, influence and win over a skeptical audience;  and tailor arguments to all levels of stakeholders;
• Strong professional network within the international development community;
• Evidence of operational effectiveness in the execution of discrete tasks (e.g. demonstrable ability to meet fundraising targets);
• Determined and client oriented problem solver, willing to be flexible and use innovation & creativity in the face of challenges;
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English and/or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other language; Ability to demonstrate cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Competence in the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software a plus.
• Team player, with an ability to manage and supervise junior and/or support staff or consultants, as required.

    How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply   Application Deadline 13th June, 2019.

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