Recent Job Vacancies at The African Development Bank (AfDB), 31st May, 2018

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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: Principal Fragility and Policy Analyst(s) - RDTS Reference: ADB/18/083 Location: Côte d’Ivoire Grade: PL4 Position N°: 50071222 / 50001412 The Complex

• Within the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex (RDVP), the Bank has five (5) Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery (RDIBD) Directorates, one in each region of Africa: North, South, East, West, and Central.
• Each Regional Directorate is headed by a Director General (DG) and is staffed with the relevant sectoral functions and administrative capabilities for rapid delivery of services to client countries.
• The Regional Directorates provide overall strategic direction to country offices within the regions and are responsible for the Bank’s operations, business development, project management and overall effective delivery of the Bank’s High 5s of ‘Light up and Power Africa,’ ‘Feed Africa,’ ‘Industrialize Africa,’ ‘Integrate Africa,’ ‘Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa.

The Hiring Department

• The Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) is responsible for leading and implementing African Development Bank Group (the Bank) Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in its Regional Member Countries.
• It coordinates the Bank’s work on addressing fragility and building resilience, including activities of all fragility and resilience professionals stationed in the various Regional Hubs or Country Offices.
• Over the past decade, Africa has seen enormous growth and transformation that has expanded opportunities and improved living conditions for millions of people. More than two-thirds of African countries have strengthened their quality of governance, improved basic services, and expanded economic opportunities.
• Yet, there are significant risks that this momentum could be undermined by important pressures-continuing patterns of exclusion and poverty, unemployment, high migration, rapid urbanization, climate change and poor management of natural resources-that threaten to overwhelm existing institutional capacities for managing political, economic, social and environmental challenges.
• These pressures are making every single African country more vulnerable. RDTS aims to place the Bank at the center of Africa’s efforts to address fragility and pave the way for a more resilient and inclusive development trajectory.
• A major part of RDTS’ activities involves the identification of the main drivers of fragility, including economic, social, political and environmental dimensions, and how the Bank’s programs and projects can contribute to equity and inclusive development.
• Central to RDTS engagement is the systematic application of a fragility lens to identify, respond to and prevent fragility and to build resilience and focus the Bank’s engagement in the areas where it can have the biggest impact.

The Position

• Under the supervision of the Director of the Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) and the Division Lead Coordinator/Fragility Expert, the role of the Principal Fragility and Policy Analyst is to review, analyze, provide analytical support, draft policy documents to highlight the main factors effecting the fragility of the client countries and engage in, and working with, the principal resilience expert to identify programs and interventions which could enhance the capacity and resilience of client countries.
• The candidate will work closely with the government counterparts in designing the interventions as well as the other respective departments of the Bank.
• The Principal Fragility and Policy Analyst will also be responsible for carrying out research and drafting Economic and Sector Work papers to identify project interventions in transition member countries in close collaboration with the Chief Economist Office of the Bank and other related departments.
• The Successful Candidate will promote and showcase the Bank’s development impact achievements in transition countries in Africa, and projecting the Bank’s image as a leader in transition countries through representation in various fora, publications, and networking with key stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision and guidance of the Director and Lead Coordinator/Fragility Expert, the Principal Fragility Expert and Policy Analyst will:

• Review and provide comments on key documents that need to be cleared by the Director and Vice President before they are submitted to the Board or member countries.
• Review, analyse, and draft policy documents on vulnerability and fragility of selected transition member countries,
• Review and provide comments on key Bank documents,
• Review and provide comments on documents which are sent to the Operations Committee for clearance and onward transmission to the Board of Directors. These include project documents, Country Strategy Papers, Country Portfolio Performance Reviews and new Bank Group Strategies.
• Prepare briefing notes for the Director for presentation to senior management and stakeholders.
• Prepare presentations as needed for the Director.
• Monitor macroeconomic issues in the global economy as well as in Fragile countries
• Work closely with Principal Resilience Expert to develop interventions to enhance the capacity of transition countries.
• Coordinate with complexes on strategic issues.

Selection Criteria Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master's degree or its equivalent in Economics, Political Science, International Law, International Relations or related qualification.
• Have a minimum of six (6) years of experience in economic research, peace and state building, social dialogue, management consulting and strong experience in the drafting and review of policy and strategy documents, particularly in multilateral institutions.
• Excellent analytical and drafting skills and demonstrated ability to communicate ideas effectively.
• Proven ability to identify and articulate policy issues, trade-offs and priorities to provide sound advice.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work across institutional boundaries with various teams in a productive way.
• Strong familiarity with the Bank’s operations, procedures and policies, and deep knowledge of macroeconomic, economic policy and development issues in Regional Member Countries.
• Experience in coordination and facilitation of cooperation among multiple stakeholders in private, public and research sectors.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage their time effectively to deal with multiple demands and deadlines.
• Ability to apply innovative approaches, work independently and apply new methods to solve problems, while remaining efficient in a fast-paced, changing and challenging institutional environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other language.
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,), Knowledge of SAP is highly desirable.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Senior Fragility Procurement Officer - RDTS Reference: ADB/18/082 Location: Côte d’Ivoire Position N°: 50078439 Grade: PL5 The Complex

• Within the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex (RDVP), the Bank has five (5) Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery (RDIBD) Directorates, one in each region of Africa: North, South, East, West, and Central.
• Each Regional Directorate is headed by a Director General (DG) and is staffed with the relevant sectoral functions and administrative capabilities for rapid delivery of services to client countries.
• The Regional Directorates provide overall strategic direction to country offices within the regions and are responsible for the Bank’s operations, business development, project management and overall effective delivery of the Bank’s High 5s of ‘Light up and Power Africa,’ ‘Feed Africa,’ ‘Industrialize Africa,’ ‘Integrate Africa,’ ‘Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa.

The Hiring Department

• The Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) is responsible for leading and implementing African Development Bank Group (the Bank) Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in its Regional Member Countries.
• It coordinates the Bank’s work on addressing fragility and building resilience, including activities of all fragility and resilience professionals stationed in the various Regional Hubs or Country Offices.
• Over the past decade, Africa has seen enormous growth and transformation that has expanded opportunities and improved living conditions for millions of people. More than two-thirds of African countries have strengthened their quality of governance, improved basic services, and expanded economic opportunities.
• Yet, there are significant risks that this momentum could be undermined by important pressures—continuing patterns of exclusion and poverty, unemployment, high migration, rapid urbanization, climate change and poor management of natural resources—that  threaten to overwhelm existing institutional capacities for managing political, economic, social and environmental challenges.
• These pressures are making every single African country more vulnerable. RDTS aims to place the Bank at the center of Africa’s efforts to address fragility and pave the way for a more resilient and inclusive development trajectory.
• A major part of RDTS’ activities involves the identification of the main drivers of fragility, including economic, social, political and environmental dimensions, and how the Bank’s programs and projects can contribute to equity and inclusive development. Central to RDTS engagement is the systematic application of a fragility lens to identify, respond to and prevent fragility and to build resilience and focus the Bank’s engagement in the areas where it can have the biggest impact.

The Position

• The Senior Fragility Procurement Officer is required to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of the procurement function, providing expert advice on procurement and contract administration, monitoring the performance of all contracts on outsourced work to support the implementation of work program. He/She ensures that all procurement activities are carried out in accordance with Bank rules and procedures, especially the new procurement policy for fragile situations. The Senior Fragility Procurement Officer contributes to the preparation of the Bank's Country Strategy Papers and advises on enhancing borrower acquisition capacity, which includes training of borrower staff, advising on procurement issues related to borrower’s projects as well as the evaluation and strengthening of the procurement systems of Transition States.

Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Director, Manager/Lead Fragility Expert, the Senior Fragility Procurement Officer has the following responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance on all aspects of the procurement function including providing expert advice to management and clients on wide ranging and highly complex technical and other issues relating to procurement.
• Develop, execute, and administer highly complex contracts for diverse services/goods.
• Develop and implement procedures for contract management, contract performance and contract administration.
• Ensure timely follow-up and review of supplier performance evaluation.
• Ensure suppliers meet the Bank’s mandatory contractual requirements for the duration of the contract.
• Develop tools to address unsatisfactory performance.
• Provide guidance on contract matters to procurement managers or other operational staff, including training to new procurement staff in contract management practices and procedures.
• Ensure signed contracts are communicated to stakeholders to provide visibility and awareness, interpretation to support implementation.
• Oversee service level agreement compliance.
• In close connection with end users, ensure contract close-out, extension or renewal of contracts
• Plan and monitor quality of contract team’s output, reviewing all contracts prior to execution for appropriateness, completeness and accuracy.
• Lead work with other colleagues to maximize use of staff resources and streamline efforts, taking into account aggregate forecast of client requirements, as well as procurement trends, to ensure efficient planning overall.
• Develop and monitor contract administration program pre and post award, providing guidance and direction to support the implementation of work relative to contract issues.
• Develop and manage contract renewal schedules for all ongoing requirement contracts.
• Plan, develop and implement outreach programs providing guidance on contracts administration, as well as oversight (e.g. ex. post and ex ante audits). Supports clients’ efforts in creating annual works program estimates and plans.
• Work independently under general direction of Team Leader and guide and mentor junior staff.
• Prepare special reports, statistics and forecasts and carry on other assignments as required by supervisor.

Selection Criteria Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master's Degree or its equivalent in Administration, Business, Economics, Law, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Engineering and any related qualification.
• Have a minimum of five (5) years' relevant experience in a contract management role, such as purchasing or contracting. Have good knowledge and proven experience in the practice of purchasing goods and works and the acquisition of consultancy services, in accordance with the terms and conditions of financing of the donors; knowledge of the Bank's procurement policy would be desirable.
• Innovation and Creativity: The commitment to search for and produce innovative and creative approaches to activities in order to enhance performance and create added benefits to the Bank and its clients.
• Communication: Provides clear and concise oral and written communication; presents oral information with clarity and appropriate style and adapts language and style to suit the requirements of a particular audience.
• Problem Solving: Applies business knowledge to the resolution of problems and identifies solutions to the benefit of the client (internal and external) and the organization.
• Client Orientation: Ensures that the client is considered to be of primary importance in all transactions and interactions. Strives to understand, and when appropriate, anticipate client needs, and ensures that the client receives the best possible service from the Bank.
• Team Working and Relationships: Works with others to maximize the effectiveness of the team as a whole, sharing the knowledge and workload. Develops strong working relationships with colleagues and contributes to creation of a positive team environment.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing effectively 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,).

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Lead Coordinator/Fragility Expert - RDTS Reference: ADB/18/080 Location: Côte d’Ivoire Grade: PL2 Position N°: 50069784 The Complex

• Within the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex (RDVP), the Bank has five (5) Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery (RDIBD) Directorates, one in each region of Africa: North, South, East, West, and Central. Each Regional Directorate is headed by a Director General (DG) and is staffed with the relevant sectoral functions and administrative capabilities for rapid delivery of services to client countries.
• The Regional Directorates provide overall strategic direction to country offices within the regions and are responsible for the Bank’s operations, business development, project management and overall effective delivery of the Bank’s High 5s of ‘Light up and Power Africa,’ ‘Feed Africa,’ ‘Industrialize Africa,’ ‘Integrate Africa,’ ‘Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa.

The Hiring Department

• The Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) is responsible for leading and implementing African Development Bank Group (the Bank) Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in its Regional Member Countries. It coordinates the Bank’s work on addressing fragility and building resilience, including activities of all fragility and resilience professionals stationed in the various Regional Hubs or Country Offices. Over the past decade, Africa has seen enormous growth and transformation that has expanded opportunities and improved living conditions for millions of people.
• More than two-thirds of African countries have strengthened their quality of governance, improved basic services, and expanded economic opportunities. Yet, there are significant risks that this momentum could be undermined by important pressures—continuing patterns of exclusion and poverty, unemployment, high migration, rapid urbanization, climate change and poor management of natural resources-that  threaten to overwhelm existing institutional capacities for managing political, economic, social and environmental challenges.
• These pressures are making every single African country more vulnerable. RDTS aims to place the Bank at the center of Africa’s efforts to address fragility and pave the way for a more resilient and inclusive development trajectory. A major part of RDTS’ activities involves the identification of the main drivers of fragility, including economic, social, political and environmental dimensions, and how the Bank’s programs and projects can contribute to equity and inclusive development.
• Central to RDTS engagement is the systematic application of a fragility lens to identify, respond to and prevent fragility and to build resilience and focus the Bank’s engagement in the areas where it can have the biggest impact.

The Position

• Under the supervision of Director of The Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) the Lead Coordinator/Fragility Expert will principally be responsible for the implementation and execution of the African Development Bank’s agenda for addressing fragility and building resilience in Africa.
• The Lead Coordinator/Fragility Expert will also be responsible for providing leadership and supervising the implementation of the Bank’s programs and frameworks.
• This will entail advising senior management on the actions needed to meet the Bank’s commitments under each cycle of the African Development Fund.

Duties and Responsibilities The Lead Coordinator will provide leadership, manage and supervise all staff and activities of the Office, determine the overall objectives, oversee the execution of the work program and ensure effective use of the Coordination Office’s budget. Her/his duties and responsibilities will include the following:

• Lead and coordinate the formulation of the Bank’s strategies, guidelines on fragility and the preparation of the Bank’s work program; oversee and ensure regular review and update of the Bank’s strategies and guidelines;
• Lead work on the development of new tools, knowledge generation and participate in policy dialogue with Regional Member Countries;
• Oversee the execution of the Bank’s annual work program in the areas of Fragility, Conflict and Violence;
• Provide leadership in the analysis of fragility trends and their likely impact on the Bank’s portfolios; lead and supervise the staff of the Office;
• Build and maintain the Bank’s reputation through developing effective partnerships, maintaining frequent contacts, representing the Bank at seminars, and conferences on relevant topics and discussions with counterparts and inspire the staff to do the same. Manage internal relations, ensure effective information dissemination, deepen and widen the Bank’s investor base;
• Ensure strict compliance with operational guidelines for implementing the Bank’s fragility strategy as derived from the Ten-Year Strategy, and long-standing practices and relevant operating procedures/manuals as well as apply best practices for mobilizing the funding of the fragility strategy, while keeping abreast of trends and new developments in fragility discourse.
• Provide advice on resource mobilization, including during each cycle of the African Development Fund replenishment, and  administrative management of the Transition Support Facility;
• Build working relationships with other Bank Departments and Units, reporting the Bank’s work on addressing fragility and building resilience and monitor and assess progress towards the attainment of relevant key performance indicators assigned to the Office;
• Manage relationships with regional member countries, donors, partners and other clients;

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Language Tools and Software Officer - CHLS0 Reference: ADB/18/079 Location: Côte d’Ivoire Grade: PL6 Position N°: 50089981 Objectives

• 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. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas, all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.

The Complex

• The Vice-Presidency, Human Resources and Corporate Services Complex ensures the delivery of efficient, people-centered, client-oriented, corporate services to guarantee overall institutional effectiveness in all aspects of the Bank’s corporate services.
• The Complex leads efforts to ensure the competitiveness of the Bank as the employer of choice and is responsible for providing leadership in the formulation and implementation of Bank’s people, IT, general services and institutional procurements, language services, business continuity, and health and safety strategies.

The Hiring Department/Division

• The primary role of the Language Services Department is to ensure, as required by the Bank's Agreement, the accessibility in the two working languages of the Bank (English and French, and on occasion Arabic and Portuguese) of all issues and documents submitted to the Senior Management and governing bodies of the Bank, for efficient decision-making aimed at the achievement of the Bank's mission.
• In this regard, the Department accords high priority to ensuring an accurate and effective flow of communication within the Bank, and also between the Bank, its shareholders, development partners and the public at large, by providing the highest quality of translation, interpretation and terminological services to the Institution.
• The main objective of the Language Tools and Software Officer is to assist the Department in boosting language services by leveraging IT, keeping abreast of technological advances, collecting and analyzing CAT Tools data for benchmarking purposes, conducting surveys on the quality and efficiency of language tools and services.

The Position

• Under the general supervision of the Director, the Language Tools and Software Officer helps the Department deliver its mandate by optimizing the use of Computer-aided Translation Tools and artificial intelligence in the provision of language services at the African Development Bank.

Duties and Responsibilities The Language Tools and Software Officer will:

• Contribute to the Language Services Department’s mandate, by leveraging technologies in translation, editing and interpretation activities;
• Keep abreast of developments in computational linguistics;
• Work in close collaboration with the Bank’s IT Team to develop, design, fine-tune or acquire language tools that are relevant to the Bank’s activities;
• Conduct surveys to determine the need, relevance and cost-effectiveness of CAT Tools in the provision of language services in the Bank;
• Design initiatives aimed at reengineering business processes through the deployment of language tools;
• Produce periodic reports on the development, quality, productivity and use of IT Tools in terms of value for money;
• Monitor the trends of CAT tools and make recommendations to the Department on the way forward;
• Carry out related research, including consulting sister institutions, language tools designers and developers in the industry;
• Generate data from CAT Tools (Multitrans, Workflow, Interpretation Scheduler, SDL Trados) and periodically report on their use and efficiency;
• Drive automation, through stepping up the deployment and efficient use of translation, editing and interpretation software, ensuring it complies with Sophos standards;
• Liaise with business owners to agree on deliverables and key expectations in their respective areas;
• Drive innovation, by exploring cutting edge technology in Machine Translation and Remote Interpretation;
• Liaise with IT Department to ensure that business continuity arrangements and back-up systems related to language tools are fully reliable;
• Designing Toolkits to promote and facilitate the use and optimization of language tools;
• Operate computer assisted translation (CAT) tools to improve efficiency.

Selection Criteria Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• At least a Master's degree in translation/computer science or a closely related discipline.
• A minimum of four (4) years of practical experience in the use and deployment of language tools, with particular emphasis on Computer-aided translation tools.
• Sound knowledge of language tools and emerging trends in the industry
• Capacity to analyze such trends and make recommendations on the way forward.
• Capacity to adjust rapidly to a complex multicultural environment.
• Ability to fit into a multilingual team and maintain seamless working relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under pressure and remain professional
• Capacity to work with the Bank’s IT Team with a view to maintaining and setting up tools for language services
• Ability to follow up developments in CAT Tools and artificial intelligence linked to language services
• Ability to communicate excellently (written and oral) in English and French.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Application Deadline 12th June, 2018.   Note: This position is classified international status and attracts international terms and conditions of employment.

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