Senior Resource Mobilization Officer Job at African Development Bank
The
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is a multilateral development
finance institution established to contribute to the economic
development and social progress of African countries. The AfDB was
founded in 1964 and comprises three entities:
The African Development
Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund.
Job Title: Senior Resource Mobilization Officer
The Resource Mobilization and External Finance Department (FRMB) is
responsible for the strategic resource mobilization and the leveraging
of the financial resources and instruments of the African Development
Bank Group. The department’s 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.
FRMB.1 is responsible for fund raising initiatives and partnerships
with sovereign entities, including the replenishment of the African
Development Fund (ADF) and technical cooperation with legacy bilateral
donors. It also coordinates the Country Policy and Institutional
Assessment (CPIA), the allocation process of ADF resources among
beneficiary countries (PBA), and monitors their use in accordance with
the relevant ADF policies and guidelines.
In this regard, this Senior Resource Mobilization Officer position is
a technical one. The officer will assist with business analysis,
economic and financial modeling, and the design, programming,
implementation and supervision of information systems of the division’s
core data on the ADF, CPIA and PBA.
- Play a key role in the annual assessments of the Bank’s Country
Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) and all related processes, in
particular, take key responsibility in the designing, maintaining,
developing, and otherwise, fine-tuning the various CPIA data that
provides governments, researchers, civil society organizations and
individuals a quick access to the historical performance of the Bank’s
CPIA scores and ratings;
- Contribute to the monitoring and reporting on the utilization of the
different ADF resource envelopes, in collaboration with the other
relevant departments via specialized data mining, programming and
analysis;
- Contribute to the organization of business development and strategic
initiatives consultations and meetings with key sovereign partners; and
effectively monitor the implementation progress of any existing or new
partnership agreements formalized with those partners;
- Assist in the organization of high-level partnerships events and
forums, including the annual AfDB Partnership Forum, involving the Board
Members, Senior Management and traditional and emerging partners
globally;
- Help organize and lead key Multilateral Development Bank (MDB)
meetings and working groups of important donors and international
meetings, as required; and
- Contribute to the effective collaboration with other departments and complexes.
- Play key role in the organization and coordination of the ADF
replenishment and mid-term review processes, including the management of
all related data necessary for the effective maintenance of
relationships with ADF Deputies, as well as contributing to discussions,
papers, presentations on the ADF’s financial and related issues (e.g.,
the long-term financial sustainability and capacity of the ADF,
alternative sources of funding, innovative instruments, etc.);
- Provide internal stakeholders with regular data of development
partner funding priorities to strengthen target fundraising and
facilitate the coordination and collaboration between Bank Group
business units ;
- Help coordinate resource mobilization through co-financing, trust
funds, special initiatives and any other innovative partnership
mechanisms; while also promoting data-driven utilization mobilized
resources by user Departments, monitoring their disbursement, and
preparing progress reports/financial reports to the respective Donors;
- Contribute to the development of data-driven strategic options for positioning the Bank Group in the global aid architecture;
- Contribute and/or participate in the organization of regular
internal and external outreach events for the benefit of staff, clients
and other stakeholders, to explain the activities of the different
financing windows and key drivers of the allocation system;
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Minimum of a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in statistics, business
intelligence and/or computer science (added advantage if qualifications
combine two or more of these disciplines).
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience including in
project development and implementation preferably across public, private
and/or non-profit sectors along with established operational track
record in achieving results; (fundraising with international, public and
private sector a major plus);
- Superior written and verbal communication skills in English and/or
French (with a working-knowledge of the other language) including the
ability to think strategically and synthesize complex issues into
effective written and oral briefs;
- Ability to apply a practical approach to problem solving, produce
high quality work outputs, effectively prioritize, and adapt skills at
times to competing and unexpected demands;
- Strong interpersonal, relationship building and diplomatic skills as
well as a high degree of discretion and tact necessary to effectively
maintain good relationships with partner countries and the Bank
shareholders;
- Competence in the use of Bank standard software environments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP).
- Proven quantitative and qualitative analytical and problem solving
skills including familiarity with financial modeling techniques; solid
knowledge of advanced statistical concepts and techniques;
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and managing the implementation
of dynamic business Intelligence-oriented IT projects, in particular,
information systems, data dashboards, statistical databases, to support
decision-makers
- Strong skills in software development and web programming (PHP, MySQL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX and jQuery).
- Proven ability to take initiative, innovate, adapt and make smart
decisions; to create, apply, and share knowledge; to share expertise and
learning; to develop self and others; to expand networks; to
collaborate within teams and across boundaries; to be inclusive and
exhibit good corporate citizenship.
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