DIVISION MANAGER, NEPAD-IPPF at African Development Bank - AfDB

Under the supervision of the Director of ONRI, the incumbent  will perform  the following duties:

• Define and update, under the Oversight Committee guidance, the Fund’s strategic orientations;
• Make forward planning on the Division’s role in regional infrastructure development in Africa in a rolling five-year Strategic Business Plan;
• Develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy including innovative solutions;
• Initiate correspondences with donors and sign contracts with those existing donors who have indicated their willingness for further pledges;
• Solicit potential new donors for an interest in contributing to IPPF and hold with them face-to-face discussions;
• Initiate the processing of disbursement requests of funds from the donors;
• Engage with the private sector for increased involvement in IPPF activities;
• Help to develop and manage recipients’ projects/Studies from the idea to the projects/Studies to completion report;
• Process the recipients’ requests through the NEPAD-IPPF’s project management cycle;
• Implement IPPF’s procedures for processing applications for IPPF grants in line with the set out stages;
• Assist project promoters in reaching financial closure for viable projects;
• Prepare and submit to the Fund Oversight Committee, for clearance, and to the Board of Directors, for information all necessary reports;
• Implement the Strategic Business Plan through the preparation of work programmes;
• Organise and coordinate the statutory Oversight Committee meetings;
• Plan and lead field missions to review key projects and programs as well as to discuss the NEPAD-IPPF Work Programme and Plans with RECs and other stakeholders;
• Leverage partnerships among Project Preparatory Facilities (PPFs) to accelerate infrastructure development in Africa including participation in the Project Preparation Facilities Network (PPFN);
• Ensure an efficient liaison and communication on NEPAD-IPPF activities with the other Bank departments, Donors, Partners, RECs, the Private Sector Operators and RMCs;
• Oversee the design and execution of major policy and/or research initiatives;
• Conceive, develop and promote innovations in Bank infrastructure development policies, project design, preparation and structuring to improve Bank project and sector work;   
• Execute any other assignment as deemed useful by the Director.

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in business administration,finance, economics, management ,engineering or other relevant fields;
• A minimum of 8 years experience in the areas of finance, infrastructure project preparation and implementation.
• A solid knowledge and good grasp of socio-economic and development issues in Africa;
• Demonstrated superior leadership qualities, technical excellence and an established operational track record of excellence in achieving results;
• Strategic mindset; strong capacity to analyze actions from the perspectives of stakeholders and translate strategic thinking into compelling plan of action;
• Demonstrated ability to take prudent business risks and make effective, timely and well-determined decisions;
• Evidence of ability to build and lead motivated and committed teams across functional boundaries, and utilize talent and expertise of team members in a productive way;
• Demonstrated ability to present and win support for ideas; a good listener; and cultural sensitivity, commitment to diversity and capacity to initiate and manage innovations and change;
• Ability to build partnership with a broad range of clients and deliver results that meet the needs and long-term interests of clients within and outside the institution;
• Competence in the use of Microsoft standard software (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint);
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English or French with a working knowledge of the other language.