Job Openings at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

Reference: ADB/20/170
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50071204

The Complex

• The Senior Vice-Presidency (SNVP) 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 SNVP 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 SNVP will lead Senior Management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of key Board and Management decisions. ​

The Hiring Department
The SVP supervises the Fiduciary and Inspection Department (SNFI), which acts as the custodian of the procurement (including procurement for private and public partnership) and financial management (FM) profession, and has the following responsibilities for its functions: (i) developing and interpreting policy, strategy and related guidance notes and manuals; (ii) preparing annual post review reports on the Bank’s FM and procurement operations for the Board; (iii) developing training strategy for internal and external clients; (iv)  and dialoguing with external and global partners with a view to building partnerships and fostering harmonization; (v) providing the secretariat for the Procurement Review Committee (PRC); and (vi) inspecting and reporting on the performance of procurement and FM activities undertaken by the regions.

The Regional Procurement Coordinator, Southern Africa, Regional Development and Business Delivery Office (RDGS) should ensure that the project procurement activities financed by the Bank in his/her region done by Procurement Specialists, are compliant with the Bank’s Procurement Policy.  This is done by advising on procurement arrangements and reviewing procurement decisions of the Procurement specialists’ team within the project / program operations cycle from the identification to completion stages. The incumbent also contributes to the preparation of the Bank’s Country Strategy Paper, and to building procurement capacity of Borrowers which includes training of Borrower staff, advising on project-related procurement matters, and assessing and strengthening the Borrower’s procurement systems.

The Regional Procurement Coordinator reports administratively to the Regional Operations Manager for Implementation Support (ROM-IS) and functionally to the Division Manager - Procurement (SNFI) for East, Southern Regions and Nigeria.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager Procurement, the Regional Procurement Coordinator will, in his / her duty station:

• Ensure consistent, uniform and predictable application of the Policy within the region and provide corrective actions as appropriate;
• Review procurement policy deviations and provide clearance for inclusion in Project Appraisal Reports (PARs) for subsequent Board approval with clearance of the manager as needed;
• Review all cases involving the use of Third-Party procurement methods and procedures and provide clearance for inclusion of those methods and procedures in the PAR for Board approval with clearance of the manager as needed;
• Review and clear procurement diagnostic assessments reports (BPAR, Sector Market Assessments) for approval by the Manager and Director of SNFI, assist Regional member countries for their procurement reforms and mobilize financial resources for this assistance;
• Review and clear the assessment of borrowers’ procurement systems done by the Procurement specialists’ team, and the design of adequate action plans to improve Borrowers’ procurement systems and to strengthen the institutional capacity within borrowers’ entities;
• Participate with other Multilateral Development Banks in the assessment of the Regional Member Countries procurement systems;
• Review and clear procurement cases as per the Bank’s Delegation of Authority matrix for Sovereign and Non-Sovereign projects;
• Take a pro-active role ensuring ‘Quality at Entry work’ through supervision of a team of Procurement Specialists across the region in terms of the Fiduciary and Development mandate of the Bank;
• Follow up with Procurement Specialists of complaints received from bidders, contractors or civil society;
• Deal with cases where the advice provided by Procurement Specialists was not accepted by Task Managers and finding appropriate solutions;
• Facilitate and undertake training seminars / workshops for the Borrower and Bank Staff and Business Opportunity seminars for the regional and non-regional private sector
• Prepare all Project Procurement brief for the Senior Management when required;
• Monitor Procurement Data Entry by reviewing their quality through random checks to ensure that accurate procurement data are generated for SNFI reports;
• Maintain procurement information regarding her / his region on the Bank’s Website;
• Make sure that the objectives of the key performance indicators set up by the Procurement department are attained by developing tools and;
• Prepare periodic activity reports of the region and the Bank’s Annual Procurement Reports.

Selection Criteria

• Hold at least a Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Public / Business Administration, Law, Procurement, Economics or related fields
• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience in providing procurement support and advice to the preparation and implementation of programs and projects financed by the Bank or any other similar institution in developing countries, having private sector experience will be an added advantage
• Proven familiarity with and solid experience in the practice of procurement of goods and works and the acquisition of consultancy services under donor funding conditions, it would be desirable to have knowledge of Bank Procurement policy
• Experience in supervising and effectively managing implementation of developments projects and programs
• Ability to be flexible, open-minded with integrity, client and results-oriented for achieving both Bank’s and Borrowers’ objectives
• Effective consulting and advisory skills that enable Sector Staff and Borrowers to build their confidence and skills to deal with procurement issues
• Good networking skills and judgment are required while working within teams and when building professional relationships with Procurement Specialists and sector specialists working in the Region
• Strong leadership and coaching skills
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English with a working knowledge of French
• Competence with standard MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), preferably combined with knowledge and experience of SAP operations

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Reference: ADB/20/171
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50076495

The Complex

• The Senior Vice-Presidency (SNVP) 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 SNVP 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 SNVP will lead Senior Management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of key Board and Management decisions. ​

The Hiring Department
The SVP supervises the Fiduciary and Inspection Department (SNFI), which acts as the custodian of the procurement (including procurement for private and public partnership) and financial management (FM) profession, and has the following responsibilities for its functions: (i) developing and interpreting policy, strategy and related guidance notes and manuals; (ii) preparing annual post review reports on the Bank’s FM and procurement operations for the Board; (iii) developing training strategy for internal and external clients; (iv)  and dialoguing with external and global partners with a view to building partnerships and fostering harmonization; (v) providing the secretariat for the Procurement Review Committee (PRC); and (vi) inspecting and reporting on the performance of procurement and FM activities undertaken by the regions.

The Regional Procurement Coordinator, East Africa, Regional Development and Business Delivery Office (RDGE) should ensure that the project procurement activities financed by the Bank in his / her region done by Procurement Specialists, are compliant with the Bank’s Procurement Policy.  This is done by advising on procurement arrangements and reviewing procurement decisions of the Procurement specialists’ team within the project/program operations cycle from the identification to completion stages. The incumbent also contributes to the preparation of the Bank’s Country Strategy Paper, and to building procurement capacity of Borrowers which includes training of Borrower staff, advising on project related procurement matters, and assessing and strengthening the Borrower’s procurement systems.

The Regional Procurement Coordinator reports administratively to the Regional Operations Manager for Implementation Support (ROM-IS) and functionally to the Division Manager - Procurement (SNFI) for East, Southern Regions and Nigeria.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager Procurement, the Regional Procurement Coordinator will, in his / her duty station:

• Ensure consistent, uniform and predictable application of the Policy within the region and provide corrective actions as appropriate;
• Review procurement policy deviations and provide clearance for inclusion in Project Appraisal Reports (PARs) for subsequent Board approval with clearance of the manager as needed;
• Review all cases involving the use of Third-Party procurement methods and procedures and provide clearance for inclusion of those methods and procedures in the PAR for Board approval with clearance of the manager as needed;
• Review and clear procurement diagnostic assessments reports (BPAR, Sector Market Assessments) for approval by the Manager and Director of SNFI, assist Regional member countries for their procurement reforms and mobilize financial resources for this assistance;
• Review and clear the assessment of borrowers’ procurement systems done by the Procurement specialists’ team, and the design of adequate action plans to improve Borrowers’ procurement systems and to strengthen the institutional capacity within borrowers’ entities;
• Participate with other Multilateral Development Banks in the assessment of the Regional Member Countries procurement systems;
• Review and clear procurement cases as per the Bank’s Delegation of Authority matrix for Sovereign and Non-Sovereign projects;
• Take a pro-active role ensuring ‘Quality at Entry work’ through supervision of a team of Procurement Specialists across the region in terms of the Fiduciary and Development mandate of the Bank;
• Follow up with Procurement Specialists of complaints received from bidders, contractors or civil society;
• Deal with cases where the advice provided by Procurement Specialists was not accepted by Task Managers and finding appropriate solutions;
• Facilitate and undertake training seminars / workshops for the Borrower and Bank Staff and Business Opportunity seminars for the regional and non-regional private sector
• Prepare all Project Procurement brief for the Senior Management when required;
• Monitor Procurement Data Entry by reviewing their quality through random checks to ensure that accurate procurement data are generated for SNFI reports;
• Maintain procurement information regarding her / his region on the Bank’s Website;
• Make sure that the objectives of the key performance indicators set up by the Procurement department are attained by developing tools and;
• Prepare periodic activity reports of the region and the Bank’s Annual Procurement Reports.

Selection Criteria

• Hold at least a Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Public / Business Administration, Law, Procurement, Economics or related fields
• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience in providing procurement support and advice to the preparation and implementation of programs and projects financed by the Bank or any other similar institution in developing countries, having private sector experience will be an added advantage
• Proven familiarity with and solid experience in the practice of procurement of goods and works and the acquisition of consultancy services under donor funding conditions, it would be desirable to have knowledge of Bank Procurement policy
• Experience in supervising and effectively managing implementation of developments projects and programs
• Ability to be flexible, open-minded with integrity, client and results-oriented for achieving both Bank’s and Borrowers’ objectives
• Effective consulting and advisory skills that enable Sector Staff and Borrowers to build their confidence and skills to deal with procurement issues
• Good networking skills and judgment are required while working within teams and when building professional relationships with Procurement Specialists and sector specialists working in the Region
• Strong leadership and coaching skills
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English with a working knowledge of French
• Competence with standard MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), preferably combined with knowledge and experience of SAP operations

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Reference: ADB/20/164
Location: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50083168

The Complex

• The Board of Directors provides oversight and strategic direction to the African Development Bank Group. It is composed of Executive Directors who are representatives of the African Development Bank member countries.
• Specifically the Board is responsible for the conduct of the general operations of the Bank, and carries out the following functions: (1) determine the general structure of the Bank’s services; (2) approve the financing policy and take decisions concerning loans, guarantees, equity investments and fund loans by the Bank; (3) determine the interest rates of loans and guarantee commissions; (4) approve the Bank’s operations program and administrative budget; (5) prepare the work of the Board of Governors; and (6) submit accounts and annual reports, as well as the administrative budgets for the approval of the Board of Governors.
• The Board does its work through a series of permanent Committees that review and discuss policy and program documents and make appropriate recommendations to the whole Board. The Independent Development Evaluation Department (BDEV); Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (BCRM); Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board (BSAB); and the Administrative Tribunal (BATR) report to the Board.

The Hiring Department:

• The overarching mission of the African Development Bank’s Independent Development Evaluation is to enhance the development effectiveness of the Bank and foster sustainable growth and poverty reduction in its regional member countries through independent and influential evaluations, oversight over self-evaluation processes and products, and proactive engagement in evaluation partnerships and knowledge-sharing activities. To support the Bank Group in achieving greater development effectiveness, the independent evaluation function has adopted three core objectives:
  • Contribute to enhanced learning in the Bank and regional member countries to improve current and future policies, strategies, programs, projects, and processes.
  • Provide a basis for accountability to the public and to member countries by documenting the use and results of the Bank Group’s assistance.
  • Promote an evaluation culture in the Bank and regional member countries to encourage a focus on development results, learning, and continuous quality improvement.
• The core mandate of the Independent Development Evaluation Department is to conduct independent evaluation studies, provide relevant lessons, develop and harmonize standards and practices, support evaluation capacity development together with partner agencies and attest to the validity of both processes and the results of African Development Bank’s self-evaluation activities. The Independent Development Evaluation Department also collaborates and exchanges information with bilateral and multilateral development agencies’ evaluation departments, and undertakes joint evaluation of co-financed projects and programs.
• The Independent Development Evaluation Department has three divisions: The Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth; Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization; and Integration Evaluations Division (BDEV.1); the Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Country and Corporate Evaluations Division (BDEV.2); and the Knowledge Management Outreach and Capacity Development Division (BDEV.3). The Divisions 1 and 2 focus on undertaking evaluations whilst the Division 3 on Knowledge Management Outreach and Capacity Development.
• The BDEV1 division is mainly responsible for evaluations relating to the private sector, infrastructure (including transport, ICT, urban development, water and sanitation), industrialization, power systems, energy, climate change, and green growth.

The Position

• The Principal Evaluation Officer contributes to the delivery of the division work program by leading moderately complex evaluations, supervising evaluation teams, and mentoring and coaching junior colleagues, and supporting work programme management and the Independent Development Evaluation Department’s quality assurance activities of the Bank’s interventions (including policies, strategies and operations) in the areas covered by the Division, in particular activities related to the private sector, infrastructure (including transport, ICT, urban development, water and sanitation), industrialization, power systems, energy, climate change, and green growth.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager Division.1, the Principal Evaluation Officer will:

• Undertake Evaluation Activities: Design, conduct and report on evaluations in accordance with the Bank’s Evaluation Policy and Manual and international evaluation standards (e.g., OECD DAC evaluation standards and the Evaluation Cooperation Group Good Practice Standards).
• Undertake Meta-Evaluations and Meta-Analyses; Lead, and guide meta-evaluations and meta-analyses including designs, and methods (for literature search, and data collection, analysis and reporting).
• Undertake Evaluation Quality Management: Contribute to updating the Independent Development Evaluation Department evaluation quality standards, and quality assurance processes, tools and capacity.
• Contribute to the capture of learning from evaluation design to evaluation dissemination for use in updating the Independent Development Evaluation Department evaluation manual, and for staff learning events.
• Manage human and financial resources of a multi-disciplinary evaluation team to ensure the delivery of complex and concurrent evaluations that are conducted in an independent, cost-effective, rigorous and timely manner.
• Promote the mandate of the evaluation function and contribute to the creation of an evaluation culture in the Bank and in Regional Member Countries (RMC).
• Contribute to positioning the Independent Development Evaluation Department as an innovator on the leading-edge among other multilateral institutions and to maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Bank’s Evaluation Function.
• Contribute to building strategic alliances and partnerships with key stakeholders within and outside the Bank to further the Evaluation Function’s mandate and engage in evaluation communities of practice within and outside the Bank. Provide substantive input to these communities and share lessons of experience.
• Contribute to the preparation of Independent Development Evaluation Department’s three-year rolling work programme and annual report.
• Perform any other assigned tasks.

Selection Criteria

• Holds at least a Master's degree or its equivalent in Economics, Development Evaluation, Finance, Business Administration, Sociology, Development, Statistics, Policy analysis, Public Administration, or other international development related field. A certificate/diploma in development evaluation, development oriented research and/or program/project planning, management and evaluation is an advantage.
• A minimum of six (6) years’ experience in as a development evaluator/researcher; designing, conducting, managing, and reporting development evaluation/research studies.
• Significant knowledge in quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation methods.
• Broad knowledge of evaluation theories and practice including evaluation needs assessment, design and implementation.
• Proven operational and field experience working in complex development programs.
• Knowledge of operational/policy areas, procedures and practice of the African Development Bank or other multilateral development Banks and/or other international development agencies.
• Operational experience relating, in particular, to areas covered by the Division, such as private sector, infrastructure (including transport, ICT, urban development, water and sanitation), industrialization, power systems, energy, climate change, and green growth.
• Substantial experience in development planning, management and evaluation in Multilateral Development Banks or other international development agencies
• Strong theoretical and operational knowledge of international development issues and theories relating, in particular, to Africa
• Experience in providing strategic advice to senior management.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring staff.
• Substantial experience in evaluation in Multilateral Development Banks or other international development agencies desirable.
• Substantial experience in managing human and financial resources.
• Experience to lead multidisciplinary teams, and work in diverse and multi-cultural settings
• Ability to communicate effectively (in writing and orally) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, Access and Power Point); knowledge of integrated document management system and/or quantitative and qualitative data analysis packages is an added advantage.

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Reference: ADB/20/165
Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Grade: PL5
Position N°: 50062800

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, and the overall asset  / liability management for the Bank Group.

The Hiring Department
The role of the Syndications, Co-Financing and Financial Technical Services Department (FIST) is to:

• Provide centralized syndication, co-financing and financial technical services to the entire Bank cutting across both public and private sector lending activities and across products;
• Establish and coordinate the achievement of bank-wide co-financing targets and key performance indicators; and develop and implement financial products.

The Position

• Reporting to the Division Manager - Syndications and Co-financing, the Senior Syndication and Co-financing Officer has the responsibility to develop and maintain close relationships with the broader lending and co-financier community with a view to facilitating the syndication and co-financing of sovereign (public sector) and non-sovereign (private sector) projects and originate (in consultation with the sector teams) and execute syndication and co-financing transactions across Africa.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Division Manager – Syndications and Co-Financing, the senior Syndication and Co-financing Officer will perform the following:

• Origination responsibility: in collaboration with the sector teams, identify potential targets for syndication and co-financing and discuss with the sector teams on pitching. Origination includes providing structuring and pricing guidance to investment officers and task managers and actively participating in presenting proposals and mandate letters to clients;
• Fully manage the syndication and co-financing process with external partners including commercial Banks, other Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), public and private co-financing partners, institutional investors etc…
• Execute syndicated loan transactions, sharing responsibilities where appropriate with co-arrangers including, performing market soundings and providing risk appetite feedback to senior management for their consideration, assisting with various aspects of organizing roadshow presentation on a deal by deal basis with local staff on the ground;
• Manage the portfolio of syndicated loans including amendments, restructurings, prepayments and assignments of B loan participations to new lenders.
• Creatively and proactively, strive to ensure the effective utilization, implementation and management of the Bank’s existing and future co-financing facilities and partnership arrangements;
• Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships with all the partners involved in the syndication and co-financing transactions;
• Coordinate with key internal counterparts (Office of the Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery; Regional and Country Program Officers; Sector Departments and project Task Managers among others) to identify syndication and co-financing opportunities in the Bank’s pipeline;
• Manage / coordinate one or more co-financing facilities or partnership arrangements as may be assigned, serving as primary point of contact and representative of the African Development Bank to the partner institutions in all matters related to the facilities in question;
• Manage and update the pipeline report on a weekly basis;
• Design, maintain and update all presentations, pitch books, communication and marketing material to internal or external parties
• Manage and update various documents relating to each transaction such as the working party list, roles and responsibilities of each party, and work plan / timetable;
• Maintain and be accountable for all documentation requirements and record keeping on a country by country basis;
• Actively participate in the balance sheet optimization transactions including identifying existing assets for potential secondary sale, obtain market feedback on likely cost of sale and, where applicable, seek all necessary approvals
• Prepare financial analysis, models, valuations relating to clients;
• In consultation with the sector teams, conduct due diligence investigations of clients;
• Support and where possible, undertake the preparation of detailed information memoranda and presentations describing the key attributes of client companies;
• Contribute constructively to the design and development of new syndication/co-financing facilities / arrangements;
• Contribute constructively to the formulation and review of relevant Bank policies, rules and procedures.

Selection Criteria

• A Master's Degree (or its equivalent) in Finance, Business Administration or related disciplines;
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience in syndication, co-financing, corporate banking, capital markets activities;
• Experience in project structuring, financial modeling and corporate financial analysis;
• Experience in negotiating complex syndication / co-financing documentation and guidelines;
• Experience in sales and distribution of debt securities and knowledge of capital markets in Africa and familiarity with the international donor community process and procedures;
• Demonstrated strategic, creative and logical thinking, initiative, problem-solving, common sense, sound reasoning and judgement;
• Ability to plan and organize, achieve desired results on a timely basis;
• Teamwork – collaboration, networking, relationship management.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
• Demonstrated competence in the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
• Experience with SAP work environment.