Jobs at African Development Bank - AfDB

Position Number: 50078447
Position Grade: PL3

The Complex

• The President plans, supervises and manages the business of the Bank Group. Under the direction of the Boards of Directors, the President conducts the business of the Bank and the African Development Fund and manages operations and activities in accordance with the Agreements establishing the ADB and the ADF.
• The President supervises several Departments and Divisions including Office of the President; Independent Development Evaluation Department; Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department; Compliance Review and Mediation Department; Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board; Administrative Tribunal; Office of the Auditor General; Group Risk Management Function Directorate;  General Counsel and Legal Services Department; Communication and External Relations Department; Ethics Office and Office of the Secretary General & General Secretariat.

The Hiring Department

• The Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department (PIAC) plays an integral role in achieving this mandate by protecting the Bank’s corporate image and reputation, and improving the continent's investment climate through the deterrence, prevention and reduction of fraud, corruption, staff misconduct and other harmful practices within the Bank Group.
• PIAC has the overriding mandate to undertake unhindered investigations into allegations of corruption, fraud and other malpractices in Bank Group Financed Operations and conduct investigations into allegations of misconduct involving staff members of the Bank.
• With regard to investigations into sanctionable practices, the Chief Litigation and Quality Assurance Officer examines the details of a case concluded by the investigators and decides, under the direction of the Manager of PIAC2, whether to initiate the litigation phase in line with the Bank sanctions procedures.
• With regard to staff misconduct investigations, he/she examines the investigation report, assesses the evidence gathered and the case law of the Bank's Administrative Tribunal and those of sister institutions, and decides, under the direction of the PIAC2 Manager, whether or not to submit the report to the Bank's Human Resources Department for consideration and disciplinary proceedings.
• In addition, he/she is responsible for ensuring that all legal aspects are well addressed in the investigation process and reporting.

The Position

• The Investigations Division (PIAC.2) of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department shall have the overriding mandate to undertake unhindered investigations into allegations of sanctionable practices and staff misconduct.
• The Chief Litigation and Quality Assurance Officer shall conduct comprehensive examinations into investigation reports of allegations of staff misconduct, fraud, corruption and other malpractices in Bank Group-financed Operations and ensure that legal aspects are all covered in the investigation process and the reports produced in the Investigation Division. The outcome of these investigations will be transmitted under mechanisms elaborated under the Bank's Sanctions' processes, Human Resources, and Senior Management.
• In undertaking examinations of investigation reports, the Chief Litigation and Quality Assurance Officer shall maintain the highest standard of professional proficiency and integrity, and shall be guided by ethos of confidentiality, fairness, equity and due diligence.

Key Functions
Under the supervision of the Division Manager PIAC2, the key objectives of this position are to:

• Lead the design and implementation of PIAC’s quality assurance and litigation function, which includes the drafting of sanction legal instruments in accordance with harmonized documents between multilateral development banks;
• Receive, screen, and examine investigation reports flowing from allegations or whistleblowing on Staff Misconduct, Fraud, Corruption and mal practices or suspicions thereof, in the bank and in activities financed by the Bank, assigned by the Division Manager PIAC2;
• Employ surveillance measures deemed necessary and reasonable for the furtherance of investigations;
• Report regularly to the Division Manager PIAC2 on the investigation reports received, screened and their completion status;
• Monitor the implementation of investigation recommendations and report the status to the Division Manager PIAC2;
• Recommend debarment and imposition of sanctions against individuals, firms and companies found to have engaged in sanctionable practices;
• Assure the implementation of best practices in PIAC’s investigative activities, as well as the highest standards in all written products, while ensuring that the products submitted, and representations made before the Sanctions System and the Human Resource Vice-Presidency, are accurate and impactful;
• Engage with investigators in a timely and effective manner to provide input and assure the highest quality in PIAC’s Findings of Sanctionable Practices, Settlement Agreements, Replies to Appeals, Final investigation reports into alleged staff misconduct, and other relevant documents, including a thorough review of the substantiation of the case in accordance with the required evidentiary standard and of the accuracy, clarity, and completeness of charges and arguments;
• Build knowledge among the investigation and prevention teams by sharing findings and lessons learned from submissions to and decisions issued by the Sanctions System, and the Human Resource Vice-Presidency;
• Lead activities that require deep understanding of policies and procedures and build technical expertise within the investigation team on case precedents, consistent interpretation of policies, and implementation of best practices;
• Carry out an effective approach to the strategy for the litigation of PIAC’s cases within the Sanctions System, innovating where warranted to achieve positive results;
• Under the supervision of the Division Manager PIAC2, represent PIAC in high-stakes hearings before the Sanctions Committee when a case decision is appealed;
• Liaise with peer quality assurance specialists and litigators at other Multilateral Development Banks integrity offices and act as a technical point of contact representing PIAC;
• Liaise with peer institutions to exchange best practices on how to better substantiate cases of Sanctionable Practices and Staff Misconduct, and effectively identify areas of collaboration, including coordination of Cross-debarment-related matters, internally and with the institutions that are parties to the Cross-debarment Agreement;
• Interact with the lawyers of the entities accused of sanctionable practices;
• Act as the legal focal point for all matters arising from reports of investigations into staff misconduct;
• Provide legal and evidentiary review comments and guidance on planning, execution and reporting on investigations;
• Assist in the provision of legal support and guidance on investigations, conducting engagements and producing work outputs such as Findings of Sanctionable Practices and Settlement Agreements related to the sanctions process and other legal matters as required;
• Undertake relevant legal research and analysis relating to investigation cases and anti-corruption in general;
• Controlling evidence and data collection and reviewing documents and information gathered in the course of an investigation to ensure that investigation objectives are achieved; evidence legally collected and protected, and adequately support the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the investigation;
• Prepare and edit required written outputs of the highest quality with logical and clear presentations of investigative findings;
• Under the supervision of the Division Manager PIAC2, assist the Division Manager PIAC1 in conducting fraud risk assessment and prevention efforts in the Bank;
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies and initiatives which prevent fraud and corruption in the Bank Group;
• Prepare quarterly activity reports containing the status of litigation and quality assurance services, and assignment progress for the attention of PIAC2 Manager;
• Contributes to the preparation of the Annual Reports of the Department;
• Contribute to special initiatives/projects and undertake other ad hoc assignments upon demand by PIAC2 Manager;

Competencies (Skill, Experience and Knowledge)

• Hold a minimum of Master's Degree in Law, Criminal Justice or Criminology or related field;
• Have a minimum of seven (7) years of extensive and progressive experience in legal and litigation services, anti-corruption, fraud, or workplace investigation including in a multi-lateral development financial institution or relevant international company or organization;
• Experience in prosecution or litigation of national and/or transnational corruption/collusion and/or related white-collar crime and misconduct;
• Substantial experience in investigative work, preferably investigations relating to professional misconduct in public or private sector, such experience may include extensive knowledge in business ethics and compliance, internal fraud, and abuse and/or investigations into alleged professional unethical behaviors in a corporate or government setting;
• Excellent knowledge of law and specially fraud and anti-corruption laws;
• Strong legal ability and litigation experience;
• Excellent communications and presentation skills, both oral and written; proven ability to prepare clearly and concisely, present, discuss and defend issues, findings, and recommendations at senior levels and to produce complex and compelling briefs, reports, papers, etc;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team/task force as participant or team leader and with senior officials internally and externally;
• Strong organizational and analytical ability with attention to detail;
• Ability to work independently and manage challenges;
• Integrity, good judgment, fairness, and discretion in dealing with staff and external parties;
• Excellent problem-solving skills;
• Strong client orientation;
• Effective Teamwork and relationship management;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both oral and written; proven ability to prepare clearly and concisely, present, discuss and defend issues, findings, and recommendations at senior levels and to produce complex and compelling briefs, reports, papers, etc;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team/task force as participant or team leader and with senior officials internally and externally;
• Strong organizational and analytical ability with attention to detail;
• Ability to work independently and manage challenges;
• Integrity, good judgment, fairness, and discretion in dealing with entities, staff, and external parties;
• Ability to communicate and write effectively in English or French;
• Able to speak and write effectively in both English and French would be a serious advantage;
• Competence in the use of the Bank standard software applications (Word, Excel. Power point).

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Position Number: 50093901
Position Grade: GS8

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

• As part of the Finance Complex, the Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department (FIRM) 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.
• FIRM is comprised of two Divisions – FIRM.1 and FIRM.2 with primary accountability to increase the pool and types of funding available to the Bank's regional member countries (RMCs).
• The Department sits under the Finance Vice Presidency (FIVP). FIRM.1 is responsible for resource mobilization initiatives and partnerships with sovereign entities. It is mandated to mobilize, allocate and monitor resources for the Bank’s statutory capital, including the African Development Fund (ADF) the concessional window.
• FIRM.1 leads the partnership with sovereign entities such as bilateral aid agencies and manages most bilateral trust funds of traditional partners. FIRM.2 is responsible for managing relationships with new partners, emerging economies and non-sovereign partnerships.
• The Division is responsible for the Trust Fund (TF) Policy, promotes co-financing with multilateral development banks and bilateral agencies and finds ways to partner with non-traditional donors. It also provides guidance and oversight for the implementation of trust funds and special funds.
• As the global financial architecture evolves, the Bank Group strives to be a leader in best practices and emerging developments in relation to resource mobilization and partnership approaches. A new Trust Fund Policy was approved in 2021 to ensure that the Bank Group’s trust funds are fit-for-purpose and to respond to both current and evolving requirements.
• The 2021 Trust Fund Policy proposed, among others, the following two key changes: 1) in addition to grants, trust funds can now receive and provide reimbursable grants, loans, equity, guarantees, and any other financial instrument available to the Bank; 2) the creation of the Project Specific Vehicle (PSV).

FIRM.2 Division:

• Leads the institution’s partnership with emerging shareholder countries (e.g., China, Korea, India, Brazil) and their bilateral aid agencies; multilateral bodies including the European Union, the United Nations, and African Union; and non-sovereign partnerships such as corporates and philanthropic foundation.
• Leads the strategic negotiations for the setting up of 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, thematic trust funds and special funds; that is, mobilize, allocate, monitor, and support the management of 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, 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., Project Specific Vehicle, crowdsourcing, blockchain) 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, Climate Action Window), including through the coordination of the resource mobilization experts sitting within other Bank Group business units.
• 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

• Under the supervision of the FIRM.2 Manager, the Research and Operations Assistant plays a key role in supporting (i) resource mobilization and partnerships officers in information and data gathering in relation to the partners in their portfolio, (ii) in the negotiation, on-boarding and operationalization of new trust funds or contributions, (iii) in the management of trust funds and the Project Specific Vehicle (PSV) operations, including in relation to data management, compliance and reporting tasks.
• She/he supports the development and maintenance of systems supporting the Division and trust fund management. She/he also contributes to the financial management of the resources of the Division, including budget preparation and execution.
• Finally, she/he supports the Division in administrative tasks.

Key Functions
Under the supervision of the FIRM.2 Manager, the Research and Operations Assistant will carry out the following duties:
Research assistance in relation to donors/partners and resources mobilization:

• Research/update information feeding Strategic Engagement Notes and Briefing Notes on sovereign and non-sovereign partners including prospectives ones, under the remit of the Division.
• Develop and maintain a database of sovereign and non-sovereign partners with topics/sectors of interest, including prospectives ones, for the Department.
• Assist with the organization of donors/partners visit to the Bank HQ as well as internal and external outreach activities, such as Business Opportunities Seminars and Brown Bag Seminars.

Operations assistance in relation to trust fund and the PSV management:

• Develop and maintain a database of trust fund managers and task managers who have completed relevant Bank accreditation modules and of those who have not, including a system to ensure that new trust fund managers are automatically added to the database and notified when they need to complete the accreditation.
• Support the management and coordination of vehicles (trust funds and PSV) managed by the Division, including the related portfolio of projects, to ensure there is always strict compliance with the policies, guidelines and procedures of the Bank.
• Constantly improve and maintain the architecture for electronic archiving of the resource mobilization and partnership function (partnerships, trust funds, etc.) to ensure compliance with audit rules and regulations.
• Coordinate with resources mobilization officers and trust fund managers across the Bank ecosystem for the collection from multiple sources (DARMS, BPPS, SARS, SAP, SharePoint Collaboration, etc.) and documents (Work program & Budget, Financial Statements, Operational reports, Call for proposals, PEN, PAR, PCR, etc.) related to vehicles under the oversight of FIRM and consolidate them in a structured FIRM archiving system.
• Support the development of the Resource’s Mobilization and Partnerships Dashboard through data entry, testing, providing input to the business requirements and following-up with the different parties involved.
• Constantly improve and maintain, for the Resource’s Mobilization and Partnerships function of the Bank Group, a Dashboard providing key performance indicators (KPIs) for certain categories of partnerships, including indicators on the compliance to the commitment made by the Bank to partners.
• Support the development, improvement and maintenance of the Resource’s Mobilization and Partnerships SharePoint site, including the provision and the addition of content to the site as required.
• Support the development, improvement, and maintenance of the Business Opportunity Seminars website, including the provision and the addition of content to the site as required.
• Support operational activities of trust fund managers and beneficiaries by providing technical assistance in the use of SAP TFMS.
• Contribute to the production of reports, presentations (layout, document review, production of graphical material), as well as Excel-based analysis, and enter/retrieve information in SAP TFMS.
• Support the enhancement of SAP TFMS in collaboration with the Bank ecosystem; lead data cleaning efforts with Bank users to ensure data quality and integrity; provide TFMS support to Bank users.
• Coordinate with the Bank's Information Technology Services Department, if necessary, for needs relating to SAP/BPPS/ATRS/SRAS and IT issues.

Financial Management of resources of the Division:

• Lead the preparation and the management of the administrative budget of the Division, including the monitoring and review of expenditure and bring issues to the attention of management.
• Assess and project budget needs of the Division on a regular basis to determine gaps and recommend resource re-allocations or requests to management.
• Support the hiring and contractual management of consultants of the Division.

Administrative assistance to the Division:

• Back-up the Division’s Administrative Assistant for smooth processing and execution of the work program of the Division including the drafting and formatting of inter-office memos.
• Contribute to the organization and logistics of meetings and the drafting and distribution of the minutes as well as the follow-up of actions items.
• Support events logistics including communication, participants management, room booking, catering, travel, etc.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)

• At least a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Statistics, Data Analysis / Management, Finance or a related discipline;
• A minimum of six (6) years of relevant and practical experience in an operational service, preferably in an international organisation, especially in an international development bank;
• Sound knowledge of general office administration and organisation in development finance institutions; Skills in office administration and organization;
• Proven writing skills, in particular the ability to write professional reports and memos;
• Experience of to set up and/or managing a database system;
• Problem-solving: Apply operational knowledge to solve problems and find solutions for the client (internal and external) and organisation;
• Communication: Ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner; present oral information with clarity and appropriate style and adapt language and style to the needs of a particular audience;
• Operational efficiency: Commit to ensuring that the systems, procedures and culture within the organisation are fully leveraged to produce the required results;
• Teamwork and relationships: Work with colleagues to enhance the effectiveness of the team as a whole, sharing knowledge and workload. Build strong working relationships with colleagues and contribute to the creation of a positive environment for teamwork; Good interpersonal skills and ability to provide and receive feedback; Administrative experience of teamwork and relationships in a development financial institution within a team that manages trust funds would be an additional advantage;
• Professionalism, maturity, reliability, integrity, adaptability and initiative are essential to perform this function;
• Ability to make informed decisions and provide advice to independently solve programme problems based on available or hard-to-find information; use relevant, timely and clear information.
• Competence in the use of standard MS Office software applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SAP. Competence in the use of SAP or related corporate resource planning software (including project and loan management modules); have the technological skills to perform data entry, manage team schedules and create corporate reports;
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English is a requirement for this position, being able to do so in English and French would be a strong advantage.