Latest Recruitment at the African Development Bank (AfDB)

Reference: ADB/17/253/2
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL2

The Complex

• The Vice-Presidency for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization is central to the Bank’s mission of developing the private sector, improving infrastructure and accelerating industrialization.
• The complex main functions are to:
  • Strengthen the enabling environment for private sector [and financial sector] development conducive to inclusive growth and sustainable development,
  • Support the development of reliable and sustainable infrastructure, including cities and urban development, and
  • Place renewed emphasis on industrial and trade performance in support of structural transformation across Africa.
• The Complex leverages knowledge, co-financing, and partnerships to attract private capital and work with governments on delivering the Bank’s development agenda.

The Hiring Department/Division

• The role of the Infrastructure and Urban Development Directorate is to foster advancement of infrastructure and cities in Africa by detailed development of appropriate interventions which the Bank might finance on a regional, national or a continent-wide basis.
• The Infrastructure Finance Division is responsible for originating infrastructure operations that do not have an explicit sovereign guarantee from the beneficiary country.
• This includes non-sovereign guaranteed projects in Roads/Highways, Railways, Ports, Airports and Pipelines.
• The division leads project team that identify, appraise and supervise infrastructure projects.

The Position

• The purpose of the position is to develop project pipeline in transport infrastructure, coordinate project preparation and appraisal to be submitted for Board approval, coordinate financial close of approved projects, coordinate Supervision of projects during the implementation phase, manage team’s staffing and resources in the division.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Director - Infrastructure and Urban development, the Division Manager will perform the following:

• Plan and coordinate conferences and missions to promote the Bank’s non-sovereign infrastructure operations in transport and to identify potential financing opportunities;
• Plan and coordinate the preparation of preliminary evaluation notes on new projects for submission to the Department Management Team;
• Plan and coordinate the establishment of project appraisal teams for projects that have been cleared for inclusion in the pipeline;
• Plan and coordinate the preparation of project concept notes and their submission to the appropriate country teams and the operations committee review;
• Plan and coordinate due diligence missions for projects cleared for appraisal;
• Plan and coordinate the preparation of project appraisal reports and their submission to the appropriate country teams and the operations committee (or the vice president) for review and clearance;
• Plan and coordinate the submission of project appraisal reports to the Board of Directors for approval including consultation with Executive Directors, the preparation of Q&A notes, and attendance at the Board meetings;
• Plan and coordinate negotiations with clients and the preparation of final project legal documentation for signature;
• Plan and coordinate the clearance of conditions precedent and the submission of documents to ensure effective disbursement of committee projects;
• Plan and coordinate the supervision of projects during the implantation phase;
• Regularly update the annual project processing schedule and participate in the weekly PSO coordination meeting;
• Develop and maintain relations with counterparts at other DFIs;
• Ensure the effective implementation of internal process controls for all private sector projects;
• Plan and coordinate the preparation and utilization of the budget for the division;
• Undertake annual performance evaluations of all staff in the division ;
• Oversee the recruitment of new staff for the division.

Selection Criteria
Including Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Hold at least a Master's Degree (or its University equivalent) in Business, Finance, Economics, or Engineering;
• Have  a minimum of  eight (08)  years of relevant professional experience in the Bank or a similar institution and/or investment or commercial banking, with focus on infrastructure transactions;
• Demonstrated track record of structuring and executing deals successfully that have performed in financial, developmental and sustainability terms.
• Deep knowledge of private sector investments requirements, financial lending instruments and processes.
• Comprehensive state-of-the art understanding of investment and portfolio management techniques.
• Familiarity with relevant strategies, policies, procedures and practices of other similar institutions.
• Knowledge of Multilateral development banking, Investment banking and fund management.
• Experience of working in developing countries, including frontier markets.
• Track record of leading and managing projects and programs.
• Strong analytical, risk assessment and mitigation
• Relevant Private sector experience will be an added advantage;
• Ability to develop and direct the implementation of objectives, policies, procedures and work standards for the Division. Ensure compliance with Bank policies and regulations.
• Ability to lead, manage and develop an integrated and diverse team, ensuring that it is well-motivated, innovative, high-performing, and well-trained.
• Operational effectiveness
• Innovation and creativity
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Team working and relationship
• Client Orientation
• Excellent spoken and written English or French, with a working knowledge of the other language;
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications; Knowledge of SAP is advantageous.

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Reference: ADB/17/040/2
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL2
Position N°: TBA

The Complex

• The Vice-Presidency for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization is central to the Bank’s mission of developing the private sector, improving infrastructure and accelerating industrialization.
• The complex main functions are to:
  • Strengthen the enabling environment for private sector [and financial sector] development conducive to inclusive growth and sustainable development,
  • Support the development of reliable and sustainable infrastructure, including cities and urban development, and
  • Place renewed emphasis on industrial and trade performance in support of structural transformation across Africa.
• The Complex leverages knowledge, co-financing, and partnerships to attract private capital and work with governments on delivering the Bank’s development agenda.

The Hiring Department/Division

• The role of the Bank’s Industrial and Trade Development department is to promote the implementation of the Bank’s 10 Year Strategy and HI 5’s initiatives with special emphasis on the Industrialize Africa strategy.
• The department leads the Bank’s activities in the area of industrial policies, ICT, trade and investment climate, and private sector investments in industry and services.
• The Division in charge of Non-Sovereign Operations in Industry and Services is responsible for originating, executing, supervision and monitoring operations in Industry and Services sectors that do not have an explicit sovereign guarantee from the beneficiary country.

The Position
The Division Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Develop lending and equity investments sectoral strategies and project pipeline to support the implementation of the AfDB’s Industrialize Africa strategy;
• Coordinate Project preparation and appraisal to be submitted for Board approval;
• Coordinate Financial close of approved projects;
• Coordinate Monitoring and Supervision of  projects during the implementation phase;
• Manage team’s staffing and resources in the division.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Director Industrial and Trade Development (PITD), the Division Manager will perform the following:

• Plan and coordinate business development activities to promote the Bank’s non-sovereign operations, identify potential financing opportunities, and eventually build a strong pipeline of lending and equity investment projects pipeline to support the implementation of the AfDB’s Industrialize Africa strategy;
• Appoint and supervise project teams;
• Plan and coordinate the preparation of project documents (such as preliminary evaluation, project concept notes or project appraisal reports) for submission to the appropriate internal review committees;
• Plan and coordinate due diligence missions for projects cleared for appraisal;
• Plan and coordinate the submission of project appraisal reports to the Board of Directors for approval including consultation with Executive Directors, the preparation of Q&A notes, and attendance at the Board meetings;
• Plan and coordinate negotiations with clients and the preparation of final project legal documentation for signature;
• Plan and coordinate the monitoring and supervision of projects during the implementation phase;
• Oversee the Bank’s pipeline of projects, their execution and monitoring in the industry and services sectors;
• Build and manage relationships with anchor (global/regional/national) industry players (corporates, project developers), public and private financial institutions, institutional investors and related industry associations;
• Manage the preparation and utilization of the budget for the division;
• Supervise staff performance in the division ;
• Oversee the recruitment of new staff for the division

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master’s degree (or its university equivalent) in Business Administration, Finance, Banking, or any other relevant discipline;  
• Have  a minimum of  eight (08)  years of extensive and in-depth project finance transactional experience in the Bank or a similar institution and/or investment or commercial banking, with a focus on industries & services transactions;
• Extensive knowledge and proven experience in financial lending instruments and approaches, including familiarity with debt and equity lending;
• A broad transactional experience in key industrial sectors such as manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals etc;
• Strong knowledge of socio-economic, industrial development and business environment issues in African countries
• Diploma in Industrial Engineering and/or Policy design would be a plus
• Exposure to technical assistance and SME financing would be advantageous
• Ability to comprehensively understands industrial projects structures and critical success factors, strategies, policies, procedures and practices of other similar institutions;
• Skills in leading for identifying, structuring and executing debt and equity investments in industrial projects;
• Ability to lead in creating an environment for sharing and communicating knowledge within the division, department, complex, regional hubs and externally.
• Ability to proactively engage with internal and external parties to develop and communicate knowledge and methods
• Having Private sector experience would be considered as an asset.
• Operational effectiveness
• Innovation and creativity
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Team working and relationship
• Client Orientation
• Excellent spoken and written English or French languages, preferably with a working knowledge of the other;
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications; Knowledge of SAP is advantageous.