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  • Posted: Jun 29, 2017
    Deadline: Jul 11, 2017
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    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. The AfDB’s missi...
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    Senior Syndication Officer

    Reference: ADB/17/287
    Location: Africa
    Grade: PL5
    Position N°: 50093639

    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

    • The role of the Syndications and Financial Technical Services Department (FIST) is to mobilize and increase in Africa and outside Africa resources for the financing of investment projects and programmes; and promote investment in Africa of public and private capital in projects or programmes designed to contribute to the economic development or social progress of regional member countries.

    The Position

    • Reporting to the Division Manager - Syndications and Co-financing, the Senior Syndication Officer develops and maintains close relationships with the broader donor and investment community with a view to facilitating the co-financing of sovereign and non-sovereign projects.

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

    • Provide structuring guidance to investment officers and task managers and actively participate in presenting proposals and mandate letters to clients, emphasizing the benefits of syndication and co-financing.
    • Establish working relationships with the widest possible group of commercial co-financiers.
    • Execute A/B-loan co-financings and Development Finance Institution syndications, sharing responsibilities where appropriate with co-arrangers.
    • Perform market soundings and provide risk appetite feedback to senior management for their consideration.
    • Identify existing assets for potential secondary sale, obtain market feedback on likely cost of sale and, where applicable, seek all necessary approvals.
    • Actively participate in the balance sheet optimization transactions.
    • Develop training, communication and marketing material and conduct staff and co-financiers information campaign.
    • Ensure effective utilisation and management of financing facilities within the Bank group architecture

    Selection Criteria
    Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

    • Hold at least a Master’s Degree (or its equivalent) in Finance/Banking, Economics, Business Administration or related disciplines.
    • Have a minimum of five (05) years of relevant experience acquired in a reputable financial institution.
    • A professional qualification in one of the aforementioned fields.
    • Private sector experience is an added advantage.
    • Working knowledge of a range of financing alternatives and financial instruments; can conduct a range of financial analyses.
    • Strong analytical, quantitative and financial market skills.
    • Ability to plan strategically in an uncertain environment, and to achieve desired results on a timely basis.
    • Knowledge and experience in development arena.
    • Business judgment and analytical decision-making
    • Ability to fully use systems, procedures policies in order to deliver the required results.
    • Knowledge of market instruments and market sources of financing.
    • Knowledge of fund raising and on-lending activities in developing capital markets, particularly in Africa.
    • Excellent understanding of financial issues affecting sovereign and non-sovereign clients in developing countries and policy associated with the Bank’s mandate.
    • Strong background in investment and development banking with experience in working with private sector projects, state owned entities, utilities/infrastructure authorities and government
    • Empowers and holds people accountable within project scope.
    • Acts fairly and consistently in dealing with others.
    • Operational effectiveness.
    • Innovation & creativity.
    • Problem solving.
    • Demonstrates professional expertise.
    • Communication.
    • Client orientation.
    • Team working & relationship management.
    • Ethical.
    • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other language.
    • Competence in the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
    • Knowledge of SAP.

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    Senior Evaluation Officer

    Reference: ADB/17/273
    Location: Côte d’Ivoire
    Grade: PL 5
    Position N°: 50062950

    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 programme 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. Independent Development Evaluation Department; Compliance Review and Mediation Unit; Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board; Administrative Tribunal report to the Board.

    The Hiring Department

    • The overarching mission of the African Development Bank’s Independent Development Evaluation Department is to enhance the development effectiveness of the Bank 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.
    • 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 BDEV1 division is mainly responsible for evaluations relating to Private Sector, infrastructure (including transport, ICT, urban development, water and sanitation), industrialization, power systems, energy, climate change, green growth and regional integration.

    The Position

    • The Senior Evaluation Officer contributes to the delivery of the division work program by supporting complex evaluations, providing evaluation expertise to junior colleagues, and providing support to work programme management and the Independent Development Evaluation Department’s quality assurance activities.

    Duties and Responsibilities
    Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager, Project and Programme Evaluation, the Senior Evaluation Officer will:

    • Contribute to or 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 (ECG) Good Practice Standards).
    • Contribute to Meta-Evaluations and Meta-Analyses; design, conduct, management and reporting.
    • Contribute to updating the Independent Development Evaluation Department evaluation quality standards, and quality assurance processes, tools and capacity.
    • Contribute to the capture and dissemination of evaluation results and lessons learned, and also to the follow-up of Independent Development Evaluation Department evaluation recommendations.
    • 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.
    • Contribute to positioning the Independent Development Evaluation Department as an innovator and 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 BDEV’s three-year rolling work programme and annual report.
    • Perform any other assigned tasks.

    Selection Criteria
    Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

    • 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.
    • Have a certificate in development evaluation, or development oriented research and/or program/project planning, management and evaluation is an added advantage.
    • Have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in designing, conducting, and reporting development evaluations.
    • A private sector experience in an added advantage.
    • Significant knowledge in quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation methods.
    • Knowledge of evaluation theories and practice
    • Knowledge of operational/policy areas, procedures and practice of the African Development Bank or other multilateral development Banks and/or other international development agencies.
    • Experience conducting development evaluations relating to areas covered by the Division (private sector development, infrastructure, industrialization, power systems, energy, climate change, green growth and regional integration).
    • Experience in development evaluation in Multilateral Development Banks or other international development agencies
    • Knowledge of international development issues and theories relating, in particular, to Africa.
    • Experience in managing human and financial resources.
    • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, and working in diverse and multi-cultural settings.
    • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) 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 quantitative and qualitative data analysis packages is an added advantage.

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