Vacancies at African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire

African Development Bank

Company Info

Large organization

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), founded in 1964, is Africa's leading development agency, fostering economic growth and social advancement throughout the continent. There are 80 member states, 54 of which are from Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank's development strategy provides financial and technical support for transformative projects that would considerably reduce poverty through inclusive and long-term economic growth.

200 + Employees

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), founded in 1964, is Africa’s leading development agency, fostering economic growth and social advancement throughout the continent. There are 80 member states, 54 of which are from Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development strategy provides financial and technical support for transformative projects that would considerably reduce poverty through inclusive and long-term economic growth.

1). Principal Transport Engineer

Location: Yaounde, Cameroon

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Grade: PL4

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 (i) strengthen the enabling environment for private sector [and financial sector] development conducive to inclusive growth and sustainable development, (ii) support the development of reliable and sustainable infrastructure, including cities and urban development, and (iii) 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

  • The Infrastructure and Urban Development Department (PICU) provides assistance to the Bank Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in the form of loans and grants to finance transport projects and programs; and non-lending knowledge products to formulate and implement transport sector policies and strategies, sector reforms to ensure best practices are mainstreamed in policy, planning, programming, institutional governance, and maintenance and operation.
  • The Infrastructure and Urban Development 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 Position

  • The Principal Transport Engineer will support the implementation of the Bank Group’s vision for transport infrastructure and related services, and its future prospective areas of intervention in the sector.

The main work objectives of the position are the following:

  • Contributing to the development of transport infrastructure and the sector as a whole, including strengthening and maintaining the Bank Group’s understanding of the sector’s role in national development;
  • Contribute to Preparing, supervising and implementing transport sector projects;
  • Actively participating in the donor coordination and dialogue through Country Transport Sector Working Group of development partners active in the transport sector;
  •  Mobilizing resources, particularly through co-financing and other opportunities, for targeted activities in the Bank Group’s work in the transport sector;
  • Working with the relevant national authorities and other stakeholders to advise on future investments in the transport sector by the Bank Group; and,
  • Working with other transport sector specialists in the region as well as the economists in the regional office to contribute to efforts in knowledge management so as to ensure best practices and lessons learned related to transport development, and institutional/governance approaches are mainstreamed in project design.

Key Functions
Under the supervision of the Regional Sector Manager and general guidance of the Sector Director, the incumbent will be required to:

  • Support the development of policies and strategies for the transport sector within the Bank and in RMCs in consultation with relevant government agencies, development partners, and other stakeholders.
  • Advise Governments on issues pertaining to policy and institutional reforms in the transport sector, especially in the areas of Planning and Programming, transport network development, asset management/maintenance, and Private Sector Participation.
  • Participate and contribute to country and regional programming activities (CSP and RISP) and ensure that key sector issues and proposed solutions are adequately reflected in the resultant country/regional programming documents.
  • Conduct analytical and sector work to inform and underpin the downstream intervention of the Bank in project and program design in the transport sector.

Contribute to the development of a pipeline and lending program for transport projects and programs:

  • Provide technical advice with particular regard to transport sector projects (roads/highways, ports, airports, inland waterways and railways), as well as other infrastructure projects;
  • Identify suitable projects for inclusion in the Bank Group lending program in the transport sector and be responsible for the formulation of the project concept note identifying key development issues, project/program objectives, risks assessments, budget and timetables for management decisions;
  • Advise member countries on the preparation, organization and execution of feasibility studies and assist in drafting Terms of Reference; review the progress reports of studies; select the components to comprise the eventual project; review and supervise the work of consultants engaged by the Borrowers to the assigned projects/studies;
  • Lead or Contribute to the preparation and appraisal of transport projects and programs involving broad planning of resources and techno-judgment of alternative ways of shaping projects towards optimal contribution to development objectives; prepare and process the appraisal report involving detailed assessments of technical aspects, economic and financial feasibility, environmental and social safeguards, fiduciary issues, institutional arrangements, etc.

Lead or contribute to monitoring implementation progress of on-going transport projects, programs and technical assistance funded by the Bank:

  • Supervise projects; play a key role in following up the progress of projects; supervise and monitor procurement activities for goods, works and services in accordance with Bank Group’s rules; review the submissions from the Borrowers, including tender lists, bidding documents, bid evaluation reports, award recommendation and contracts documents; study and analyze data submitted by Borrower; verify and approve contracts for disbursement of funds;
  • Lead or participate in project midterm review missions, sector portfolio review missions and country portfolio review missions and prepare the related reports;
  • Lead project completion report mission and collect adequate data for the preparation of the Bank Group’s project completion-report; advise the Bank Group on lessons derived from the project which will guide future intervention in the sector and in the relevant countries; and
  • Manage fiduciary responsibilities including procurement and ensuring compliance with the Bank guidelines and the provisions of loan/grant agreements.

Lead or participate in sector dialogue and donor coordination activities:

  • Advise regional member countries on Bank Group’s financing requirements; act as a key person to liaise with government officials and spokesman of the Bank Group in the transport sector; negotiate sensitive and delicate policy and sector reforms issues with borrowers and other parties
  • Coordinate with other development partners and RMCs for consistency of approach, exchange of experiences, and continuous improvement of practices and integration of transport sector policy commitments to the management of projects.
  • Collaborate with other development partners in the transport sector for consistency and harmonization of approach, exchange of experience, partnership and co-financing where appropriate.

Contribute to dissemination of best practices in Transport integrating a broad spectrum of issues:

  • Develop and maintain a knowledge base in the transport sector, keeping abreast of the latest developments and issues related to policy and planning, institutional development, design and construction, financing, operation and maintenance, and regulation;
  • Provide support to heads of executing agencies, in terms of advice and expertise concerning different transport sector issues and priorities, technical aspects of projects and Bank rules of procedure, particularly relating to procurement of goods and services and disbursement; and,
  • Contribute to activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building around transport sector issues.

Competencies (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)

  • Hold at least a Master’s Degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering or related fields.
  • A minimum of six (6) years experience in the transport sector with proven ability to work on policy, institutional and financing aspects of transport projects, road and other transport infrastructure construction and maintenance, contract management and procurement, planning and programming of capital and maintenance works, knowledge of private sector participation, and the connection to economic development and poverty reduction.
  • Be able to apply advanced technical knowledge, skills and expertise in the transport sector to advise and support Project/Country teams and transport sector stakeholders in policy and institutional development and implementation.
  • Full understanding of the principles of the project cycle with good experience in result-based project management.
  • Be able to apply technical skills in a team leadership role to resolve and manage complex issues in relation to transport project/program design and implementation from a broad developmental goal of poverty reduction.
  • Thorough knowledge of roads and highways development, Institutions and regulations.
  • Competence in decision-making, team working and self-motivation.
  • Policy dialogue skills – Ability to identify and assess critical policy issues and actively dialogue with governments and/or other stakeholders to develop solutions.
  • Excellent spoken and written French; a working knowledge of English will be advantageous.
  • Competence in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); Knowledge of SAP.

Application Closing Date
4th May, 2024.

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2). Unit Assistant

Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Grade: GS7

The Complex

  • The Presidency complex, 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 Units including Office of the President (PRST0); Independent Development Evaluation Department (BDEV); Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department (PIAC); Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (BCRM); Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board (BSAB); Administrative Tribunal (BATR); Office of the Auditor General (PAGL); Group Risk Management Directorate (PGRM); General Counsel and Legal Services Department (PGCL); Communication and External Relations Department (PCER); Staff Integrity and Ethics Office (PETH) and Office of the Secretary General & General Secretariat (PSEG).
  • The ADF. The President supervises several Departments and Units including Office of the President (PRST0); Independent Development Evaluation Department (BDEV); Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department (PIAC); Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (BCRM); Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board (BSAB); Administrative Tribunal (BATR); Office of the Auditor General (PAGL); Group Risk Management Directorate (PGRM); General Counsel and Legal Services Department (PGCL); Communication and External Relations Department (PCER); Staff Integrity and Ethics Office (PETH) and Office of the Secretary General & General Secretariat (PSEG).

The Hiring Department / Division

  • The Sanctions Appeals Board (SAB) is the second tier of the Bank’s sanctions system. It makes final decisions on appeals from entities or individuals against whom the first tier, the Sanctions Commissioner, which acts on referrals from the Department of Integrity and Anti-Corruption has issued a sanctions decision, for allegations of corruption, fraud, collusion, coercion, and obstruction (collectively referred to as “Sanctionable Practices”), committed in Bank Group-financed projects, programs, and activities. The SAB has a quasi-judicial function and reviews each case “de novo” and may hold oral hearings. After reviewing the case, the SAB issues a final decision on liability and sanctions against the accused entities or individuals, following an adversarial procedure.
  • The Sanctions Appeals Board (SAB) reports to the Board of Directors, and the Head of the Secretariat, the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board reports administratively to the President of the Bank and functionally to the Chair of the Sanctions Appeals Board.
  • The Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board (BSAB) is one of the African Development Bank Group’s Oversight and Accountability Mechanisms. It is established to help the Bank reinforce the accountability of its financed operations and corporate activities as a core part of its good governance and transparency objectives.

The Position

  • Under the supervision of the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board, the level of responsibility associated with the position as Administrative Assistant requires the job holder to work independently, and with a high degree of diplomacy and sensitivity for confidential issues.
  • The nature of the work might require occasional overtime work and availability after normal working hours.
  • The main objectives of the position are to provide a wide range of assistance to the team for the implementation of its work program, including workflow management, office administration, resources management and Analytical Work.

Key Functions
Under the overall supervision of the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board, the Administrative Assistant will perform the following:
Workflow management:

  • Devise and maintain efficient office systems.
  • Track and follow-up on documents, draft letters, and memoranda, monitor incoming emails, deal with faxes and general correspondence and briefs.
  • Ensure secure filing of sensitive and confidential information and put in place an efficient management of these files.
  • Proof reading of translated documents to ensure compatibility with the original texts.

Office Administration:

  • Organize and attend to multiple meetings, appointments, luncheons, and events to ensure that responsible management is well prepared.
  • Arrange travel, visa, and accommodation for the staff of the Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board, the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board and the members of the Sanctions Appeals Board.
  • Handle internal and public enquiries in administrative matters; screen telephone calls from within the bank and from external collaborators and handle them as appropriate; welcome and look after visitors; organize and maintain electronic diaries and make and follow-up on appointments.
  • Aid staff members or consultants of the Secretariat and the members of the SAB.
  • Provide general administrative support for the Secretariat by liaising with the Human Resources Department (PTVP), the IT Department (TCIS), the Accounts Department (FIFC), the Budget Department (SNPB), the Secretariat General (PSEG), and the General Service and Logistic Department (TCBC) in respect of office accommodation, allocation of office furniture, equipment, and supplies. Requests for repair and maintenance work and follow-up to ensure that such work has been satisfactorily carried out.
  • Initiate and prepare various administrative documents and forms, such as staff and consultants lists, staff and consultants travel and staff absences (annual leave, home leave, excuses absence, and maternity leave), as well as statistical data on staff, as required.

Resource Management:

  • Assist the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board in issues concerning resources such as administrative budget; monitor and review expenses and bring issues to the attention of management.
  • Manage systems; create and process expense reports in SAP.
  • Inputting data in SRAS and monitoring thereof.
  • Be conversant with DACON applications and procurement rules regarding hiring of consultants.
  • Manage payment of SAB members, individual consultants and external parties in SAP and follow up of payment.
  • Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and reporting by providing inputs on activities handled.
  • Participate in the monitoring and update data on Work program and Key Performance Indicators.
  • Assist in the recruitment of consultants, STS, and the replacement of SAB members.

Analytical Work:

  • Produce documents, briefing papers, reports, spreadsheets, and presentations.
  • Take notes at meetings, write letters, and prepare minutes as requested.
  • Assist where applicable with the programming of operational activities by using the appropriate software.

Problem Solving:

  • Liaise with the Chairperson and the members of the Sanctions Appeals Board and organize their missions.
  • Liaise internally with the Sanctions Office (SNSO), the Integrity and Anti-corruption Department (PIAC), the Legal Department (PGECL), the Human Resource Department (PTVP), the Department of Acquisitions (SNFI), and all other Departments and staff members.
  • Respond to inquiries; liaise with clients and other staff; coordinate with other members of staff.
  • Liaise with the secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board of other International Finance Institutions (IFIs) such as, the World Bank Group (WBG), the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB), the Asian development Bank (AsDB), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  • Assist the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board on the preparation of files, notes, PowerPoint presentations to the Chairperson of SAB, SAB members, the office of the President and AfDB Board.
  • Carry out background research in field of competence and present in a logical manner.
  • Perform any other duties as requested by the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)

  • Hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Law, Business Management, Accounting, Administration, or related discipline.
  • Have a minimum of five (05) years of relevant professional experience working in a senior executive office in support function, preferably in a Multilateral Development Banks.
  • Good budgeting and planning skills.
  • Strong customer service skills, good organizational skills, ability to multitask, attention to details and ability to work with a diverse workforce.
  • Ability to handle confidential information with greatest discretion.
  • Demonstrated team building and inter-personal relationship.
  • Ability to manage multiple, simultaneous, and shifting demands, priorities, and tight deadlines.
  • Good typing skills and highly desirable with excellent levels of initiative, enthusiasm, team spirit and organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong proactive “can do” approach. Ability, energy, and appropriate demeanour to take initiative and plan and carry out necessary tasks to ensure the office’s activities are successful.
  • Ability to be flexible, open minded with integrity.
  • Innovation & Creativity.
  • Communication
  • Client Orientation
  • Problem Solving
  • Team working and relationships.
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in French and English.
  • Competence in the use of standard MS office applications (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) and preferably SAP.

Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2024.

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3). Senior Treasury Assistant – Liquidity Management and Correspondent Banking Relations

Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Employment Type: Full-time
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 / Division

  • The Treasury department is responsible for raising funds from capital markets, managing and investing the Bank Group’s liquidity and shareholders’ funds, processing and settlement of all financial transactions and managing the institution’s banking relationships.

The Position
Under the supervision of the Principal Treasury Officer, the Senior Treasury Assistant handles and develops post settlement activities by ensuring the timely reconciliation of items on the general ledger, monitoring of the cash balances and banking relationships, processing accurate resolution of investigations of all Bank Group financial transactions in respect of foreign exchange. This includes:

  • Identify the source of all credits received in the accounts, conduct reconciliation of assigned   current accounts and maintain the Bank Group’s cash book for assigned accounts.
  • Ensure that surplus funds are invested, balances are maintained at a minimum, monitor correspondent banks operations and process the opening of current and special accounts and identify accounts that are dormant and make recommendations for their closure.
  • Manage investigations related to the Foreign Exchange.
  • Manage assigned call and current accounts.

Key Functions
The Senior Treasury Assistant will:
Manage The Foreign Exchange (FX) Investigations:

  • Check detail settlement of transactions with entries on various bank accounts;
  • Contact foreign exchange or current account correspondents;
  • Follow up investigations until finally resolved. Lodge interest claims with counterparts for late receipt of FX transaction funds;
  • Settle counterparts interest claims on African Development Bank for late covering of FX transactions;
  • Prepare monthly foreign exchange settlements failure and investigations reports;
  • Maintain accurate filing for all FXs.

Process the opening of current accounts upon the approval of Treasurer:

  • Request via SWIFT message, for terms and conditions for the operation of the account from corresponded banks, analyze and rank terms and conditions received based on which bank is selected. Advise Financial Control Department when account is opened;
  • Process the closure of accounts upon the approval of the Treasurer. Follow up with
  • Correspondent bank until account is closed and advice Financial Control Department. Update master list of Bank Group accounts and list of correspondent banks.
  • Identify accounts that are dormant and make recommendations to supervisor on the closure of the accounts.

Manage assigned call and current accounts:

  • Ensure there are no idle funds and accounts are not overdrawn;
  • Identify and post all transactions in SAP and GTMATCH;
  • Ensure all entries in cashflow are duly paid or / and received, and any discrepancy is reported to Back-office;
  • Advise relevant department on receipt of funds;
  • Effectively reconcile cash amounts;
  • Investigate all difference between balance in list of account statement in SAP (FF67) and the General Ledger.

Manage and reconcile Bank Accounts:

  • Review and process daily SWIT messages received in respect of financial transactions executed on the 260 accounts in multiple currencies maintained by the Bank Group.
  • Down load and review settings for the file containing SWIFT bank statements and upon completion of the review, upload the file into SAP for automatic generation of general ledger entries.
  • Monitor General Ledger entries to ensure the entries posted on daily basis impact tile right accounts. Give special attention to charges and interest debited from the accounts.

Monitor all movements in the Bank Group accounts daily by:

  • Verify the accuracy of each outgoing transaction to ensure accuracy of account number, amount, value date and details of the payment and identify and classify transactions by their types; e.g. maturing investments, loan repayments, encashment of notes, management fees, swap transactions, subscriptions, income on current account, foreign exchange, call/sweep/FB/repo transactions, salaries and admin expenses etc.
  • Input all transaction details for entries posted from tile Bank statement into SAP, generate accounting entries in SAP to clear loan repayments, returned disbursements and call investments operations on the current accounts.
  • Input, manually in SAP statements received from banks that are not on SWIFT.
  • Prepare monthly General Ledger balances report and verify the accuracy of the bank statement balances based on this report.

Prepare SWIFT messages to correspondent banks to:

  • Transfer of funds from one account to another as the need arises.
  • Investigate unidentified or unexecuted transactions and update investigations log.
  • Follow up on the opening and closing of accounts as the need arises.

Monitor the SUMMIT Cash flow for the Bank Group portfolios:

  • Prepare working tables to Investment Division for funds to be invested or to be re-called for disbursements, debt services, management fees, salaries and other administrative expenses and to Loan Disbursement Division, FX desk for funds to be sold/purchased and advise Financial Control Department and Capital Markets and Financial Operations Division and other relevant divisions on unidentified transactions.
  • Ensure adequacy of funds to cover expected outflows and invest excess funds are invested timely.
  • Process cash management transactions in SUMMIT (deal payments) and generate corresponding SWIFT payment instructions.
  • Sort out, classify and file 50 plus bank accounts statements, confirmations and advises received by mail and facsimile from correspondent banks.
  • Prepare monthly activity report of all transactions processed in the section.
  • Provide information on queries concerning current account and payment transactions to Financial Control Department and other divisions of Treasury and the Bank.
  • Send SWIFT copies of credit advices by e-mail to departments and divisions concerned upon receipt of funds in respect of tier portfolios
  • Reconcile all payments made with the Bank’s corporate card during missions with Financial Control Department.
  • Provide bank details to staff for reimbursement of loans, mission advances or others. Monitor the inflow of these funds to ensure that necessary accounting entries are posted upon receipt.
  • Maintain and update the Master list of all accounts held by the Bank Group including details of bank name, address, account number, General Ledger number, and contact person. Ensure that this list is updated whenever accounts are closed or opened.
  • Prepare yearly report of opened and closed accounts for use by Treasury Department management, Financial Control Department and External Auditors.
  • Assist Financial Control Department with the identification and reconciliation of unidentified transactions.

Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Competencies (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)

  • Hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or other related discipline.
  • Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant practical working experience and experience in accounting, treasury or finance is an advantage.
  • Having private sector experience will be an added advantage.
  • Analytical skills.
  • Demonstrable understanding of treasury and accounting transactions.
  • Client orientation.
  • Team working and relationships.
  • Communication.
  • Problem solving.
  • Competence in the use of Bank standards software (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint).
  • Knowledge of SAP, SUMMIT and other financial IT systems is an added advantage.
  • Ability to communicate and write effectively in French or English, preferably with a working knowledge of the other language.

Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2024.

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4). Chief Regional Procurement Coordinator, SNFI1

Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Grade: PL3

The Complex

  • The Senior Vice-President is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve it strategic objective, and drive performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
  • The Senior Vice-President 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 Senior Vice-President will lead senior management discussions, decisions-making process 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 Financial Management activities undertaken by the regions.
  • The Regional Procurement Coordinator, Central Africa, Regional Development and Business Delivery Office (RDGC) should ensure that the project procurement activities financed by the Bank in his/her region, 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 of Procurement (SNFI) for Central, North, and Western Africa regions.

Key Functions
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 assessment reports (Bank Procurement Appraisal Reports (BPAR), Sector Market Assessments) for approval by the Manager and Director of SNFI, assist Regional member countries with 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 proactive role in ensuring ‘Quality at Entry work’ through the 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 regarding 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 find 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 briefs 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.
  • Prepare periodic activity reports of the region and the Bank’s Annual Procurement Reports.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)

  • 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 the implementation of development projects and programs.
  • Ability to be flexible, open-minded with integrity, client and results-oriented for achieving both the Bank’s and the 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 French with a working knowledge of English.
  • Competence with standard MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), preferably combined with knowledge and experience in SAP operations.

Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2024.

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5). Chief Climate Risk Finance Officer and Coordinator, Africa Diaster Risks Financing (ADRiFi) Programme

Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Grade: PL3

The Complex

  • The Vice Presidency for ‘Agriculture, Human, and Social Development’ is a Sector Complex focusing on the Bank’s High 5s priorities of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”.
  • The Complex objectives are (i) to develop policy and strategy; (ii) provide deep sector expertise to the Regions by gathering pools of experienced individuals who can be consulted to provide sector expertise on complex transactions; (iii) develop new financing instruments; (iv) represent the Bank with external stakeholders on aspects of “Feed Africa” and Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”.

The Hiring Department

  • The Agricultural Finance and Rural Development Department works closely with the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department and the Regional Directorates to provide support for the delivery of Feed Africa: Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa, 2016-2025. Feed Africa has “7 Enablers”, i.e.: (i) increase productivity by catalyzing the development of effective input distribution systems and reduction in post-harvest waste and loss; (ii) realize the value of increased production by facilitating increased investment into output markets and supporting market incentives for value addition; (iii) increase investment into enabling infrastructure, both hard and soft infrastructure; (iv) create an enabling agribusiness environment with appropriate policies and regulation; (v) catalyze capital flows (especially commercial lending and private investment) to scale agribusinesses; (vi) ensure inclusivity, sustainability and effective nutrition beyond what the market may deliver otherwise; and (vii) coordinate activities to kick start transformation, align activities and investments of different actors, and guide initial activities to the point where private sector actors can be crowded in.

The Agricultural Finance and Rural Development Department focuses on delivery of the following:

  • Design, finance and promote Public-Private Partnerships and private sector-led Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ).
  • Finance, scale and catalyze capital flows of commercial lending and private investment into agribusinesses.
  • Accelerate agriculture transformation through private sector actors.
  • Design and support disaster risk financing structures to mitigate the financial impact of natural disasters and climate-related events on vulnerable populations in Africa through private sector led and enabled insurance and hedging mechanisms.
  • Support Agri-small medium enterprise (SME) financing through catalytic mechanisms including but not limited to concessional and blend financing.
  • Catalyze and support capital flows to scale SMEs by establishing risk sharing facilities and other products.

The Department has a front office and is structured into two Divisions: (i) Agriculture and Rural Finance Division; and (ii) Rural Infrastructure Development Division.

The Africa Diaster Risks Financing (ADRIFI) Programme

  • The Africa Disaster Risks Financing (ADRiFi) Programme is coordinated from the front office of the Director of the Agricultural Finance and Rural Development Department as a Special Initiative, to support Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to enhance their resilience and response to climate shocks by improving the management of climate disaster risks.
  • The ADRiFi Programme’s specific objectives are: (i) to strengthen the capacity of RMCs to evaluate climate-related risks and costs and elaborate subsequent adaptation measures; and (ii) to promote the development and provision of efficient disaster risk financing and climate insurance solutions and support their financing for enhanced preparedness to climate shocks.
  • The ADRiFi Programme outcomes include: (i) efficient and timely first-response delivery to targeted beneficiaries affected by disasters, and (ii) strengthened resilience to climate-related disasters in RMCs. These outcomes are being achieved through a comprehensive capacity building programme, designed to assist RMCs to quantify and manage their climate risk, and to make informed decisions regarding transferring risk to the market through insurance, as part of a holistic national risk management strategy.
  • Working collaboratively with RMCs and other stakeholders, The ADRiFi Programme’s principal implementing partner is the African Risk Capacity Group (ARC) which consists of ARC Agency, a specialized agency of the African Union established in 2012 and its affiliate ARC Ltd, a regulated commercial insurance company incorporated in 2014. Since its inception ARC has provided USD 720 million of insurance coverage offering protection to 72 million and paid out USD 65 million in claims providing disaster relief to over 3.8 million vulnerable populations in participating countries. The ADRiFi Programme has worked to help ARC increase its coverage, build RMC capability and awareness of the value of climate insurance, and enhance the quality of protection.
  • The ADRiFi Programme implementation is contributing significantly to the growth and diversity of the pan-African risk pool promoted by the African Risk Capacity. Fifteen countries have joined the ADRiFi programme namely: Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Togo and Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  • Total investment with respect to ongoing programme is currently at USD 100 million. Whilst the initial country projects were developed as stand-alone projects, newer projects are being embedded in country programs to facilitate the integration of disaster risk management into country programs and to reduce Bank transaction costs in preparing and implementing these projects.
  • This is also in line with the strategy of the Bank to assist countries along the risk continuum, reducing exposure to climate hazard, whilst promoting climate risk transfer mechanisms for residual risks.
  • To address some of the financing challenges, in 2021, the Bank created a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) for the ADRiFi Programme, with contributions from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The MDTF has received pledged contributions up to USD 65 million from donors such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the USA, Canada and Norway. The MDTF aims to support the countries to manage the risks of climate-related disasters (e.g., extreme droughts, floods, and tropical cyclones) and be better prepared to intervene when such risks occur. The MDTF has been fully operational and is disbursing about USD 10 million on average every year.

The Position

  • The Chief Climate Risk Finance Officer and Coordinator of the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) Programme (the “Coordinator”) reports to the Lead, AgriSME Development and Innovative Financing under the overall guidance of the Director, Agricultural Finance & Rural Development.
  • The coordinator is responsible for providing leadership and technical oversight to the ADRiFi Coordination Unit (CU).
  • This includes providing the technical direction of the ADRiFi Programme, overseeing resource mobilization from traditional (ADRiFi MDTF, RMCs performance-based allocation) and non-traditional sources, and proactively engaging in pipeline development of projects.
  • Additionally, the Coordinator monitors resource utilization, supports portfolio performance through analysis and engagement with operations complexes, reports on results, and enhances visibility of the Bank’s work on climate and disaster risk finance by highlighting the work on the ADRiFi Programme.

Key Functions
Under the oversight of the Director, Agricultural Finance & Rural Development, and reporting to the Lead, Agri-SME Development and Innovative Financing, the Chief Climate Risk Finance Officer and Coordinator of the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme is responsible for the following:

  • Lead the development and implementation of the ADRiFi Programme as the Bank’s flagship initiative on climate and disaster risk financing.
  • Assist with policy dialogue, establish priorities, define scope of work for the ADRiFi program and set the goals and objectives for programme implementation.
  • Facilitate engagement with the Bank’s internal and external stakeholders to promote climate and disaster risk financing and embed ADRiFi Programme activities into Bank operations.
  • Manage the daily operations of the ADRiFi MultiDonor Trust Fund, prepare financial reports on the execution of planned activities and use of approved budget.
  • Implement the established framework embedded in the Bank’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Risk Capacity (ARC) for collaboration in matters of common interest and specified modalities of collaboration with regard to the respective objectives, functions, policies and procedures of each party.
  • Develop and execute an action plan for climate and disaster risk financing, including innovative new products to support agricultural insurance in Feed Africa value chains.
  • Provide technical oversight to scale up climate and disaster risk financing, such as risk-sharing facilities that comprise loans, guarantees and technical assistance with the objective of catalyzing investments and bank lending in the sector.
  • Execute ADRiFi Programme investments including, agriculture value chain projects at the Bank.
  • Build and maintain a strong pipeline of potential investments, follow up on new business opportunities, and foster relationships with potential clients and players on the African continent and beyond.
  • Oversee existing ADRiFi Programme investments including strategic and value-add activities with portfolio management and co-investments.
  • Resolve challenges during negotiations and transaction structuring with potential participating countries and players, as well as during due diligence.
  • Participate on the Bank’s advocacy on climate and disaster risk Financing through high-level dialogue using the Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) as a primary platform.
  • Provide technical oversight to mainstream climate and disaster risk financing with the goal of promoting agricultural insurance markets, providing technical assistance, and convening partners and governments (agricultural insurance/innovative financing);
  • Provide technical oversight to the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Multi-Donor Trust Fund (ADRiFi MDTF) and manage the relationships with ADRiFi MDTF donors and governance structures.
  • Provide oversight to the Unit’s support to Bank operational teams in preparing ADRiFi co-financing projects and guide teams to conduct, analyze and develop the necessary documentation to access ADRiFi MDTF funding as co-financing to Bank projects.
  • Establish strategic alliances and partnerships with relevant stakeholders, with a particular focus on the insurance sector at the country and continent level. Engage players in alignment for sustainable insurance.
  • Agree upon portfolio management arrangements for investments and technical assistance for implementation, following consultation with concerned regional/hubs and country offices.
  • Supervise budget preparation, monitor its execution, and advise senior management on the budgetary and financial impacts of the unit’s operations.
  • Assist with the consultation process with government counterparts (regional, national, and sub-national level) and the insurance industry in each country to build ownership and define the rollout mechanism for national Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Strategies; and
  • Participate and highlight the work of the Bank in relevant knowledge sharing and promotion platforms including international conferences and forums on climate and disaster risk financing, including climate risk insurance.
  • Assess the training needs of staff in the Coordination Unit, monitor and evaluate their performance, and recommend personnel development actions to the Manager.
  • Monitor best practice in the Coordination Unit and, as appropriate, liaise with counterparts in other organization; and
  • Performs other duties assigned by the Lead, AgriSME Development and Innovative Financing.

Competencies (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)

  • Hold at least a Master’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Actuarial, Agricultural Sciences, Development Studies or closely related disciplines.
  • Have a minimum of seven (7) years relevant professional experience in the area of climate and disaster risk financing, insurance brokerage or consulting, five (5) of which should be in multilateral development institutions; have three (3) years working on the topic in a managerial capacity in an international bilateral/multilateral institution.
  • Demonstrated depth of understanding of climate risk management including climate risk financing instruments such as risk transfer, contingent lines of credit as well other relevant risk financing and adaptation measures.
  • Excellent technical and financial analytical skills coupled with an established track record in working on public financial management, ex-ante risk financing, with demonstrated understanding climate risk instruments as well as climate risk pools and their challenges and strategic issues.
  • Proven leadership in matters relating to negotiating and structuring financial transactions, technical review of reports and consultation with other financiers, among others, particularly in the insurance sector.
  • Knowledge of Africa, and the rural development needs, opportunities, development challenges and possible solutions.
  • Comprehensively understands projects structures, including project planning, risk management strategy, communication management strategy, lessons learned and handover, and other critical success factors, strategies, policies, procedures and practices of other similar institutions.
  • Acute knowledge and understanding of the elements essential for the effective delivery and measurement of development impacts through projects and programs in Africa.
  • Ability to identify and create meaningful linkages across sectors to drive development impact at a country and regional level.
  • Networking ability required to build successful relationships and partnerships with a broad range of clients, internal and external, for effective delivery of results.  Prudence and skill in identification of such relationships and partners based on meeting the needs and long-term interests of clients within and outside the institution.
  • Communicate and write effectively in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language.
  • Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP is desirable.

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