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Large organization
200 + Employees
African Development Bank Group (AfDB), established in 1964, is Africa's leading development agency, fostering economic growth and social advancement throughout the continent. There are 80 member states, of which 54 are in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank's development agenda focuses on providing financial and technical support for transformative projects that would considerably reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
African Development Bank Group (AfDB), established in 1964, is Africa’s leading development agency, fostering economic growth and social advancement throughout the continent. There are 80 member states, of which 54 are in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development agenda focuses on providing financial and technical support for transformative projects that would considerably reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
1). Principal Environmental Safeguards & Compliance Officer
Locations: Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana
Employment Type: Full-time
The Complex
- The Senior Vice-Presidency (SNVP) is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve its strategic objective and drive performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
- The SNVP will provide effective leadership and exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary corrective measures and actions.
- The SNVP leads senior management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of Board and Management key decisions.
The Hiring Department
- Located within the SVNP Complex, the E&S Safeguards and Compliance Department (SNSC) is responsible for mainstreaming environmental and social development considerations into Bank-financed operations in the public and private sectors through the implementation of the Integrated Safeguard System (ISS).
- The Safeguards and Compliance Department’s mission is to ensure proper application of the Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) and its associated procedures, guidelines, and tools, in order to enhance environmental and social sustainability into the Bank’s operations.
- The Department’s main tasks is to improve the quality-at-entry (QAE) of Bank operations, including Country Strategy Papers and project-specific interventions (projects, ESW, etc.) as well as providing implementation support to borrowers, with a particular emphasis on enhancing developmental effectiveness through application of environmental and social safeguards requirements and procedures at the various stages of the project cycles.
The Position
- The Principal Environmental Safeguards and Compliance Officer works under the supervision and overall direction of the Director of the Department of Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance (SNSC).
Key Functions
The Principal Environmental Safeguards and Compliance Officer’s core duties/responsibilities will include the following:
- Mainstreaming of environmental aspects in operations, including safeguards, gender and social inclusion.
- As task team member, he/she will provide support to Task Managers and Borrowers/Clients in identifying, mainstreaming, and monitoring environmental and safeguard aspects/concerns in Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and completion stages (throughout project lifecycle) through the following:
- Provide E&S support to the Bank-funded projects and programmes, for both private and public sectors.
- Carry out the mandatory environmental and social due diligence on Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation support including field visits, and project completion stages.
- Prepare, archive, update when appropriate, the categorization memorandum (CM) and the environmental and social compliance note (ESCON) of operations.
- Assist Borrowers/Clients for the finalization of the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the preparation of Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) documentation (SESA, ESIA, ESMS, RAP, PMP, ES Audit, Process Framework, Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Hazard, and Risk Assessment, etc.) to ensure compliance with the ISS.
- Review the ESA documentation submitted by the Borrowers/Clients as of the ISS and other Bank policies’ requirements.
- Draft the technical inputs of the E&S sections in Project Concept Notes (PCNs), Project Appraisal Reports (PARs), Project Completion Reports (PCRs) and any other project related report as required.
- Draft the technical inputs of the E&S sections of CDN, CSP, RISP, etc.
- Draft and/or ameliorate reporting templates for use in implementing and monitoring social aspects and components of projects and programs.
- Contribute to the preparation of management responses to reports issued by the Bank independent accountability mechanism, and similar reports.
- Liaise with co-financiers to ensure consistency in the mainstreaming of environmental safeguard requirements.
Policy and Compliance with E&S Requirements:
- Participate in the formulation, review and/or revision of the Bank environmental and social safeguard policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Provide policy guidance to Bank teams on environmental safeguard issues to enhance their awareness and the capacity of the projects and programmes to comply with the ISS.
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of capacity building and training programs for staff within the Bank and in RMCs.
- Participate in, contribute, and represent the Bank in internal and external training, and conferences on environmental safeguards and mainstreaming as well as other activities for advocacy, dissemination, and knowledge building.
- Develop and/or contribute to the development of innovative knowledge products on environmental sustainability, environmental safeguards and/or the E&S performance of Bank financed projects and programmes.
- Undertake any other task as the Director of the Environment and Social Safeguards Department and/or the Regional Director General.
Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)
- Have at least a Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences / Management (Environmental management, Geography, Environmental engineering, Natural Resource Management, Disaster Risk Management, Ecology) and additional training in environmental assessment.
- Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience in Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA), namely in preparing and implementing the ESA instruments (SESA, ESIA, ESMF, ESMS, RAP, ES Audit, Hazard and Risk Assessment, lifecycle analysis, emergency response plans, etc.).
- Demonstrable knowledge and practice of the environmental and social safeguards policies/standards, procedures, and practices of comparator Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) supporting the Regional Member Countries.
- Be results oriented, able to work in a team, a meticulous analyst with a sense of detail, a persuasive communicator, and an excellent copywriter.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and to develop effective working relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Have a good knowledge of the environmental and social issues facing Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
- Be able to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a good working knowledge of the other language.
Application Closing Date
11th April, 2024.
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2). Senior Environmental & Social Safeguards & Compliance Officer, SNSC
Locations: Nairobi, Kenya; Tunis, Tunisia; and Antananarivo, Madagascar
Employment Type: Full-time
The Complex
- The Senior Vice-Presidency (SNVP) is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve its strategic objective and drive performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
- The SNVP will provide effective leadership and exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary corrective measures and actions.
- The SNVP leads senior management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of Board and Management key decisions.
The Hiring Department
- Located within the SVNP Complex, the E&S Safeguards and Compliance Department (SNSC) is responsible for mainstreaming environmental and social development considerations into Bank-financed operations in the public and private sectors through the implementation of the Integrated Safeguard System (ISS).
- The Safeguards and Compliance Department’s mission is to ensure proper application of the Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) and its associated procedures, guidelines and tools, in order to enhance environmental and social sustainability into the Bank’s operations.
- The Department’s main tasks is to improve the quality-at-entry (QAE) of Bank operations, including Country Strategy Papers and project-specific interventions (projects, ESW, etc.) as well as providing implementation support to borrowers, with a particular emphasis on enhancing developmental effectiveness through application of environmental and social safeguards requirements and procedures at the various stages of the project cycles.
The Position
- The Senior Environmental & Social Safeguards and Compliance Officer works under the overall direction and the supervision of the Director of the Department of Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance (SNSC).
Key Functions
The Senior Environmental & Social Safeguards and Compliance Officer’s core duties/responsibilities will include the following:
- Mainstreaming of environmental aspects in operations, including safeguards, gender and social inclusion. As task team member, he/she will provide support to Task Managers and Borrowers/Clients in identifying, mainstreaming and monitoring environmental and safeguard aspects/concerns in Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and completion stages (throughout project lifecycle) through the following:
- Provide E&S support to the Bank-funded projects and programmes, for both private and public sectors.
- Carry out the mandatory environmental and social due diligence on Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation support including field visits, and project completion stages.
- Prepare, archive, update when appropriate, the categorization memorandum (CM) and the environmental and social compliance note (ESCON) of operations.
- Assist Borrowers/Clients for the finalization of the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the preparation of Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) documentation (SESA, ESIA, ESMS, RAP, PMP, ES Audit, Process Framework, Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Hazard and Risk Assessment, etc.) to ensure compliance with the ISS.
- Review the ESA documentation submitted by the Borrowers/Clients as of the ISS and other Bank policies’ requirements.
- Draft the technical inputs of the E&S sections in Project Concept Notes (PCNs), Project Appraisal Reports (PARs), Project Completion Reports (PCRs) and any other project related report as required.
- Draft the technical inputs of the E&S sections of CDN, CSP, RISP, etc.
- Draft and/or ameliorate reporting templates for use in implementing and monitoring social aspects and components of projects and programs.
- Contribute to the preparation of management responses to reports issued by the Bank independent accountability mechanism, and similar reports.
- Liaise with co-financiers to ensure consistency in the mainstreaming of environmental safeguard requirements.
Policy and Compliance with E&S Requirements:
- Participate in the formulation, review and/or revision of the Bank environmental and social safeguard policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Provide policy guidance to Bank teams on environmental safeguard issues to enhance their awareness and the capacity of the projects and programmes to comply with the ISS.
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of capacity building and training programs for staff within the Bank and in RMCs.
- Participate in, contribute and represent the Bank in internal and external training and conferences on environmental safeguards and mainstreaming as well as other activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building.
- Develop and/or contribute to the development of innovative knowledge products on environmental sustainability, environmental safeguards and/or the E&S performance of Bank financed projects and programmes.
- Undertake any other task as the Director of the Environment and Social Safeguards Department and/or the Regional Director General.
Competencies (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)
- Have at least a Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences / Management (Environmental Management, Geography, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resource Management, Disaster Risk Management, Ecology) and an additional training in environmental and social assessment.
- Have a minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA), namely in preparing and implementing the ESA instruments (SESA, ESIA, ESMS, RAP, PMP, ES Audit, Process Framework, Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Hazard and Risk Assessment, etc.).
- Demonstrable knowledge and practice of the environmental and social standards and practices of comparator Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) supporting the Regional Member Countries.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and to develop effective working relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Have a good knowledge of the environmental and social issues facing Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
- Be able to preferably communicate effectively (written and oral) in ‘French’, ‘Arabic and French’ or ‘Arabic and English’.
Application Closing Date
11th April, 2024.
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3). Principal Social Safeguards & Compliance Officer
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
The Complex
- The Senior Vice-Presidency (SNVP) is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve its strategic objective and drive performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
- The SNVP will provide effective leadership and exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary corrective measures and actions.
- The SNVP leads senior management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of Board and Management key decisions.
The Hiring Department
- Located within the SVNP Complex, the E&S Safeguards and Compliance Department (SNSC) is responsible for mainstreaming environmental and social development considerations into Bank-financed operations in the public and private sectors through the implementation of the Integrated Safeguard System (ISS).
- The Safeguards and Compliance Department’s mission is to ensure proper application of the Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) and its associated procedures, guidelines, and tools, to enhance environmental and social sustainability into the Bank’s operations.
- The Department’s main tasks is to improve the quality-at-entry (QAE) of Bank operations, including Country Strategy Papers and project-specific interventions (projects, ESW, etc.) as well as providing implementation support to borrowers, with a particular emphasis on enhancing developmental effectiveness through application of environmental and social safeguards requirements and procedures at the various stages of the project cycles.
The Position
- The Principal Social Safeguards & Compliance Officer works under the supervision and overall direction of the Director of the Department of Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance (SNSC).
Key Functions
The Principal Social Safeguards & Compliance Officer’s core duties/responsibilities will include the following:
- Mainstreaming of social aspects in operations, including safeguards, gender, and social inclusion.
- As task team member, he/she will provide support to Task Managers and Borrowers/Clients in identifying, mainstreaming, and monitoring social development and safeguard aspects/concerns in Bank-funded operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and completion stages (throughout project lifecycle) through the following:
- Provide E&S support to the Bank-funded projects and programmes, for both private and public sectors.
- Address social issues in various Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, implementation, and project completion stages.
- Assist Borrowers/Clients for the finalization of the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the preparation of Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) documentation (SESA, ESIA, ESMS, RAP, ES Audit, Social assessment) to ensure compliance with the ISS.
- Review the ESA documentation submitted by the Borrowers/Clients as of the ISS and other Bank policies’ requirements.
- Draft the technical inputs of the E&S sections in Project Concept Notes (PCNs), Project Appraisal Reports (PARs), Project Completion Reports (PCRs) and any other project related report as required.
- Draft and/or ameliorate reporting templates for use in implementing and monitoring social aspects and components of projects and programs.
- Contribute to the preparation of management responses to reports issued by the Bank independent accountability mechanism, and similar reports.
- Liaise with co-financiers to ensure consistency in the mainstreaming of environmental safeguard requirements.
Policy and Compliance with E&S Requirements:
- Participate in the formulation, review and/or revision of the Bank environmental and social safeguard policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Provide policy guidance to Bank teams on social safeguard issues to enhance their awareness and the capacity of the projects and programmes to comply with the ISS.
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of capacity building and training programs for staff within the Bank and in RMCs.
- Participate in, contribute, and represent the Bank in internal and external training and conferences on social safeguards and social development issues as well as other activities for advocacy, dissemination, and knowledge building.
- Develop and/or contribute to the development of innovative knowledge products on social sustainability, social safeguards and/or the E&S performance of Bank financed projects and programmes.
- Undertake any other task as the Director of the Environment and Social Safeguards and Compliance Department and/or the Regional Director General.
Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)
- Hold at least a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences (Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Economy, Law) and an additional training in environmental assessment.
- Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience in Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA), namely in preparing and implementing the ESA instruments (SESA, ESIA, ESMS, RAP, ES Audit, Social assessment).
- Demonstrable knowledge and practice of the environmental and social safeguards policies/standards, procedures, and practices of comparator Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) supporting the Regional Member Countries.
- Experience with international organizations or Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in Africa is an advantage.
- Results-oriented, team player, meticulous analyst with an eye for detail, persuasive communicator, and excellent writer.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and to develop effective working relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Have a good knowledge of the environmental and social issues facing Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
- Be able to communicate effectively (written and oral) in French or English, preferably with a good working knowledge of the other language.
Application Closing Date
10th April, 2024.
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4). Senior Legal Business Performance Officer, PGCL
Position Number: 50068964
Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Grade: PL5
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 (ADF) and manages operations and activities in accordance with the Agreements establishing the AfDB 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 Hiring Department
- The General Counsel and Legal Services Department (PGCL) delivers legal advice and services to all organs and units of the Bank. In addition, PGCL provides legal advice on the administration, operations and financial activities of the Bank.
- PGCL also ensures that the Bank’s activities and operations are consistent with the constitutive documents and other legal instruments of the Bank, its policies, the relevant norms and principles of international and commercial law, as well as the best practices of international development banking.
- PGCL protects the interests of the Bank from legal liability and as necessary provides legal defense in cases filed against or brought by the Bank.
- The Office of the General Counsel advises the statutory organs of the Bank group: from the Boards of Governors and Boards of Directors of the Bank Group to Senior Management, and all operational complexes on their most innovative and complex operations and initiatives.
- The General Counsel also advises on the most strategic and sensitive matters facing the institution.
The Position
- Working closely with the General Counsel and the PGCL Division Managers, the Senior Legal Business Performance Officer’s main responsibility is to ensure efficient use of budget resources and effective delivery of the Department Work Program.
- The Senior Legal Business Performance Officer coordinates all activities related to budget preparation and utilization as well as the execution of the Department Work Program and produces reports and statistics.
- The objective of Senior Legal Business Performance Officer is to provide operational and technical support to the General Counsel and the Department on day-to-day administrative, financial and operational activities pertinent to the smooth running of the Department and assist the General Counsel in monitoring the execution of PGCL’s Work Program.
Key Functions
Under the overall supervision of the General Counsel, the Senior Legal Business Performance Officer has the following responsibilities:
Operations Monitoring:
- Tracking and monitoring implementation of audit recommendations relating to the Department, including managing inputs in the Bank’s audit management tracking system.
- Coordinating the preparation of the monthly Key Risk Indicators report.
- Contributing to the definition of the Department’s Key Risk Indicators, coordinate preparation of the Department’s risk register and act as focal point with PGRF.2 with respect to Key Risk Indicator reporting.
System Management:
- Providing support on optimizing proper records management, legal library management, information storage and retrieval in PGCL.
- Addressing issues pertaining to the SAP system and other IT systems used by PGCL in implementing its work program.
Cooperation Activities:
- Representing PGCL in coordination meeting with other departments for administrative and financial issues of common interest within the scope of activities.
- Liaising with counterparts in Legal Departments in other International Finance Institutions’ with respect to annual benchmarking and exchange activities and information sharing on statistics.
- Liaising with counterparts Legal Departments in other International Finance Institutions for information exchange on library services and cooperation with international universities to update/use their library services and provide guidance to the person in charge of the Library Assistant accordingly.
Budget Resources Management:
- Budget & Work Program – Leading the three-yearly rolling budget exercise for PGCL to ensure timely input in the annual strategic program planning and budgeting and the budget controlling process within PGCL.
- Monitoring appropriate application of budget rules and procedures and the Financial Regulations of the Bank.
- Assisting and supporting the Front Office and all PGCL Divisions in budget preparation and monitoring budget utilization.
- Advising on priorities for budget re-allocation of resources during mid-year reviews or as may be required.
- Conducting analytical work on the Department budget (allocation, execution, transfers etc.) and advising PGCL Management accordingly.
- Contributing to the definition of the Department’s Key Performance Indicators.
- Coordinating the preparation of the monthly Key Performance Indicators report and the quarterly institutional reporting to be delivered to the Programing and Budget departments.
- Being the Department focal point for liaison with the Budget Department.
Procurement:
- Providing technical assistance and support to Front Office lawyers, PGCL Divisions and the General Counsel for the recruitment of external counsel (law firms).
- Providing guidelines and advice to PGCL’s Administrative/Team assistants, Legal Operations Assistants, Legal Library Assistant(s) and PGCL Divisions in relation to the use of budgeted resources in line with procurement rules for administration of contracts and financial commitments.
- Coordinating the procurement processes for recruitment within the Department and preparing the annual procurement plan for PGCL.
Human Resources Management:
- Serving as administrative focal point for the recruitment of staff and consultants, training and development, performance evaluation, job designing and staff planning requirements; coordinate PGCL’s annual training plan.
- Supporting the General Counsel in the management of staff performance evaluations, by ensuring for instance that required deadlines are met.
- Coordinating the work of all support staff assigned to the Front Office.
- Advising Management on training needs for support staff.
Event Supervision:
- Supervising the organization of Departmental events such as retreats, capacity building seminars, workshops and other events.
- Carrying out such other duties as may be assigned by the General Counsel or PGCL Managers.
Competencies (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Law, Accounting, Finance, or similar fields;
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in similar roles with proven administrative skills and experience in budget-related matters, work program implementation and reporting, procurement, and operations, preferably with an international financial institution or an international organization;
- Preferably, experience of working in a legal department or similar environment;
- Capacity to diagnose and resolve multiple concurrent problems as well as to manage multiple, simultaneous, and shifting demands, priorities and tight deadlines; Client and results oriented individual;
- Effective consulting, advisory and mentoring skills that enable colleagues and help them build their confidence and skills to deal with operational and administrative issues;
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a multi-cultural environment and to build effective working relations with colleagues;
- Effective teamwork in timely manner;
- Ability to manage multi-tasking administrative staff in a timely & effective manner;
- 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; experience and proficiency with SAP, SRAS and other operational management systems.
Application Closing Date
4th April, 2023.
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5). Senior Web Assistant
Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Grade: GS8
The Complex
- The Presidency Complex (URPR) comprises the Office of The President of the Bank Group and all corporate offices, departments and other organization units that are directly subordinate to the Presidency in administrative as well as functional terms.
- The President, in the capacity of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank Group, is mandated to provide competent strategic management of the Bank Group and all its resources towards the fulfilment of the Bank Group’s purpose of contributing to economic development and social progress of Regional Member Countries.
- The Presidency Complex provides day-to-day and medium-term corporate leadership and executive oversight, maintains communication with the Bank Group’s Member Countries, and supports the Boards of Directors in the conduct of their statutory roles.
- In addition, the Complex provides legal and regulatory oversight on the conduct of the Bank Group’s business and integrated risk management of Bank Group operations, oversees corporate communication with a range of internal and external stakeholders, promotes integrity, transparency and the highest ethical standards and norms among Bank Group personnel in the conduct of their work, and assures the security of the Bank Group’s personnel, premises and physical assets, information and data in all locations where the Bank Group operates.
- Furthermore, the President’s Complex is also involved in catalysing investment from various sources in line with the operational priorities of the Bank Group.
- The President directly supervises several Departments and Units including Office of the President; the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department; the Office of the Auditor General; the Group Risk Management Directorate; the General Counsel and Legal Services Department; the Communication and External Relations Department; the Staff Integrity and Ethics Office; Office of the Secretary General & General Secretariat; the Africa Investment Forum; the Joint Secretariat Support Office and; the Asia External Representation Office.
The Hiring Department
- The purpose of the Communication and External Relations Department is to plan, prepare and implement public relations and institutional communication programs designed to make the Bank better known by its various audiences so as to promote social and economic development in Africa, and to establish and maintain the Bank’s credibility and good reputation as Africa’s leading development finance institution. The Department is also responsible for enabling the Bank to understand better how the institution is perceived both internally and externally.
The Position
- PCER’s web development and web content management team is responsible for developing, maintaining, and populating the Bank’s Intranet, the Bank’s main external website and several other bespoke websites.
- Some 6,000 pieces of content are posted each year on the Bank’s main website, www.afdb.org. More than 41,000 articles are online and require daily or periodic curation. The whole platform primarily consists of four languages (English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic), with plans to include additional languages spoken in Africa such as Kiswahili, Amharic, Yoruba, etc.
- The web assistant will help maintain quality and accuracy of content published on the Bank’s main website which attracts substantial volume of annual visitors. That number is constantly increasing.
Key Functions
Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Division Manager, PCER 2, the Senior Web Assistant will:
- Create and promptly update web pages;
- Increase the level of accountability and efficiency;
- Improve search engine optimization and help increase the visibility of Bank content on the internet.
- Post documents with appropriate content-related tags and categorize them in accordance with the Bank’s documents typology;
- Collaborate with content creators, designers, and stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate content updates;
- Create and format web pages dedicated to entities, sectors, initiatives, topics, events and knowledge products;
- Conduct quality checks to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to brand standards;
- Format pictures and banners required for web pages or articles (adjust size and resolution);
- Post press releases, event announcements, videos across all platforms (Web, Intranet, Extranet), using appropriate tags;
- Provide web analytics data to PCER management and various communication officers;
- Run regular quality checks on content (detect obsolescence, missing or broken links; check compliance with pre-approved layout and format standards);
- Review the usability of Web platforms and recommend improvements to user interface;
Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)
- Hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Information Technology (IT), Information Management (IM), Communication, Social Sciences, or related field;
- Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant and progressive experience in web design, web content management, and website curation;
- Six (6) years of relevant experience in an international organization as a web technician in charge of posting content is desirable;
- Ability to manage multiple, simultaneous, and shifting demands with attention to detail and excellent follow-through;
- Strong organizational capacity and ability to deliver quality work within tight deadlines;
- Good understanding of web languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP;
- Good understanding of MySQL and web hosting platforms;
- Strong understanding of web content best practices, including SEO principles and accessibility standards;
- A good creative eye to assess the relevance of graphics submitted for posting;
- Good understanding and experience using creative suites such as Adobe, particularly Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and XD;
- Experience in Web analytics software;
- Advanced competence in content management systems such as Drupal and WordPress;
- Demonstrated a clear and concise writing, editing and communication skills in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other language;
- Competence and knowledge in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). Knowledge of SAP is desirable.
Deadline: 14th March, 2024.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply: