Fresh Recruitment at African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Division Manager, Economic & Social Statistics

Reference: ADB/17/114/2
Location: Africa
Grade: PL2
Position N°: 50092401

The Complex

• The Chief Economist/Vice-President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management is the Bank’s spokesperson on economic matters and the Vice President for the ‘Economics Governance and Knowledge Management Complex’.
• The Complex is responsible for (i) providing leadership and visibility for the Bank on economic, finance, financial governance and socio economic development issues; and coordinate the generation of analytical works to inform operational policy; (ii) systematically emphasize the critical role of knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and their tangible impact on sustainable, inclusive transformation of African economies.

The Hiring Department

• The Statistics Department is responsible for the Bank’s statistical activities that focus on two main components: (i) providing support for effective development of statistical capacity and systems in African countries for the provision of timely and reliable data to support development results measurement for the High 5s and Sustainable Development Goals agenda across Africa, (ii) mainstreaming results measurement in Bank operations to ensure their operational effectiveness as well as to support the Bank’s research, policy and financial services.

The Position

• The Division Manager, Economic & Social Statistics will be responsible for coordinating the African Information Highway Initiative (Database and statistical portal management) and provide statistical and analytical support to Operations, research activities and publications.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Director, Statistics; the manager of Economic & Social Statistics will:

Work program management and execution:

• Set goals of the division, ensuring alignment to the Bank, Complex and Department strategic priorities.
• Establish and monitor work program for the division and introduce changes where required.
• Manage financial resources of the Division and assure its effective implementation.
  • Report on the work program execution, and propose alternative and corrective measures as needed.
  • Actively contribute to the designing and monitoring of the division key performance indicators.

Statistical and analytical support to operation:

• Coordinate activities within the Bank & in Regional Member Countries for streamlining data management & dissemination through the Africa Information Highway initiative to inform policies, strategies & decision making.
• Ensure effective coordination with the Statistical Capacity Building Division on statistical matters relating to concepts, methods, classifications, best practices.
• Manage the statistical component of the One Bank Data System for meeting the data needs for the Bank’s Results Measurement Framework, particularly with regard to development data needs for Levels 1 & 2 indicators.
• Supervise the African Economic Outlook work (data collection; management; forecast analysis and generation of projections of economic indicators for all African countries).
• Provide the Bank and member countries with comparative research analysis, socio-economic data and projections of the most widely used socio-economic parameters relating to Africa’s economy and Bank Group operations
• Define appropriate statistical methods to be used to estimate and forecast key macro, sectorial and social indicator in Regional Member Countries.
• Provide statistical and analytical support to meet the operational and research needs of organizational units throughout the Bank.
• Supervise statistical analyses in support of the activities and ensure accuracy and consistency in the use of statistical data throughout the Bank; and provide guidance on statistical analysis and interpretation.
• Build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and engage at the appropriate levels to coordinate the Bank’s statistical activities to enable consistent monitoring and evaluation of the Bank’s strategic goals.
• Coordinate the work on statistical harmonization and availing of up to date metadata to aid cross-country comparison of key aggregates in collaboration with other development partners and in liaison with the Operations Departments of the Bank.
• Perform other tasks as requested by the Director and senior management.

Research and publications activities:

• Manage the Bank’s statistical publications.
• Provide statistical input for the Bank Group’s Annual Report, the African Development Report, the African Economic Outlook and other critical Bank publications.
• Establish and maintain relations with other development partners involved in producing data to inform timely decision making.

People and talent management:

• Ensure the division has the appropriate skills-mix at any time for effective delivery of the objectives defined in the work program.
  • Review and validate the staffing needs, and build with the HR department the required recruitment plans.
  • Assess work performance, appraise staff potential and determine training needs.
  • Put in place, with the assistance of the Human Resource department, talent management mechanisms, to build a talent pool for the division for business continuity.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or other relevant discipline.
• Have a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant work experience in a multilateral development institution or reputable organization, of which at least three (3) years will be at managerial level.
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage.
• Solid knowledge and good grasp of programming and effective use of information technologies for statistical analysis.
• Proven ability to provide leadership in statistical and econometric methods and packages in data processing.
• Ability to build and manage strategic partnerships with a results-oriented mind-set.
• Strong capability to make effective and timely decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities, coupled to manage innovation and change.
• Proven ability to build and lead a team; to motivate staff and utilize the talents and expertise of team members in a productive way.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language.
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications.

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Reference: ADB/17/273
Location: West Africa
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:
  • Determine the general structure of the Bank’s services;
  • Approve the financing policy and take decisions concerning loans, guarantees, equity investments and fund loans by the Bank;
  • Determine the interest rates of loans and guarantee commissions;
  • Approve the Bank’s operations programme and administrative budget;
  • Prepare the work of the Board of Governors ; and
  • 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 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 the African Development Bank 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 Independent Development Evaluation Department has three divisions; BDEV1, BDEV2 and BDEV3. BDEV1 and BDEV2 divisions focus on undertaking evaluations whilst BDEV3 division on knowledge management and evaluation capacity development.
• 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, and possibly leading complicated evaluations ones, and providing evaluation expertise to junior colleagues, and support to work programme management and BDEV’s quality assurance activities.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager BDEV1, 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 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 BDEV 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 BDEV 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:

• Hold 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.
• Holds also a certificate in development evaluation, or development oriented research and/or program/project planning, management and evaluation
• Have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in designing, conducting, managing and reporting development evaluation/research studies.
• Private sector experience will be an added advantage.
• Significant knowledge in quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation methods.
• Broad knowledge of evaluation theories and practice including evaluation needs assessment, design and implementation.
• Proven operational and field experience working in complex development programs.
• Knowledge of operational/policy areas, procedures and practice of the African Development Bank or other multilateral development Banks and/or other international development agencies.
• Operational experience relating, in particular, to areas covered by the Division (for example, private sector development, infrastructure, industrialization, power systems, energy, climate change, green growth and regional integration).
• Experience in development planning, management and evaluation in Multilateral Development Banks or other international development agencies.
• Strong theoretical and operational knowledge of international development issues and theories relating, in particular, to Africa.
• Experience in providing strategic advice to senior management.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring staff.
• Substantial experience in managing human and financial resources.
• Experience to lead multidisciplinary teams, and work 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 PowerPoint); knowledge of integrated document management system and/or quantitative and qualitative data analysis packages is an added advantage.

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Reference: ADB/17/ 259
Location: Africa
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50093753

The Complex

• The Vice Presidency for ‘Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth’ is a Sector Complex focusing on the Bank’s Ten Years Strategy, High 5s priority of “Light up and Power Africa”.
• The complex’s objectives are (i) to develop policy and strategy; (ii) to provide deep sector technical expertise to the Regions by gathering pool of experienced individuals who can be consulted for their expertise on complicated transactions; (iii) to develop new financing instruments; (iv) to act as spokesperson to represent the Bank with external stakeholders on all aspects of “Light Up and Power Africa”.
• The Complex focuses on areas of Power systems, policy and regulation, renewable energy; and, Climate and Green Growth.

The Position

• The Programme Coordinator will be responsible for overall coordination of the complex work programmes and for delivering some technical advisory services.
• The incumbent will also help in coordinating the Vice President’s front office, sector departments’, as well energy-related work handled by the 5 hubs.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Vice-President – Power, Energy, Climate change and Green Growth, the Programme Coordinator will perform the following:

• Supervise and guide the implementation of the complex work programme, ensure quality delivery, strategic alignment and resource optimization;
• Report to the VP on work programme progress and identify critical areas that deserve specific support and provide recommendations as appropriate;
• Liaise with the five complex’s directorates, the Bank’s five regional hubs, and other key stakeholder to ensure coherence and complementarity across activities;
• Assist in policy discussions with Regional Member Countries officials and in raising external funding from Bank’s partners;
• Work on establishment of new initiatives with outside parties;
• Promote the use of the full range of Bank’s instruments in order to crowd-in external public and private financing (including external funding channeled by the Bank);
• Ensure follow up/Draft VP’s briefing materials i.e. talking points, speeches, media program etc;
• Build relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials;
• Represent the complex at Bank and external events to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing.
•  Perform other duties as assigned by the Vice President.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master’s Degree or its equivalent in Energy, Finance, Economics or other related discipline;
• Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant practical working experience in development field ; including in energy and climate change areas;
• Experience/knowledge of advisory and investment activities;
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage;
• Strong familiarity with energy and climate policies and strategies;
• Working experience with others development institutions, investment banks, public administration;
• Familiarity with the Multilateral Development Bank’s procurement and financial management rules;
• Investment transaction experience in the energy sector.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, and demonstrated capacity to work with a wide range of stakeholders (financial institutions, businesses, international organizations, etc.)
• Ability to collaborate and to successfully communicate with different stakeholders
• Excellent organizational, analytical, coordination and communication skills; Strong drafting ability ;
• Strong knowledge of Bank policies; strategies; guidelines and procedures;
• Proven skills in communication as the coordination activities require regular contacts with high level partners  inside and outside the bank;
• Ability to summarize strategic documents and highlight main ideas;
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing 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);

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