African Development Bank Group (AfDB) – Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries).
The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Principal Investment Officer, AHWS
Reference: ADB/17/158
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50093750
The Complex
- The Vice Presidency for ‘Agriculture, Human, and Social Development’ is a Sector Complex focusing on two of the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy High 5s priority of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”.
- The complex objectives are:
- To develop, policy and strategy;
- Provide deep sector expertise to the Regions by gathering pools of experienced individuals who can be consulted to provide sector expertise on complex transactions;
- Develop new financing instruments;
- The Vice President will act as the spokesperson to 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 Water Development and Sanitation Department is responsible for the coordination of the Bank’s water development and sanitation-related activities to enhance synergies and contribute to achievement of all High 5s (Light Up and Power Africa, Feed Africa, Industrialize Africa, Integrate Africa, and Improve the Quality of Life for the people of Africa).
- Through its two Divisions: Water Coordination & Partnership Division, Water Security and Sanitation Division, and the African Water Facility, the Department supports regional hubs in the development and promotion of new knowledge, approaches and tools for green and inclusive water resources development and management, and for improved sanitation. In so doing, the Department leads the scaling-up of the Bank’s contribution to Africa’s efforts to attain water security and sanitation for sustainable socio-economic transformation.
- The Water Security and Sanitation Division works in tandem with Water Coordination & Partnership Division and the African Water Facility to provide the Bank thought leadership for water development and sanitation in Africa. The Department, and the Water Security and Sanitation Division play a lead role in supporting Africa to attain water security through the provision of technical expertise, generation and dissemination of pertinent sector knowledge and fostering strategic partnerships. Specifically, in line with the mandate of the Department, the Water Security and Sanitation Division provides guidance in the following thematic areas, among others: (i) Integrated & Transboundary Water Resources Development and Management for Water Security; (ii) Water Supply for All; (iii) Sanitation for All; and, (iv) Water Sector Governance; as well as the cross-cutting areas including gender, climate change, private sector engagement and fragility.
The Position
- The Principal Investment Officer, reporting to the Manager Water Security and Sanitation Division, is responsible for ensuring thought leadership and providing operational support in regard to appropriate financing modalities and amounts for water security (including water supply and sanitation, environmental health, water for agriculture, electricity, industrialization and regional cooperation).
- Liaising with global and regional-level stakeholders, and maintaining close collaboration with regional hubs and other water-related complexes in the Bank, the purpose of this job is to develop pertinent knowledge and provide technical guidance, expertise and strategic direction on investing and financing sustainable and affordable water supply and sanitation systems and approaches in both rural and urban areas, with a special focus on urban areas.
- In so doing, the position will contribute to the attainment of the continent’s water supply agenda and related objectives of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including attaining water for all and ensuring sustainable and viable water systems towards improved quality of life for the people of Africa.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Manager Water Security and Sanitation Division, the incumbent will be responsible for the following:
- Implement the action plan of the Water Development and Sanitation department, including Water Supply for All and Sanitation for All, by promoting new financing innovative products, and mobilising new sources of financing;
- Set objectives, formulate policies, establish priorities, define and monitor the key performance indicators for water sector development and sanitation financing;
- Provide technical oversight to develop innovative vehicles for water sector financing, and provide technical assistance to investment funds and other non-banking financial institutions that offer equity and debts to water utilities;
- Work closely with the Bank’s private sector and financial inclusion departments to partner with relevant financial and non-financial institutions for the development and financing of public private partnership in the water sector;
- Assist regional members countries and task managers in the identification, preparation and appraisal of water development and sanitation financing for country operations;
- Enhance project implementation quality, timeliness and integrity through developing and implementing controls that minimize slippages;
- Develop and implement performance monitoring and evaluation systems and reporting activities (including key performance indicators) to enable transparent assessment of water development and sanitation financing outcomes and impacts, both for internal and external circulation;
- Drive new business development and resource mobilization for water development and sanitation financing with relevant departments of the Bank as well as sovereign, multilateral, bilateral, financial institution and private sector partners;
- Establish synergies between the Bank’s various initiatives in the water sector with the Bank’s other flagship programmes;
- Establish and maintain strategic collaboration with relevant partners in the area of water development and sanitation financing for the sector;
- Organize water development and sanitation financing seminars, make presentations, and represent the Bank in relevant events;
- Identify non sovereign operations to support attainment of water sector related SDGs;
- Contribute to complex project identification, preparation and appraisal for Bank Group financing;
- Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and close transactions for water development and sanitation
- Mobilize innovative initiatives to close financing gaps for the development of major water/sanitation operations;
- Provide support and expertize to regional directorates for non-sovereign operations in the water development and sanitation;
- Partner with water utilities and financial institutions to finance operations in the sector
- Monitor and report on the implementation of the new initiatives to financing and their contribution to meet the water/sanitation related SDGs.
- Define and monitor a set of impact indicators particularly around development impact and job creation for women and youth;
- Formulate alliance strategies with actors along innovative financing of water development and sanitation service delivery with a particular focus on public private partnerships (at the country and continent level) to engage stakeholders in alignment of sustainable socio-economic development goals;
- Agree upon follow-up arrangements for project designs and technical assistance for implementation upon consultation with concerned African Development Bank country offices;
- Support review all reports and papers prepared by other technical staff and give appropriate guidance.
Selection Criteria
Including Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Hold at least a Master’s or equivalent degree in Business, or Development Finance, Economics, or related field; relevant qualification in investment appraisal and project finance is a plus.
- Have a minimum of six (6) years of investment finance experience, with track record in investment structuring and project finance. In addition, good command of undertaking comprehensive due diligence, including financial and economic analysis of clients (financial institutions, medium and larger enterprises);
- Good working experience with, or working knowledge of, multilateral or bilateral development agencies;
- Experience of Multi-lateral development banks (or similar financing institutions) and their operations in terms of private and/or public sector project development and implementation process.
- Experience with a broad range of financing and implementation modalities including but not limited to budget support, loans, equity, partial credit risk guarantees, results-based finance, Public Private Partnerships including Design-Build-Operate.
- Competencies in strategy development and implementation.
- Very good understanding of Finance and business, especially utility financing issues, trends and opportunities in Africa;
- Recognized ability to identify and articulate finance, corporate finance and project finance issues and to provide sound advice;
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, and to prepare, analyze, review and disseminate knowledge products with easy uptake and that add value in financing water development and sanitation;
- Client orientation – Anticipates and identifies client needs and business trends and proactively consults with them to deliver integrated, customized solutions;
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French. A working knowledge of the other will be an asset.
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP is desirable.
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Job Title: Principal Urban Planning Officer
Reference: ADB/17/436
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50093730
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 role of the Infrastructure and Urban Development Department is to foster infrastructure and urban development in Africa through appropriate policies and strategies as well as projects and programs interventions which the Bank might finance on national, regional or continent-wide basis.
The Position
The Principal Urban Planning Officer will lead or support the development of policies, strategies and project and programs related to urban development initiatives supported by the Bank in regional member countries.
The purpose of the job is as follows:
- To be an active member of the Bank’s team of experts on urban planning with particular emphasis on cities development strategies and urban and regional development planning.
- To contribute in strengthening and maintaining the Bank’s understanding of the urban development and planning and its role in the development of African cities and towns.
- To advise on ways and means to addressing the social inclusion of the poor, vulnerable and excluded groups through accountable institutions, and future investments in the sector by the Bank and its regional member countries.
- To lead the identification, preparation, appraisal, and implementation supervision of urban development projects and programs.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the general guidance and supervision of the Division Manager, the Principal Urban Planning Officer will perform the following duties and responsibilities:
Urban development Policy, strategy, business plan:
- Contribute and collaborate in revising the urban development policy, strategy and business plan of the Bank in consultation with internal stakeholders and taking account of long-term trends in urbanization on the continent;
- Contribute to the appropriate implementation of the business plan through communication and advice to all relevant stakeholders in the Bank, particularly operations functions, and define a monitoring framework;
- Consult as necessary with external partners and Regional and non-Regional Member Countries on the form and efficacy of the policy, strategy, and business plan.
Urban Development Knowledge:
- Collaborate with a team to develop and maintain the Bank’s expertise on urban development and Services to support the development goals of the Bank and the continent;
- Devise with other members of the urban team the Bank’s contribution to key urban development themes and represent the Bank at global, regional and national conferences and workshops on urban development;
- Coordinate and work alongside key partners, such as other Multilateral Development Bank and the United Nations organizations to design urban development programs and solutions for the orderly spatial development of Africa’s cities and towns;
- Publish major studies and reports on urban development and services, taking into account the comparative advantage that the Bank can bring to bear to any specific subject or theme. Convene associated workshops and media events to solidify the learning across Africa;
- Develop and maintain, in collaboration with other team members and partners, urban information databases, publications, and economic models relating to urban development and services, and the state of African cities and towns;
- Contribute to identify appropriate urban development training for internal and external stakeholders.
Urban development Projects and Programs:
- Act as a task team leader in providing advice to Regional Member Countries on urban planning and cities development strategies and lead dialogue with governments in advancing decentralization policy, urban institutions reforms;
- Lead the development of technical assistance programs to provide cutting edge advice on urban land use planning, the urban-rural transition, local development, land tenure, management and information systems;
- Lead the origination and financial structuring of urban development and public private partnership (PPP) projects in regional member countries in collaboration and with the support of operations staff based in the regions and ensuring the optimum use of all the Bank’s financing instruments;
- Advise and support operational staff based in the regions on urban development projects implementation and ensure appropriate coordination of actions in supporting clients during the project procurement, execution and monitoring phase.
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Hold at least a Master’s degree or its equivalent in Urban development, Urban Planning, Public Policy, or related discipline.
- Dual academic qualification in urban planning/development and public policy, public administration, finance or urban economics is desirable.
- Have at least six (6) years of experience in urban development, city and regional planning, urban services planning and delivery in the public or private sector.
- Public and/or private sector experience in urban planning and cities development strategies in developing countries is desirable.
- Having private sector experience will be an added advantage.
- Develop and deliver innovative solutions to clients – Proactively addresses clients’ needs.
- Collaborate within teams and across functional boundaries, provides own perspective and willingly receives diverse perspectives.
- Ability to make sense of complexity, interpret a wide range of information and make smart decisions.
- Effective consultation and advisory skills coupled with a client orientation to ensure relevancy.
- Range of inter-personal skills and an ability to vary their use according to the audience.
- Create, apply and share knowledge across the Bank to strengthen solutions for internal and/or external clients.
- Thorough knowledge of urban Planning, urban policies, strategies, Institutions and regulations.
- Foundational knowledge of urban services delivery, with ability to apply/recommend operationally relevant solutions and lessons for clients.
- Knowledge and experience in development and understanding of policy making process; project and program design, execution, monitoring and evaluation.
- Policy dialogue skills – Ability to identify and assess critical policy issues and actively dialogue with governments and/or other stakeholders to develop solutions.
- Ability to lead a team of specialists and to take forward projects, often in collaboration with other partners.
- Attention to detail to create quality output and to set standards for the team.
- Mentoring to develop skills within the team and to improve the quality of output and outcomes.
- Ability to assess cost/benefits of alternative options, select optimum solution and allocate budget and resources to achieve results.
- Ability to articulate clear objectives, set ambitious bur achievable targets and monitor execution and results.
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
- Competence in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). Knowledge of SAP is desirable.
Deadline: 13th October, 2017.
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