Job Vacancies at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), 24th October, 2019

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Executive Assistant to the President, PCSC

Reference: ADB/19/195
Location: Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire
Grade: GS7
Position N°: 50069658

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 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); Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department (PIAC); 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 Office of the President assists the President in planning, supervising and managing the business of the Bank Group.
• The Office of the President monitors, coordinates and supervises the implementation of various Bank programs based on the global or regional trends and emerging knowledge in the major development areas of agriculture, human and social development, energy and climate; and gender and civil society.
• The Office examines the impact of the Bank Group country and regional programs in responding to existing and emerging development trends and needs in the regional member countries, identifies new areas for business growth; leads and coordinates the preparation of technical and knowledge briefs for the President’s internal and external engagements; and monitors the effective and timely implementation of Presidential instructions, Board and Management decisions.
• Under other activities, the Office prepares and organizes the President’s missions and represents the Bank at international conferences and on working missions to member countries; organizes meetings with Bank’s Senior Management; reviews, evaluates and gives advice on communication and interaction between the Presidency and the various organs of the Bank; provides effective administrative and logistic support to facilitate implementation of the President’s programs; and prepares, monitors audit reports and follows up on the implementation of the recommendations of the reports

The Position

• The Job of Executive Assistant to the President, which falls under General Support Services that provides administrative support for the smooth running of the President Office, ensures that the President is freed from all tasks and administration, which could otherwise impede the efficient discharge of higher duties and responsibilities.
• Executive Assistant to President’s job facilitates and contributes to the success of the President in performing his role as a key functionary in the Bank’s strategy for the achievement of the High 5s.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance and overall supervision of the Chief of Staff and Director of Cabinet, the Executive Assistant to the President will perform the following:

Workflow Management:

• Devise and maintain office systems to deal efficiently with paper flow; organize and store paperwork, documents and computer-based information;
• Track and follow up on documents: deal with incoming email, faxes, post and correspondence;
• Distribute Papers from the Senior Vice President, Vice-Presidents and Board and maintain a follow up system.

Office Administration:

• Organize and attend to the President’s multiple engagements as required such as conference bridges, appointments, luncheons and other official events;
• Ensure that the President has all his materials for these meetings and engagements through provision of Agenda, minutes and supporting documents;
• Ensure travel, visas, accommodation and post-travel claims are done working with travel assistant and special assistant, occasionally, travel with the President to provide general assistance;
• Coordinate visits of senior management as needed, which includes in particular; the setting up of appointments, arranging logistics and transportation;
• Handle internal, external and general enquiries: screen telephone calls and requests as appropriate; welcome and look after visitors;
• Organize and maintain with daily accuracy the Schedule of the President in collaboration with the Chief of Staff
• Provide administrative assistance to the President’s office as required; these include the management of the filing and retrieval system, correspondence to the President;
• Screen incoming calls to ensure the effective use of the President’s time.

Support to analytical work:

• Take notes at meetings, write letters, prepare minutes – as requested;
• Ensure adherence to African Development Bank Group and protocol guidelines and policies for all administrative undertakings;
• Respond to inquiries from Bank executives, liaise with clients and other staff, facilitate coordination with other vice-presidencies; partner and work with other Assistants and groups in different locations;

Selection Criteria

• Hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Business Management, Commerce, Administration or related discipline;
• Training in report writing/administration/office management;
• Have a minimum of five (5) years of relevant and practical experience, in an executive office in a support function;
• Experience in supporting operations of international organizations is preferable;
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage;
• Innovation and creativity;
• Good Communication;
• Problem solving;
• Client orientation;
• Team working and relationships;
• Operational effectiveness and efficiency and good planning skills;
• Track record in excellent scheduling and management of program at senior executive level (daily schedule and long-term schedule).
• Inter-cultural sensitivity;
• Able to work under pressure and to prioritize in the dynamic setting of an international and multicultural setting;
• Skills in handling internal and external requests efficiently and professionally;
• Excellent sense of initiative, confidentiality, enthusiasm, and team spirit;
• Has high level of professionalism, work ethic, discretion and tact
• Organization – Time-keeping, Space and Task Skills;
• Broad knowledge of Business Concepts;
• Good knowledge of Administration and Office Support Services including Systems and Procedures;
• Proficiency in use of standard office equipment e.g., Computer, fax, photocopier, scanner, etc.;
• Advanced proficiency to quickly adapt to new technology by acquiring required skills;
• Ability to deploy sound judgment and make reasonable decisions in the absence of direction;
• Ability to deploy knowledge, skills and abilities to work effectively without constant and direct supervision or guidance;
• while working with diverse workforce;
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other;
• Bilingualism is advantageous;
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SAP and/or other integrated document management systems etc.).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Principal Evaluation Officer, BDEV2

Reference: ADB/19/199
Location: Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50000284

The Complex

• The Board of Directors provides oversight and strategic direction to the African Development Bank Group.
• It is composed of Executive Directors who are representatives of the African Development Bank member countries. Specifically the Board is responsible for the conduct of the general operations of the Bank, and carries out the following functions: (1) determine the general structure of the Bank’s services; (2) approve the financing policy and take decisions concerning loans, guarantees, equity investments and fund loans by the Bank; (3) determine the interest rates of loans and guarantee commissions; (4) approve the Bank’s operations program and administrative budget; (5) prepare the work of the Board of Governors; and (6) submit accounts and annual reports, as well as the administrative budgets for the approval of the Board of Governors.
• The Board does its work through a series of permanent Committees that review and discuss policy and program documents and make appropriate recommendations to the whole Board.
• The Independent Development Evaluation Department (BDEV); Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (BCRM); Secretariat to the Sanctions Appeals Board (BSAB); and the Administrative Tribunal (BATR) 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 and foster sustainable growth and poverty reduction 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. To support the Bank Group in achieving greater development effectiveness, the independent evaluation function has adopted three core objectives:
  • Contribute to enhanced learning in the Bank and regional member countries to improve current and future policies, strategies, programs, projects, and processes.
  • Provide a basis for accountability to the public and to member countries by documenting the use and results of the Bank Group’s assistance.
  • Promote an evaluation culture in the Bank and regional member countries to encourage a focus on development results, learning, and continuous quality improvement.
• The core mandate of the Independent Development Evaluation Department is to conduct independent evaluation studies, provide relevant lessons, develop and harmonize standards and practices, support evaluation capacity development together with partner agencies and attest to the validity of both processes and the results of African Development Bank’s self-evaluation activities. The Independent Development Evaluation Department also collaborates and exchanges information with bilateral and multilateral development agencies’ evaluation departments, and undertakes joint evaluation of co-financed projects and programs.
• The Independent Development Evaluation Department has three divisions: The Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth; Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization; and Integration Evaluations Division (BDEV.1); the Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Country and Corporate Evaluations Division (BDEV.2); and the Knowledge Management Outreach and Capacity Development Division (BDEV.3). The Divisions 1 and 2 focus on undertaking evaluations whilst the Division 3 on Knowledge Management Outreach and Capacity Development.
• The BDEV.2 Division is primarily responsible for evaluations related to country programs and strategies, institutional processes and reforms, as well as interventions related to the Bank’s two Top priorities of “Feeding Africa” and “Improve the quality of life of African people” and governance, out of the Top 5.

The Position

• The principal evaluation officer contributes to the delivery of the division work program by leading moderately complex evaluations, supervising evaluation teams, and mentoring and coaching junior colleagues, and supporting work programme management and the Independent Development Evaluation Department’s quality assurance activities.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager Division.2, the Principal Evaluation Officer will:

• 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).
• Undertake Meta-Evaluations and Meta-Analyses; Lead, and guide meta-evaluations and meta-analyses including designs, and methods (for literature search, and data collection, analysis and reporting).
• Undertake Evaluation Quality Management: Contribute to updating the Independent Development Evaluation Department evaluation quality standards, and quality assurance processes, tools and capacity.
• Contribute to the capture of learning from evaluation design to evaluation dissemination for use in updating the Independent Development Evaluation Department evaluation manual, and for staff learning events.
• 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 (RMC).
• Contribute to positioning the as an innovator on the 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 ’s three-year rolling work programme and annual report.
• Perform any other assigned tasks.

Selection Criteria

• Holds at least a Master’s Degree or its equivalent in Economics, Development Evaluation, Finance, Business Administration, Sociology, Development, Statistics, Policy analysis, Public Administration, or other International Development related field. A certificate/diploma in development evaluation, development oriented research and/or program/project planning, management and evaluation is an advantage.
• A minimum of six (6) years’ experience in as a development evaluator/researcher; designing, conducting, managing, and reporting development evaluation/research studies.
• 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, such as governance, and/or country strategies and operations, and/or corporate reforms.
• Substantial 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 (in writing and orally) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, Access and Power Point); knowledge of integrated document management system and/or quantitative and qualitative data analysis packages is an added advantage.

Deadline: 7th November, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: This position does not attract international terms and conditions (the post holder will be considered as a local staff and will not have international terms and conditions of employment).