Recruitment at African Development Bank Group

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: Principal Procurement Operations Officer

Position Number: 50078485
Location: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Job type: Full-time
Position Grade: PL4

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 will lead Senior Management discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of keyboard and Management decisions.

The Hiring Department / Division

• The SNVP supervises the Fiduciary Services 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: (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) dialoguing with external and global partners with a view to building partnerships and fostering harmonization; (v) acting as the secretariat for the Procurement Review Committee (PRC); and (vi) inspecting and reporting on the performance of procurement and FM activities undertaken by the regions.

The position

• The Principal Procurement Operations Officer is responsible to ensuring that the project procurement activities financed by the Bank are compliant with the Bank’s procurement policy.
• This is done by advising on procurement arrangements and reviewing procurement decisions 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 Borrowers’ procurement systems.
• The Principal Procurement Operations Officer based in the front office of the Procurement Division covering Eastern & Southern Africa & Nigeria (SNFI.3) reports to the Division Manager – Procurement (SNFI.3).

Key Functions
Under the direct supervision of the Division Manager, the Principal Procurement Operations Officer will:

• Advise various Sector Divisions involved in the design and supervision of Borrowers project implementation activities on procurement matters as required by the relevant Procurement Framework.
• Review & analyze procurement cases that are submitted to the Division Manager’s Office and provide opinion and recommendations.
• Lead the collection, compilation and analysis of procurement data as received from the regions and prepare the relevant analysis and reports.
• Ensure that the procurement operations data are collected on time and always up to date.
• Lead the preparation of the division’s work program.
• Lead the preparation of the divisions’ input in the Procurement Annual Report.
• Lead the preparation of the division’s budget requirements and ensure the proper mapping of the division’s staff.
• Liaise and coordinate as necessary amongst the three regions under the division in direct collaboration with the Regional Procurement Coordinators.
• Represent the division manager in events and various committees when assigned to do so.
• Prepare procurement proposals requesting funds, submit and follow up to Trust Funds or other sources of financing.
• Advise Borrowers, Suppliers, entrepreneurs, Consultants and Contractors on all aspects related to the procurement of goods, works and services under Bank Group funded projects.
• When required, participate in the Preparation and Appraisal missions for projects with complex procurement components with a view to assisting Borrowers and Sector Divisions Staff to define the most appropriate modalities for procurement.
• Prepare the procurement chapter and relevant annex in the Project Appraisal Report.
• During the project/program preparation missions, assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of the procurement capacity at the Executing Agencies as well as provide advisory technical support to the project/program team on procurement matters.
• When required, participate in the project/program Launching Mission to assist the project/program team in developing capacity building of the Executing Agency in procurement.
• When required, contribute to the assessment of countries procurement systems and prepare relevant reports using MAPS indicators for approval by the Manager and Director of SNFI.
• Maintain an on-going system of monitoring the compliance with the Bank’s Procurement Policy by the Borrowers and actions taken by project management to implement internal and external audit recommendations and reporting on the status of implementation.
• Facilitate and undertake training seminars /workshops for Borrowers and Bank Staff as well as certification of Bank’s procurement staff.
• Contribute to the efficient use of Information Management Systems for processing procurement requests and generating accurate procurement data for SNFI reports.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)

• Hold at least a master’s degree 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.
• Proven familiarity with and solid experience in the practice of procurement of goods and works and the acquisition of consultancy services under donor-funded development projects/programs; it would be desirable to have knowledge of Bank Procurement policy.
• Experience in supervising and effectively managing implementation of developments projects and programs.
• Having private sector experience (e.g., PPP operations etc.) will be an added advantage.
• Ability to be flexible, open-minded with integrity, client and results oriented for achieving both Bank’s and 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.
• Ability to communicate effectively (Written and Oral) in English, with a working knowledge of the French language.
• Competence with standard MS Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), preferably combined with knowledge and experience of SAP operations.

Application Closing Date
28th December, 2024.

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

Job Title: Principal Syndication and Co-Financing Officer

Position Number: 50000925
Location: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Job type: Full-time
Position Grade: PL4

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, and the overall asset/liability management for the Bank Group.

The Hiring Department

• The role of the Syndications, Co-Financing, African Investment Forum and Financial Technical Services Department (FIST) is to:
• provide centralized syndication, co-financing, insurance and financial technical services to the entire Bank cutting across both public and private sector lending activities and across products;
• establish and coordinate the achievement of bank-wide co-financing targets and key performance indicators; and
• develop and implement financial products.
• Manage the Bank wide implementation of the Africa Investment Forum.

The Position

• Reporting to the Division Manager – Syndications and Co-financing, the Principal Syndication and Co-financing Officer develops and maintains close relationships with the commercial and official lender, institutional investor, and insurance community and leads the funded and unfunded distribution of non-sovereign (private sector) and sovereign (public sector) exposures.

Key Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Division Manager – Syndications and Co-Financing, the Principal Syndication and Co-financing Officer will perform the following:

• Origination responsibility: in collaboration with the sector teams, identify, plan and pitch potential targets for mobilization through funded and unfunded distribution. Origination includes providing structuring guidance to investment officers and task managers and actively participating in presenting proposals and mandate letters to clients. It also includes providing pricing guidance and opinions for non-sovereign operations.
• Fully manage the syndication and co-financing process with external partners including commercial Banks, other Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), public and private co-financing partners, institutional investors, insurers, etc…
• Execute syndicated loan transactions, sharing responsibilities where appropriate with co-arrangers including, performing market soundings and providing risk appetite feedback to senior management for their consideration, assisting with various aspects of organizing roadshow presentation on a deal by deal basis with local staff on the ground;
• Mobilize insurance and guaranties at origination, to amplify the Bank’s risk bearing capacity at entry of operations into the portfolio, through risk transfer, co-guaranties, and re-guaranties from commercial and official insurers;
• Creatively and proactively, strive to ensure the effective utilization, implementation and management of the Bank’s existing and future co-financing facilities and partnership arrangements;
•  Ideate, structure/negotiate and implement wholesale co-financing, risk-participation, insurance structures with commercial and official lenders, guarantors and financiers;
• Build strong internal and external relationships with all external partners involved in the syndication and co-financing transactions;
• Coordinate with key internal counterparts (Credit risk, Non-sovereign operations, sovereign operations officers) to identify syndication and co-financing opportunities in the Bank’s pipeline, as well as operations requiring blended finance and/or insurance at origination;
• Manage/coordinate at least three co-financing  / risk sharing or financial partnership arrangements as may be assigned, serving as primary point of contact and representative of the African Development Bank to the partner institutions in all matters related to the facilities in question;
• Manage and update the pipeline report on a weekly basis and lead on the monthly implementation report as well as periodic reports on cofinancing, syndication and insurance performance;
• Design, maintain and update all presentations, pitch books, communication and marketing material to internal or external parties
• Manage and update various documents relating to each transaction such as the working party list, roles and responsibilities of each party, and work plan/timetable;
• Maintain and be accountable for all documentation requirements and record keeping on a country by country basis;
• Actively participate in the mobilization efforts of the Bank including structuring insurance transactions at origination, identifying funded/unfunded participation opportunities at transactions origination, structuring asset sell down transactions at origination and use any other applicable instruments to catalyze financing of transactions at origination.
• Prepare pricing notes on transactions across all sectors, financial analysis, models, valuations relating to clients;
• In consultation with the sector teams, conduct due diligence investigations of clients;
• Support and where possible, undertake the preparation of detailed memoranda and presentations describing the key attributes of client companies;
• Contribute constructively to the design and development of new syndication/co-financing facilities/arrangements;
• Contribute constructively to the formulation and review of relevant Bank policies, rules and guidelines with a focus on cofinancing, syndication and insurance.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)

• A Master’s Degree (or its equivalent) in finance, business administration or related disciplines;
• At least six 6 years of relevant experience in syndication, co-financing, corporate banking, capital markets activities;
• Experience in project structuring, financial modeling and in reviewing of financial statements;
• Experience in using insurance and guarantor markets and understanding of different instruments including funded and unfunded participations, credit insurance, insurance treaties, asset sell down etc..
• Experience in negotiating complex syndication/co-financing documentation and guidelines;
• Experience in sales and distribution of African debt securities and knowledge of capital markets in Africa and familiarity with the international financial insitutions’ process and procedures;
• Demonstrated strategic, creative and logical thinking, initiative and anticipation, problem-solving, common sense, sound reasoning and judgement;
• Demonstrated team leadership capabilities, with a track record in the planning, organization, coordination of multi-disciplinary team to achieve desired results on a timely basis;
• Teamwork – collaboration, networking, relationship management.
• Outstanding ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
• Demonstrated competence in the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint), Experience with SAP work environment will be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
2nd Januaury, 2024.

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

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Position Number: 50050180
Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Position Grade: GS6

The Complex

• The Vice Presidency, Technology and Institutional Services (TCVP) is the cornerstone of the Bank’s technology and corporate services initiatives. Committed to efficiency and customer satisfaction, TCVP designs, develops and delivers high-quality IT solutions and corporate services.
• Its responsibilities cover a wide range of areas from the strategic development and implementation of the Bank’s IT systems, cybersecurity and business continuity plans to the management of real estate, procurement, corporate travel and language services.
• Through its leadership, TCVP ensures that these essential functions are carried out in line with the Bank’s mission, thereby enhancing overall corporate effectiveness.

The Hiring Department / Division

• The mission of the Real Estate, General Services and Procurement Department is essentially to supervise the procurement of goods, works, services and real estate on the one hand, and to manage the Bank’s assets and corporate services (corporate travel, logistics, catering and mail services, vehicle fleet) on the other.
• To this end, the Department formulates and applies not only procurement policies and rules, but also guidelines for the management of facilities and real estate services.
• It also formulates administrative policies and ensures their proper and effective application within the Bank in areas such as communications, transport, travel, security, protection and safety of persons and property and of the Bank and performs related functions.
• The Department is also responsible for managing the Bank’s fixed assets.
• The Property Management, General Services and Procurement Department comprises three divisions: i) the Operations and Maintenance Division; ii) the Corporate Procurement Division; and iii) the Support Services Division.
• The Operations and Maintenance Division (TCGS.1) of the Real Estate, General Services and Procurement Department (TCGS) is responsible for the procurement and management of the Bank’s fixed assets, i.e. land, buildings and technical facilities, office furniture and equipment.
• To this end, it is responsible for: (i) investment planning and programming, (ii) property maintenance; (iii) operation and maintenance of technical equipment and facilities; (iv) fixed asset management; (v) support for the Bank’s decentralization policy through the opening of and ongoing support for country and regional offices (identification, negotiation of leases, planning and upgrading of space to Bank standards).