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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is a multilateral
development finance institution established to contribute to the
economic development and social progress of African countries.
The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises three
entities:
The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund
and the Nigeria Trust Fund.
Job Title: Senior Resource Mobilization Officer
The Resource Mobilization and External Finance Department (FRMB)
is responsible for the strategic resource mobilization and the
leveraging of the financial resources and instruments of the
African Development Bank Group. The department’s role is to
increase the pool and types of funding available to the Bank’s
Regional Member Countries, particularly for transformative
projects in line with the Bank’s Ten-year strategy.
FRMB.1 is responsible for fund raising initiatives and
partnerships with sovereign entities, including the
replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF) and
technical cooperation with legacy bilateral donors. It also
coordinates the Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
(CPIA), the allocation process of ADF resources among
beneficiary countries (PBA), and monitors their use in
accordance with the relevant ADF policies and guidelines.
In this regard, this Senior Resource Mobilization Officer
position is a technical one. The officer will assist with
business analysis, economic and financial modeling, and the
design, programming, implementation and supervision of
information systems of the division’s core data on the ADF,
CPIA and PBA.
- Play a key role in the annual assessments of the Bank’s
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) and all
related processes, in particular, take key responsibility in
the designing, maintaining, developing, and otherwise,
fine-tuning the various CPIA data that provides governments,
researchers, civil society organizations and individuals a
quick access to the historical performance of the Bank’s CPIA
scores and ratings;
- Contribute to the monitoring and reporting on the
utilization of the different ADF resource envelopes, in
collaboration with the other relevant departments via
specialized data mining, programming and analysis;
- Contribute to the organization of business development and
strategic initiatives consultations and meetings with key
sovereign partners; and effectively monitor the implementation
progress of any existing or new partnership agreements
formalized with those partners;
- Assist in the organization of high-level partnerships
events and forums, including the annual AfDB Partnership Forum,
involving the Board Members, Senior Management and traditional
and emerging partners globally;
- Help organize and lead key Multilateral Development Bank
(MDB) meetings and working groups of important donors and
international meetings, as required; and
- Contribute to the effective collaboration with other
departments and complexes.
- Play key role in the organization and coordination of the
ADF replenishment and mid-term review processes, including the
management of all related data necessary for the effective
maintenance of relationships with ADF Deputies, as well as
contributing to discussions, papers, presentations on the ADF’s
financial and related issues (e.g., the long-term financial
sustainability and capacity of the ADF, alternative sources of
funding, innovative instruments, etc.);
- Provide internal stakeholders with regular data of
development partner funding priorities to strengthen target
fundraising and facilitate the coordination and collaboration
between Bank Group business units ;
- Help coordinate resource mobilization through co-financing,
trust funds, special initiatives and any other innovative
partnership mechanisms; while also promoting data-driven
utilization mobilized resources by user Departments, monitoring
their disbursement, and preparing progress reports/financial
reports to the respective Donors;
- Contribute to the development of data-driven strategic
options for positioning the Bank Group in the global aid
architecture;
- Contribute and/or participate in the organization of
regular internal and external outreach events for the benefit
of staff, clients and other stakeholders, to explain the
activities of the different financing windows and key drivers
of the allocation system;
Including desirable skills, knowledge and
experience
- Minimum of a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in statistics,
business intelligence and/or computer science (added advantage
if qualifications combine two or more of these disciplines).
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience
including in project development and implementation preferably
across public, private and/or non-profit sectors along with
established operational track record in achieving results;
(fundraising with international, public and private sector a
major plus);
- Superior written and verbal communication skills in English
and/or French (with a working-knowledge of the other language)
including the ability to think strategically and synthesize
complex issues into effective written and oral briefs;
- Ability to apply a practical approach to problem solving,
produce high quality work outputs, effectively prioritize, and
adapt skills at times to competing and unexpected
demands;
- Strong interpersonal, relationship building and diplomatic
skills as well as a high degree of discretion and tact
necessary to effectively maintain good relationships with
partner countries and the Bank shareholders;
- Competence in the use of Bank standard software
environments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP).
- Proven quantitative and qualitative analytical and problem
solving skills including familiarity with financial modeling
techniques; solid knowledge of advanced statistical concepts
and techniques;
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and managing the
implementation of dynamic business Intelligence-oriented IT
projects, in particular, information systems, data dashboards,
statistical databases, to support decision-makers
- Strong skills in software development and web programming
(PHP, MySQL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX and jQuery).
- Proven ability to take initiative, innovate, adapt and make
smart decisions; to create, apply, and share knowledge; to
share expertise and learning; to develop self and others; to
expand networks; to collaborate within teams and across
boundaries; to be inclusive and exhibit good corporate
citizenship.
How to Apply
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