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Position Title:DIVISION MANAGER, NEPAD–IPPF
Reference: ADB/15/012
Organization:The African Development Bank
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Grade: PL-2
Application Deadline:21/02/2015
Organizational Profile
The NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade Department (ONRI) is the Bank
Group’s NEPAD focal point and provides advisory services to the Bank and
Regional Member Countries in the areas of the NEPAD process (specifically in
Regional Infrastructure Development). The Department coordinates Bank Group
activities on NEPAD and provides technical advice to the African Union, its
NEPAD Secretariat, the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and other the AU
Specialized Institutions (SIs) on program development and implementation with
particular attention on the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
(PIDA).
The NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund is a multi-donor fund hosted and managed by the
Bank Group through ONRI. The objective of the NEPAD–IPPF Special Fund is to assist
African countries and RECs and SIs to prepare high quality, bankable and viable
regional/continental infrastructure projects in the energy, water resources
management, transport and lCT sectors, which would be ready to solicit
financing from public and private sources.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Director of ONRI, the incumbent will perform
the following duties:
·
Define and update, under the
Oversight Committee guidance, the Fund’s strategic orientations;
·
Make forward planning on the
Division’s role in regional infrastructure development in Africa in a rolling
five-year Strategic Business Plan;
·
Develop and implement a resource
mobilization strategy including innovative solutions;
·
Initiate correspondences with
donors and sign contracts with those existing donors who have indicated their
willingness for further pledges;
·
Solicit potential new donors for
an interest in contributing to IPPF and hold with them face-to-face
discussions;
·
Initiate the processing of
disbursement requests of funds from the donors;
·
Engage with the private sector
for increased involvement in IPPF activities;
·
Help to develop and manage
recipients’ projects/Studies from the idea to the projects/Studies to completion
report;
·
Process the recipients’ requests
through the NEPAD-IPPF’s project management cycle;
·
Implement IPPF’s procedures for
processing applications for IPPF grants in line with the set out stages;
·
Assist project promoters in reaching
financial closure for viable projects;
·
Prepare and submit to the Fund
Oversight Committee, for clearance, and to the Board of Directors, for
information all necessary reports;
·
Implement the Strategic Business
Plan through the preparation of work programmes;
·
Organise and coordinate the
statutory Oversight Committee meetings;
·
Plan and lead field missions to
review key projects and programs as well as to discuss the NEPAD-IPPF Work
Programme and Plans with RECs and other stakeholders;
·
Leverage partnerships among
Project Preparatory Facilities (PPFs) to accelerate infrastructure development
in Africa including participation in the Project Preparation Facilities Network
(PPFN);
·
Ensure an efficient liaison and
communication on NEPAD-IPPF activities with the other Bank departments, Donors,
Partners, RECs, the Private Sector Operators and RMCs;
·
Oversee the design and execution
of major policy and/or research initiatives;
·
Conceive, develop and promote
innovations in Bank infrastructure development policies, project design,
preparation and structuring to improve Bank project and sector work;
·
Execute any other assignment as
deemed useful by the Director.
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
·
A minimum of a Master’s degree in
business administration,finance, economics, management ,engineering or other
relevant fields;
·
A minimum of 8 years experience
in the areas of finance, infrastructure project preparation and implementation.
·
A solid knowledge and good grasp
of socio-economic and development issues in Africa;
·
Demonstrated superior leadership
qualities, technical excellence and an established operational track record of
excellence in achieving results;
·
Strategic mindset; strong
capacity to analyze actions from the perspectives of stakeholders and translate
strategic thinking into compelling plan of action;
·
Demonstrated ability to take
prudent business risks and make effective, timely and well-determined
decisions;
·
Evidence of ability to build and
lead motivated and committed teams across functional boundaries, and utilize
talent and expertise of team members in a productive way;
·
Demonstrated ability to present
and win support for ideas; a good listener; and cultural sensitivity,
commitment to diversity and capacity to initiate and manage innovations and
change;
·
Ability to build partnership with
a broad range of clients and deliver results that meet the needs and long-term
interests of clients within and outside the institution;
·
Competence in the use of
Microsoft standard software (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint);
·
Excellent written and verbal
communications in English or French with a working knowledge of the other
language.
Mode of application:
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Vitae (CV).
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level.
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