Recrutement des consultants individuels pour les opérations de financement du commerce, Afrique du Sud

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS FOR TRADE FINANCE OPERATIONS)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP

339 Witch-Hazel Avenue | Highveld Ext. 78 | Centurion, South Africa

1. The African Development Bank seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified individual consultants to provide credit delivery support to the Trade Finance Division of the Financial Sector Development Department, working on the evaluation of eligible project proposals, as well as on internal review and processing of related lending transactions. The position will be based in Centurion, South Africa.

2. The assignment will include but is not limited to: (i) Participation in the planning and execution of project identification missions in selected regional member countries (RMCs) in the specific sectors in which the Bank is active (ii) Participation in preliminary evaluation of project proposals to assess their feasibility for financial assistance and/or technical assistance (TA) support by the Bank, (iii) Participation in the planning and execution of appraisal and fact-finding missions (iv) Preparation of project appraisal reports for presentation to the Bank’s various review committees (v) Participation in due diligence missions and negotiation of financial documentation, initiate & participate in knowledge management and learning activities on trade finance, and contribute to dissemination activities such as conferences, workshops and learning programs (vi) The incumbent will also provide administrative support on approved projects, as well as draft evaluation reports to assess the expected versus actual attainment of program objectives, outputs and outcomes of various completed projects.

3. The Financial Sector Department hereby invites suitably qualified individual consultants to submit their interest in providing the services described above. The minimum educational level required will be a Masters’ degree in Business Administration/Management, Economics, Accounting, Finance or relavant discipline. The ideal candidate is expected to have at least 6 years’ relevant experience spanning structured trade and commodity finance, corporate banking, transactional corporate finance in a commercial, investment or development bank environment. Familiarity with markets in the COMESA/SADC regions and a deep understanding of the banking sector in these countries is critical. The incumbent must be proficient in MS Office suite and should be fluent in English while a working knowledge of French would be considered an asset. Interested consultants are required to provide information on their capacity and experience indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (CVs, description of similar assignments, etc.) – please see Annex I for the proposed template.

4. Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the Bank’s Rules and Procedures for the Use of Corporate Consultants. The AfDB is under no obligation to shortlist any consultant who expresses interest.

5. This assignment will have an initial duration of 12 months and the Consultant is expected to be based in Centurion, South Africa. The commencement date is planned for the 16^th of August 2021.

7. Interested individual consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours: 09:00 to 17:00, South African local time.
8. The Consultants’ proposals shall be evaluated on the following criteria as expressed in their updated resume/proposal.

8. Expressions of interest must be submitted by email, to the address below no later than 22^nd July 2021 at 17:00 South African time. Submissions should quote “Individual Consultants for Trade Finance Operations”.

Attn: Mr. Bleming NEKATI African Development Bank Group

Financial Sector Development – Trade Finance Division 339 Witch-Hazel Avenue, Centurion South Africa

E-Mail: [email protected]

Key Qualifications:

Please provide (i) a summary of your experience and training highlighting the most relevant for the proposed assignment, and (ii) the responsibilities which you exercised. Utilise one half-page maximum.

Education (University Level and above only):

Name of University – City – Country

Period

Diploma Obtained

Main Topic / Major

Professional Training:

Name of Training

Institution- City –

Country

Type of Training

Period

Certificates or Diploma Obtained

Employment Record:

Begin with your most recent employment. For each job since your Master Degree achievement, please indicate:

• Name of the Employer ;
• Type of Activity/Business of the Employer  ;
• Title / Function  ;
• Place of Employment ;
• Brief Description of main accomplishments and responsibilities.

Reference:

Please indicate the name and address of three persons with no family relationship with yourself, familiar with your character and titles.

I hereby certify that the responses which I provided above are all, to the best of my knowledge, true, complete and accurate. I acknowledge that an inaccurate statement or essential omission in a personal declaration or another document required by the African Development Bank might result in the rejection of my application, termination of my Contract or any other administrative sanction by the Bank. The African Development Bank may verify any statements which I made in this application.

Date: ____________

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