REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

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Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery (RDVP) Complex

PREPARATION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT BRIEFS

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Title of the assignment : Recruitment of PREPARATION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT BRIEFS

Brief description of the Assignment : The consultant will support the Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex (RDVP) in the preparation of top-notch briefs on topical issues under RDVP’s mandate that summarize the Bank Group’s lending and non-lending activities and highlight opportunities for public and private collaborations to scale up development impact in the short- and medium-term.

Department issuing the request : RDVP front office

Place of assignment : home based assignment

Duration of the assignment : 50 days.

Tentative Date of commencement :  April; 30th  2021.

Deadline for applications :  April; 12th 2021.

Applications to be submitted to : Frederik Teufel [email protected] and to Samia Tagougui [email protected]

Any questions and requests for clarifications may be sent to: Frederik Teufel [email protected] and to Samia Tagougui [email protected]

Terms of Reference : please see Annex 1.

Establishment of the Shortlist :

A shortlist of six individual consultants will be established at the end of the request of expressions of interest, whereby the applicants will be ranked on the following criteria :

  • General qualification and suitability for the assignment (25%) ;
  • Experience with the preparation of senior management briefs in an IFI with a focus on Africa (20%) ;
  • Demonstrated understanding of Africa’s political economy from the perspective of an IFI (25%) ;
  • Experience in multilateral development institutions and international organizations (15%) ;
  • Language capacity (10%) ;
  • Experience in African countries (5%)

Please attach updated Curriculum Vitae based on the template below (Annex2).

 

ANNEX 1 Terms of reference

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP

Regional Development, Integration and Business delivery complex

RDVP

PREPARATION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT BRIEFS

  1. BACKGROUND :

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is a multi-lateral development finance institution and the premier pan-African organization fostering economic growth and social progress in Africa. The AfDB’s primary goal is to reduce poverty and improve living standards by mobilizing resources within and outside Africa and providing financial and technical assistance for development projects and programs in Africa.

The AfDB is a unique proposition: as an African organization serving Africans, it is a motor for economic progress and integration, and the voice of Africa and African development across the continent. It endeavours to be at the centre of Africa’s transformation and to improve the quality of Africa’s growth. It aims to broaden and deepen that process of transformation, mainly by ensuring that growth is shared and not isolated, for all African citizens and countries, not just for some.

To catalyse Africa’s transformation, the AfDB leverages systemically its own resources; it acts as catalyst for significantly scaling up development finance for Africa and for mobilizing domestic

resources. In 2020, approvals through the African Development Bank totalled UA 2.48 billion and the share of non-sovereign operations was 15.8 percent. African Development Fund approvals in 2020 totalled UA 1.39 billion.

AFDB High Fives

The AfDB president has highlighted five priority areas, known as the “high-fives”, for the African Development Bank. Over the next ten years, the Bank will:

  • ‘Light up and power Africa’ by unlocking the energy potential ;
  • ‘Feed Africa’ by transforming the agriculture and agro-processing sectors ;
  • ‘Industrialize Africa’ by unlocking the potential of small, medium and large businesses ;
  • ‘Integrate Africa’ through regional infrastructural projects; and
  • ‘Improve the quality of life for Africans’ through the provision of water, health and sanitation.

 

  1. DUTIES :

The African Development Bank is rolling out a new development and business delivery model in order to bring its operations closer to its clients; grow its portfolios from sovereign and private sector operations; and expand the revenue of the Bank. This model will enable the Bank to better deploy high quality knowledge and advisory services, and, most importantly, to accelerate its developmental impacts across Africa in operationalizing the implementation of the One Bank approach.

The Bank has established five regional development and business delivery hubs, with one in each region of Africa: North, South, East, West, and Central. A country department has also been established in Nigeria. The new structure will drive and ensure the operational efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank’s portfolio across their regions to achieve significant developmental impacts, transferring the responsibilities of implementation and integration of all aspects of the Bank’s work in that region to the sub-Regional level.

The consultant will support the Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex (RDVP) in the preparation of top-notch briefs on topical issues under RDVP’s mandate that summarize the Bank Group’s lending and non-lending activities and highlight opportunities for public and private collaborations to scale up development impact in the short- and medium-term.

Specific briefs to be prepared tentatively include the following :

  • Prepare briefs on regional fragility ;
  • Prepare briefs on regional integration ;
  • Revise the current country brief formats and prepare a best practice example to be replicated for all countries, accompanied by a quality checklist ;
  • Edit concept notes and research pieces for the attention of senior management and external stakeholders ;
  • Undertake any other assignment given by the Vice President aimed at achieving the overall objective of this assignment.
  1. SELECTION CRITERIA :
  • Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as business, finance, economics, political science or related field ;
  • Minimum of twenty years of relevant work experience with a focus on Africa ;
  • Experience working at the senior management level of an international organization ;
  • Excellent understanding of international decision-making processes with a focus on development diplomacy ;
  • Excellent research and report writing skills ;
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and across teams and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization ;
  • Demonstrated strength/fluency in English or oral and written communications. Fluency in French is desirable but not essential.

Competencies :

  • Deliver Results for Clients: Achieves results and identifies mission-driven solutions for the client ;
  • Lead and Innovate: Develops innovative solutions with others ;
  • Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries: Initiates collaboration across boundaries and broadly across the organization ;
  • Create, Apply and Share Knowledge: Creates, applies and shares knowledge from across and outside RDVP complex to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions.
  1. REPORTING AND DUTY STATION :

The consultant will report to the Vice-President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex and coordinate the work with the relevant entities, notably the Regional Integration Coordination Office and the Transition States Coordination Office. This consultancy is a home-based assignment.

  1. DURATION :

The contract will be a framework contract starting in April 2021 for a total of 50 working days. The working days shall not necessarily be continuous but based on the need of the RDVP as may be requested by the Vice President.

MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE – AFDB BAD PDF