REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

“Permanent Address: Avenue Jean-Paul II, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility/Financial Intermediation and Inclusion Division

Email : [email protected]

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR A COMMUNICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR THE AFRICA DIGITAL

FINANCIAL INCLUSION FACILITY (ADFI)-COTE D’IVOIRE

 

  1. The African Development Bank (AfDB) hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following assignment : Communications and Knowledge Management Long-term Consultant, in the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) Coordination Unit that is managed within the Financial Intermediation and Inclusion Division (PIFD1) of the AfDB ; ADFI seeks to address the systemic barriers to digital financial services (DFS) growth and uptake by making strategic and catalytic investments in the DFS ecosystem throughout Africa. ADFI’s initial donors include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Agence Française de Développement, the Ministry of Finance, Government of Luxembourg and the French Treasury ;
  2. The Communications and Knowledge Management Consultant will be responsible for all communication functions of ADFI and will report to the ADFI Coordinator ;
  1. The services to be provided under the assignment include driving the communication and knowledge management needs for ADFI. The role will entail implementation and continuous review of the ADFI communications and knowledge management strategy to facilitate effective communication, branding and positioning. The role requires dexterity and flexibility and the ability to support a wide array of communication needs including brand development and positioning; event planning including for in-person and online engagements; print and online messaging; website management; document editing; production of marketing materials; press releases and blogs; report production; communication geared towards internal and external audiences as well as the different target audiences for ADFI. The role will entail working closely with the communications team at the AfDB, ADFI donor partners as well as the wider DFS ecosystem, as the situation may require. Knowledge of the DFS ecosystem in general and in Africa in particular, will be an advantage ;
  1. The expected duration of the assignment is one (1) year renewable subject to satisfactory performance and will be located within the ADFI Coordination Unit that is based in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire ;
  2. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the AfDB’s procurement policy for recruitment of individual corporate consultants. Please note that interest expressed by a consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST :

  1. A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be invited to submit a proposal for a comprehensive terms of reference and will be judged based on the following criteria :
General qualifications and adequacy for the assignment to be undertaken 25%
Similar experiences in the area of expertise of the assignment 40%
Understanding of the Terms of Reference 20%
Experience with the Bank and/or multilateral donors 10%
Language proficiency 05%
TOTAL 100%
  1. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information before the deadline for submission at email address : [email protected] during the Bank’s working hours: 8.00am to 5.00 pm (GMT) ;
  1. Interested Individual Consultants should provide information on their capacity and experience in relation to the assignment including their current resume to the email address [email protected]  ;
  1. Expressions of interest must be received at the email address below no later than Tuesday 27 October 2020 at 5.00 pm (GMT) and should mention ADFI Communications and Knowledge Management Consultant in the subject line.

Email address : [email protected]

For the attention of : ADFI Coordinator