Recrutement d’un consultant en adaptation climatique pour l’AAAP, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Consultant in Climate Adaptation for the African Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), being implemented in partnership with the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA). 

2. The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) are jointly implementing a strategic partnership program, the African Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), aimed at mobilizing $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. The program has 4 flagships, namely, (i) Climate Smart Digital Technologies for Agriculture and Food Security (Climate Smart DigitAg); (ii) African Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator (AIRA); (iii) Youth Adapt: empowering youth for entrepreneurship and job creation in climate adaptation and resilience ; and (iv) Innovative Financial Initiatives for Africa (IFI). 

3. The Consultant will be primarily responsible for providing day-to-day implementation technical support for the AAAP program within AfDB and ensure coordination with AAAP counterparts in the GCA office for overall smooth delivery of the program. A detailed work program will be agreed on commencement of the assignment. The specific objectives of this consultancy include the following: 

• Provide direct technical and operational support to the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program to ensure implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the program and its four flagships in line with the business plan, workplan and deliverables.
• Take the lead in consolidating, drafting, and delivering timely and quality progress reports – monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, and annual – on implementation status of the AAAP program
• Contribute to identifying new strategic programming opportunities, drafting concept notes/proposals, resource mobilization and partnerships around climate adaptation in support of the AAAP
• Contribute to the organization of high-level events for the AAAP including drafting of event technical concept notes, strategic policy position papers, assist in sourcing speakers/moderators, drafting high-level invites, press releases, technical speaking notes, internal briefing notes, background technical documents, among others

4. The Climate Change and Green Growth Department (PECG) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Individual Consultants must provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.). 

5. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Procurement Policy and Procedure for Corporate Consultants Recruitment. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consulting Firm does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include it in the shortlist. 

6. The estimated duration of services is 6 months with possibility of renewal subject to good performance and the estimated starting date is 1 July 2021. The assignment will commence, initially, virtually, and when normalcy resumes in operations it will be based in AfDB Head Office in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. 

7. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: 08:00 to 17:00 hours GMT.

8. Expression of interest comprising letter of motivation and detailed CV (PDF Format) must be received at the email addresses below no later than 7^th June 2021 at 23:59 hours local time and specifically mentioning “Recruitment of a Consultant in Climate Adaptation for the AAAP” in the subject line. 

For the attention of Ms. Edith Ofwona Adera African Development Bank 

Climate Change and Green Growth Department 

Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 

Tel: +225 20 26 42 19 

E-mail:  [email protected] with copy to [email protected] 

The consultancy is a monthly lumpsum contract based on the Bank’s remuneration scale and the level of experience and qualifications. 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST 

9. A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end of the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria based on their updated resume.