Deadline: 25 April, 2021
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking to fill the role of Chief Capacity Development Officer.
AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).
Responsibilities
- Contribute to capacity development knowledge building through providing the bank with capacity development assessment, guidance and evaluation tools for use along the bank’s operational business cycle
- Advise the management of the African Development Institute on the design and implementation of quality and impactful capacity development initiatives and measures for improved development effectiveness in the regional member countries
- Supervise consultants’ activities and mentor colleagues to ensure effective delivery of the work programme and key performance indicators of the division’s work
- Coordinate the preparation of annual capacity development report
- Support knowledge leverage, dissemination and outreach within the bank and in the regional member countries for increased ownership and development effectiveness
- Represent the bank at high level capacity development forums, to foster and enhance alignment and harmonisation of capacity development approach and delivery in the development community
- Provide capacity development expertise that guides senior management in decision making on capacity development delivery in the regional member countries
- Review the bank’s core policy, strategy and operational documents, ensuring capacity development integration in the bank operations
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to reflect capacity development priorities in the design of capacity development activities
- Oversee capacity development data management and contribute to capacity development impact evaluation, focusing on the bank group’s capacity development strategy
- Oversee the preparation of the African Development Institute’s input into the bank group’s annual report
- Prepare quarterly capacity development briefs to inform ECVP complex and bank operations of emerging capacity development issues
- Provide intellectual leadership for the planning, organising and running the Global Community of Practice, including contributing to drafting concept notes, making presentations, drafting policy briefs, and undertaking appropriate analysis based on outcomes of seminars
- Produce and contribute to producing high quality capacity development and other knowledge products for publication on the Global Community of Practice knowledge series and other outlets that include those of the bank and externally
- Provide intellectual leadership to the division’s work on capacity building on macroeconomic management for regional member countries, especially in delivering high quality training in the use of cutting edge macroeconomic analytical tools
- Provide intellectual leadership and mentoring in the design and delivery of capacity development programmes in macroeconomic modelling, forecasting and analysis and public financial management cycle, including budget management, governance, accountability, supreme audit oversight, domestic resource mobilisation, public-private partnerships in public finance, debt management, fiscal policy planning and management, financial programming, etc
- Review internal and external documents and reports and provide useful review comments based on good judgment
- Represent the ECAD senior director and ECAD.2 division manager in meetings upon request
- Undertake any other duties as may be requested by ECAD senior director and ECAD.2 division manager
Requirements
- Master’s degree, minimum, in Economics, Development, Public Administration, Public Finance, Governance/Political Science, Law, or a related field
- Top notch experience in addressing development challenges, especially in African countries, preferably gained in diverse bilateral, multilateral and/or regional development agencies
- Seven years, minimum, of relevant work experience in capacity development, with relevant and progressive professional experience in macroeconomic management, public financial and expenditure management, revenue management, policy formulation, and a related area
- Strong experience and proven track record in the design and delivery of capacity development tools, public policy analyses, and/or capacity development in international development settings, especially Africa
- Experience in designing and implementing strategies and implementation tools
- Strong ability to translate development challenges into knowledge and leverage challenges and opportunities for formulation of effective capacity development initiatives
- Good knowledge of andragogy and proven experience in curriculum development or design of training programmes and modules
- Strategic mindset and strong capacity to build and manage strategic partnerships
- Participate in the identification and assessment of capacity needs and demand of the regional member countries
- Sound understanding of public financial management issues in developing countries, particularly around macroeconomic management, debt sustainability, transparency and accountability in public financial management, ensuring a business enabling environment, combatting corruption and illicit financial flows
- Enhance partnerships with international, regional and national training institutions to deepen and expand the scope of capacity development activities in the RMCs
- Work in collaboration with the resource mobilisation and partnership unit to identify bilateral sources of funds and alternative sources of financing for delivery of the bank’s capacity development initiatives to the RMCs
- Manage the design of training materials in collaboration with other relevant staff members across the bank
- In collaboration with ECVP and other bank departments, design and deliver capacity development programmes in macroeconomic modelling, forecasting and analysis in Africa, particularly in the countries in transition
- Manage continues institutional support grants to regional economic capacity development institutions in Africa
- Contribute to the review of bank’s core policy, strategy and operational documents
- Contribute to the drafting of the African Economic Outlook and participate in relevant peer review meetings
- Superior monitoring and evaluation abilities combined with strong analytical and negotiation skills
- Proven ability to build and lead a team in an interdisciplinary, multicultural and multilingual environment, with a very good team spirit, valuing mutual respect as well as regular and open communication
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications and SAP
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