Deadline: 02 April, 2022
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Chief Programme Coordinator.
AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with the team leads to develop, validate, and monitor the implementation of the work programme, ensuring full alignment with the mandate of the Africa Investment Forum (AIF)
- Report to the senior director on the work programme progress, identifying critical areas deserving specific support and provide recommendations as appropriate
- Manage the AIF’s regular management meetings, including setting up the agenda, finalising minutes and monitoring the implementation of action items
- Monitor the delivery of commitments from the AIF, including commitments to the boards, senior management as well as monitoring work programme and assignments of various teams
- Alert the senior director on major impending deadlines or matters related to the execution of the work programme and assignments
- Lead on managing the budget of the AIF, ensuring that teams are properly resourced to deliver the work programme
- Supervise budget preparation and execution
- Coordinate periodic reporting on budget and work programme implementation
- Collaborate on resource prioritisation exercises, such as for programme-based operations
- Provide oversight of procurement activities in line with the bank’s rules and procedures
- Put in place a monitoring system to ensure that consultants are recruited in direct support of the work programme implementation
- Provide guidance to task managers on consultants’ recruitment by continuously developing and disseminating good practices in the selection, contract award and contract management
- Lead the processing of audit cycle exercise from audit planning, audit execution, audit-exit meetings, review of preliminary audit reports for the preparation of comments for the final audit reports
- Lead the preparation of audit action plans
- Organise periodic meetings to discuss and follow up on outstanding audit recommendations and prepare pertinent comments to address audit issues
- Lead and follow up, monitor and advise the senior director on the implementation of audit recommendations
- Lead the preparation of implementation progress reports for the senior director and the board on audit recommendations
- Lead the supervision and monitoring of the administrative functions
- Establish processes and tools to facilitate administrative activities, including document circulation, meeting management, department’s onboarding of new staff, etc
- Drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative team to fully support the AIF in delivering its mandate
- Motivate, train and develop administrative staff
- As required, attend meetings, advise the senior director on key issues or any matters raised at these meetings which require their attention or action
- Lead team-building and change-management activities to reinforce team cohesion and improve efficiencies in a conducive working environment
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Development Finance, or any other discipline that is relevant to the operations of the bank
- Seven years, minimum, of experience in a similar organisation
- Experience in managing a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team within multilateral organisations
- Ability to think clearly and write to communicate effectively with diverse audiences, individuals and across teams, including senior management team
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail and ability to work independently and in a group
- Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments, with excellent technical and analytical skills
- Proven ability to communicate both orally and in writing with high-level individuals/stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and lead teams
- High degree of discretion, tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients
- Ability to collaborate with a highly diverse senior management teams and responsive to needs of multiple stakeholders with excellent negotiation skills
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French
- Competence in the use of bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint, SAP and/or other integrated document management system)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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