Deadline: 22 January, 2022

Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Planning and Administrative Officer.

AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the SNFI department’s front office and divisions with a view to gathering information about the annual work programmes and prepare, accordingly, the department’s administrative budget
• Based on the operations-related divisions’ work programmes, liaise with the operations complexes budget focal point and SNVP budget coordinators to ensure availability of resources
• Provide administrative support, including preparation of administrative and budget forms and processing of requests in SAP
• Liaise with the SNVP budget coordinator on a continuous basis
• Identify and initiate measures for mobilisation of additional resources, putting forth efficiency requirement
• Work with the division’s managers to ensure proper programming and timely implementation of SNFI work programme
• Provide administrative assistance to PL and GS staff in logistical arrangements for the planning of activities, including support to the recruitment of consultants and preparation and execution of training activities
• Advise management in a timely manner to ensure maximisation of departmental resource allocation
• Release regular updates of work programme and budget utilisation levels based on the processing schedule
• Prepare informative annual activity reports
• Assist staff in logistical arrangements for training activities while ensuring compliance with budget execution process
• Participate in bank missions, where necessary
• Manage the P-Card allocated to SNFI department
• Manage the process for the recruitment and use of consultants, payments of fees for services
• Manage the recruitment of short-term staff and all related administrative activities to ensure proper STS contract management
• Perform any other task entrusted by the department’s management

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Business Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, Office management, or a related discipline combined with relevant experience
• Four years, minimum, of relevant experience in a related field
• Good knowledge of international development, budget management policies, guidelines, procedures, and strong ability to interpret institutional-related policies, guidelines and procedures
• Proven knowledge of the bank’s procurement rules and procedures for the recruitment of consultants
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French
• Proficiency in both languages of the bank (English and French) will be a plus

To apply and for more information, click here.

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