Apply: AfDB Principal Quality, Development Officer

Deadline: 12 November, 2021

Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking to fill the role of Principal Quality and Development Effectiveness Officer.

Established in 1964, the AfDB is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent.

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

Responsibilities

  • Take a leading role in setting quality at entry standards and guidance for sovereign operations
  • Support application, compliance, quality assurance and continuous improvement of tools used to monitor and self-evaluate sovereign operations
  • Work to increase alignment and shared learning between sovereign and non-sovereign operations
  • Focus on the readiness review approach, results frameworks in operations and strategies, and linked tools such as theory of change and standard indicators
  • Lead compliance data management and communication and contribute to compliance and learning reviews
  • Support delivery of a range of online courses and continuous improvement of existing courses in the context of the bank’s ‘Operations Academy’ programme
  • Support communication, promotion and continuous improvement of the Operations Academy programme
  • Contribute to the preparation of the analytical work and reports relating to both compliance and lesson-learning of quality assurance and monitoring tools, as well as broader communication on quality and result measurement
  • Facilitate workshops and learning events organised for operations staff, including staff members in country and regional offices
  • Provide training for task managers, especially for the mainstreaming of new tools, and strengthen capacity for result planning
  • Build and maintain effective working relationships with staff of regional and sector departments, as well as other departments supporting operations
  • Undertake other duties as assigned by the division manager

Requirements

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Development or a related discipline
  • Six years, minimum, of relevant professional experience in ensuring quality assurance and results and/or working directly in operations
  • Strong communication and change management skills and experience
  • Experience in data management and analytics will be a plus
  • Knowledge of quality assurance policies, operational processes, monitoring and result tools of the AfDB, other multilateral development banks or similar institution
  • Strong knowledge of result planning and monitoring techniques in an international development context, including result frameworks, theory of change and project risk analysis, and use of standard indicators
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and coordinate interdepartmental team efforts
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and spoken) in English or French

To apply and for more information, click here.

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