Deadline: 05 February, 2021
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Director, Regional Integration.
AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).
Responsibilities
- Supervise the design and bank-wide monitoring of strategic instruments such as the Regional Integration Strategic Framework (RISF)
- Design systems and approaches to mainstream regional integration in AfDB operations as well as programming instruments such as the regional integration strategy papers and the country strategy papers
- Ensure efficient administration and scaling of the ADF regional operations (RO) envelope as well as regular reporting of the impacts of the envelope during ADF mid-term reviews and ADF replenishments
- Establish reporting mechanisms, frameworks and executive-level dashboards to provide actionable insights to senior management on the performance of the bank’s regional integration project portfolio
- Supervise the design, implementation and maintenance of flagship knowledge and analytical products that are operationally relevant, help drive policy reforms at regional and continental levels and cement the bank’s position as a knowledge-broker on regional integration
Requirements
- Master’s degree or its equivalent in Economics, International Relations/Trade, Law, or a related field
- Master’s degree plus completed course in Leadership and or Project Management certification (desirable)
- Ten years, minimum, of extensive and in-depth experience in hard and soft regional integration issues with five years experience at managerial level or in a leadership role
- Experience obtained from a similar international development institution (desirable)
- Ability to present and win support for ideas, good listener, cultural sensitivity, commitment to diversity, capacity to initiate and manage innovations and change
- Ability to build partnership with a broad range of clients and deliver results that meet the needs and long-term interests of clients within and outside the institution
- Strong capacity to analyse actions from the perspectives of stakeholders, and to translate strategic thinking into compelling action plans
- Ability to take prudent business risks and make effective, timely and well-determined decisions
- Knowledge of and experience in project management, development and regional integration issues
To apply and for more information, click here.
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