Deadline: 30 December, 2020
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Regional Procurement Coordinator.
AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs).
Responsibilities
- Ensure consistent, uniform and predictable application of the policy within the region and provide corrective actions as appropriate
- Review procurement policy deviations and provide clearance for inclusion in Project Appraisal Reports (PARs) for subsequent board approval with clearance of the manager as needed
- Review all cases involving the use of third-party procurement methods and procedures and provide clearance for inclusion of those methods and procedures in the PAR for board approval with clearance of the manager as needed
- Review and clear procurement diagnostic assessments reports (BPAR, sector market assessments) for approval by the manager and director of SNFI
- Assist regional member countries in their procurement reforms and mobilise financial resources for this assistance
- Review and clear the assessment of borrowers’ procurement systems done by the procurement specialists’ team, and the design of adequate action plans to improve borrowers’ procurement systems and to strengthen the institutional capacity within borrowers’ entities
- Work with other multilateral development banks in the assessment of the regional member countries procurement systems
- Review and clear procurement cases as per the bank’s delegation of authority matrix for sovereign and non-sovereign projects
- Take a proactive role in ensuring ‘quality at entry work’ through supervision of a team of procurement specialists across the region in terms of the fiduciary and development mandate of the bank
- Follow up with procurement specialists on complaints received from bidders, contractors or civil society
- Deal with cases where the advice provided by procurement specialists was not accepted by task managers and find appropriate solution
- Facilitate and undertake training seminars/workshops for the borrower and bank staff and business opportunity seminars for the regional and non-regional private sector
- Prepare all project procurement briefs for the senior management when required
- Monitor procurement data entry by reviewing their quality through random checks to ensure accurate procurement data are generated for SNFI reports
- Make sure the objectives of the key performance indicators set up by the procurement department are attained by developing tools
- Prepare periodic activity reports of the region and the bank’s annual procurement reports
Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Public/Business Administration, Law, Procurement, Economics or a related field
- Seven years, minimum, of relevant professional experience in providing procurement support and advice to the preparation and implementation of programmes and projects financed by the bank or any other similar institution in developing countries (private sector experience will be an added advantage)
- Familiarity with and solid experience in the practice of procurement of goods and works and the acquisition of consultancy services under donor-funding conditions
- Experience in supervising and effectively managing implementation of developments projects and programmes
- Ability to be flexible, open-minded with integrity, client and results-oriented for achieving both AfDB and Borrowers’ objectives
- Effective consulting and advisory skills that enable sector staff and borrowers to build their confidence and skills to deal with procurement issues
- Good networking skills and judgment
- Strong leadership and coaching skills
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English with a working knowledge of French
- Competence in using standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), preferably combined with knowledge of SAP
To apply and for more information, click here.
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