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

Responsibilities

• Establish and promote the vision of African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and strategy towards the achievement of the ALSF’s objectives, in compliance with the agreement establishing the ALSF
• Plan, develop and build up effective operations for the ALSF and establish performance and accountability systems that ensure consistency in decision making
• Prepare operational and salary budgets and efficiently manage and monitor expenses relative to the budget and resources allocated to ALSF
• Carry out activities aimed at raising awareness and increasing membership of the ALSF and ratification of the ALSF’s agreement
• Continuously carry out resource mobilisation and fund raising for the ALSF amongst governments, supranational organisations, bilateral and multilateral bodies including building and maintaining collaboration with sister institutions
• Direct outreach programmes, organising interactive workshops and conducting training to, inter alia, disseminate lessons learnt amongst the ALSF’s members, international organisations, bar associations, judiciaries and other relevant external parties
• Recruit, train, mentor, coach and provide overall management of a multi-faceted team consistent with ALSF’s business requirements
• Ensure prompt and appropriate review consistent with established standards of all requests for assistance received from the ALSF members and determine the suitable response and course of action
• Represent ALSF in national and international forums on debt relief, vulture fund litigation and other matters related to the ALSF objectives

Requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in Law, Economics, Management, or a related field
• Ten years, minimum, of experience in international law with a particular focus on complex sovereign litigation, enforcement of judgments and sovereign natural resource contracting and related issues
• In-depth experience in high level resource mobilisation and fund raising amongst governments, supranational organisations, bilateral and multilateral bodies amongst others
• Ability to articulate a clear vision for the ALSF’s development mission in achieving sustainable legal capacity on the African continent
• Demonstrable diplomatic skills and experience working in complex and politically-sensitive contexts with excellent political judgment
• Demonstrated effective coordination, management and leadership skills and an ability to work under pressure in a multicultural environment to complete multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated political judgment and internationally recognised ability to bring strong strategic thinking, multilateral cooperation and other qualities needed for effective leadership in international governance structures
• Proficiency in either Arabic, English, French or Portuguese
• Knowledge of one other language will be a plus

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