Vacancy for Programme Coordinator at African Development Bank (AfDB)

Employment Nigeria 21-Dec-2017 AKURE , Banking and Finance

African Development Bank (AfDB) - the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent.

POSITION : Programme Coordinator

The Hiring Department

The Climate Change and Green Growth Department has broad objectives of:
- Mainstreaming climate change and green growth into Bank’s High 5s’ operations;
- Implementing the Bank’s climate change interventions through the Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan and the Bank’s Green Growth Framework;
- Managing access to the growing number of sources of Green and Climate Finance for all Operational Vice Presidencies within the Bank;
- Driving towards achieving universal energy access through the greenest solutions possible; and
- Leading all efforts within the Bank focused on minimizing and reversing the effects of Climate Change on the continent.
The Department consists of two divisions, Climate and Green Growth Division, and Climate Finance Division.

The Hiring Division

The Climate and Green Growth Division is responsible for ensuring that all efforts within the Bank are focused on minimizing and reversing the effects of Climate Change on the continent, including advising Regional Member Countries on climate and green growth policies and strategies, mainstreaming climate change and green growth in Bank-wide implementation activities and providing support to the New Deal on Energy Flagships to meet their objectives.

The Position

The Programme Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that all PECG operations are delivered on time and that the Bank’s commitments to strategic climate change partnerships, such as the Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) Climate Finance Group, the Nairobi Framework Partnerships, etc. are met.
More specifically, the Programme Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring that the Director’s commitments and engagements are met.

Objectives:

Responsible for overall coordination of the Climate Change and Green Growth Department work programme and will also be responsible for delivering some technical advisory services.
Help in coordinating the Director’s front office, sector departments’, as well as climate-related work handled by the 5 hubs.

Responsibilities

Assist in policy discussions with Regional Member Countries (RMCs) officials and in raising external funding from Bank’s partners;
Work on existing initiatives as well as in the establishment of new initiatives with outside parties;
Promote the use of the full range of Bank’s instruments in order to crowd-in external public and private financing (including external funding channeled by the Bank);
Ensure follow up/Draft Director’s briefing materials i.e. talking points, speeches, media program etc;
Build relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials;
Representing the complex at Bank and external events to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Supervise and guide the implementation of the complex work programme, ensure quality delivery, strategic alignment and resource optimization;
Report to the Director on work programme progress and identify critical areas that deserve specific support and provide recommendations as appropriate;
Liaising with the two directorate’s divisions, the Bank’s five regional hubs, and other key stakeholder to ensure coherence and complementarity across activities;
Serve as the Secretary to the Climate Change Coordination Committee

Selection Criteria

At least a Master's Degree or its equivalent in Environment, Climate, Finance, Economics or other related disciplines;
6 years of relevant experience in managing climate change and/or green growth initiatives;
Working experience with other development institutions, investment banks, public administration;
6 years of relevant practical working experience in the development field; including in climate change and green growth areas, at least 3 of which must be with an MDB;
Experience/knowledge of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Strong familiarity with the development and implementation of climate change and green growth policies and strategies;
Having private sector experience will be an added advantage
Familiarity with the MDB’s procurement and financial management rules is desirable;
Investment transaction experience in the climate change and green growth area is desirable;
Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, and demonstrated capacity to work with a wide range of stakeholders (financial institutions, businesses, international organizations, etc.)
Ability to collaborate and to successfully communicate with different stakeholders
Familiarity with the climate change operations of other MDBs and International Finance Institutions;
Excellent organizational, analytical, coordination and communication skills
Strong knowledge of Bank policies; strategies; guidelines and procedures;
Proven skills in communication as the coordination activities require regular contacts with high level partners inside and outside the bank;
Proven skills in designing and implementing climate change and green growth projects
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on climate change and green growth projects and programs
Results management
String drafting ability required;
Ability to summarize strategic documents and highlight main ideas.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing effectively in French or English, with a working knowledge of the other language.
Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). Knowledge of SAP and Bank-Wide Program Processing Schedule (BPPS) is desirable.

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