Established
in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development
institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the
continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member
Countries). The Bank’s development
agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative
projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and
sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the
Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five
major areas, all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been
identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization,
integration and
improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.
Position title: Chief Education Analyst
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50093781
Reference: ADB/17/103/2
Publication date: 18/09/2017
Closing date: 29/09/2017
Country: Côte d’Ivoire
THE COMPLEX:
The Vice
Presidency for ‘Agriculture, Human, and Social Development’ is a Sector Complex
focusing on the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy High 5s priority of “Feed Africa” and
“Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”. The complex objectives are
(i) to develop, policy and strategy; (ii) provide deep sector expertise to the
Regions by gathering pools of experienced individuals who can be consulted to
provide sector expertise on complex transactions; (iii) develop new financing
instruments; (iv) the Vice President will act as the spokesperson to represent
the Bank with external stakeholders on aspects of “Feed Africa” and “Improve
Quality of Life for the People of Africa”.
THE HIRING DEPARTMENT/DIVISION:
The Human
Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department, within the Agriculture, Human
and Social Development Complex will spearhead the achievement of the High 5s on
“Improving the Quality of Life of People in Africa” and contribute to the other
High 5s. The Department has two divisions (i) Education, Human Capital and
Employment Division which focuses on scaling-up of Bank’s support to education,
human capital and employment/livelihoods; and (ii) Public Health, Security and
Nutrition Division focusing on strengthening health systems and nutrition for human
wellbeing. It also hosts various pertinent initiatives and trust funds.
The
Education, Human Capital and Employment Division focuses on human capital
development, skills training, employment creation and empowerment, poverty
reduction for improved and sustainable wellbeing and livelihoods. The Division:
1. Leads the development and promotion of
Bank’s policy and strategy work so that operations which are identified,
developed and executed by the regional hubs effectively implement the Bank’s
relevant sector policies and strategies;
2. Provides technical guidance/advisory
services and expertise to regional hubs by generating relevant knowledge and
gathering a pool of experienced individuals who can be consulted to provide
technical advice on complex transactions (Communities of Practice);
3. Fosters strategic partnerships with
regional and global partners to leverage resources into the human and social
development sectors. It also directly contributes to the work of the various
initiatives and trust funds hosted under the Human Capital, Youth and Skills
Development Department; and provides expertise to support Vice President’s role
as the Bank’s spokesperson to external audiences, and;
4. Ensures coherence of the Bank’s action in
human and social development across regions.
THE POSITION:
The Division
will lead the Bank’s agenda on Education, Human Capital and Employment. It will
promote activities related to improving the demand responsiveness of the
training system to the needs of the labour market and job creation on the
continent. Specifically, activities focusing on improving the basic,
post-basic, technical and vocational training, tertiary education and science
and technology in education will be undertaken.
In this
context the main objectives of the Chief Education Analyst will be to:
1. Provide expertise to the department and
other relevant Bank’s departments;
2. Lead knowledge work;
3. Provide documented strategic advice to
Management;
4. Contribute to the preparation of policies
and strategies.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the
supervision of the Division Manager Education, Human Capital and Employment and
working closely with internal and external stakeholders, the Chief Education
Analyst performs the following:
Strategy
Implementation:
1. Responsible for developing and promoting
evidence-based policy positions in accordance with the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy
2013-2022, the Human Capital Strategy 2014-2018 and the High 5s priority 5
focusing on improve the quality of life for Africans and in consultation and
dialogue with Regional Member Countries and Regional Economic Communities;
2. Support the Regional and Country Offices in
analyzing the financial requests of the Regional Member Countries in light of
the priorities identified by the Bank;
3. Provide technical support to country and
regional office staff during drafting of Country Strategy Papers,
identification, preparation, appraisal of new operations and as well as review
all related documents for Board approval and provide analysis of the
implementation difficulties and adoption of corrective measures;
4. Provide leadership in initiating,
developing, updating and implementing Economic and Sector Work and economic analysis of project/program
interventions;
5. Play a leading role in knowledge sharing
with the Bank’s clients, staff and development partners
6. Provide other departments/divisions of the
Bank with expert advice on economic and financial issues, particularly on links
with educative sector;
7. Review and give opinions on documents,
studies and other reports prepared by the Bank;
8. Supporting the development, management and
monitoring of the Bank’s interventions in the Education system through the
Education, Human Capital and Employment
Division;
9. Lead the design, steering, coordination and
implementation of Human Capacity development measures at all levels of the
education system;
10. Prepare education requests to be submitted
for bilateral funds, and necessary management and follow up actions for the
funds.
Supporting
education and human capital partnerships at international, national and local
level by:
1. Enhancing the collaboration between the
Bank and the key partners on skills development and support the resources
mobilization from multilateral/bilateral development institutions, donors and
private sector institutions to complement the Bank Group’s operations;
2. Representing the Bank at technical meetings
on education;
3. Liaising with and supporting the
interventions under the different education and human capital technical
assistance;
4. Leading the Bank coordination mechanism on
skills development and employability;
5. Following-up on execution of decisions and
recommendations made at the international level on Skills development and
employability to keep the Bank up-to-date;
6. Leading the development of a strong
monitoring tool for human capital development interventions;
7. Leading the development of public private
partnerships in education.
Knowledge
management:
1. Contributing to the preparation of policy
related documents;
2. Leading study and capacity building
interventions in education;
3. Periodically disseminating key information
on education and human capital to sensitize Bank staff;
4. Leading the development of education donor
and activities data base;
5. Leading the preparation of briefs, talking
points, status reports for management and the board.
Perform
other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge
and experience
1. Hold at least a Master's degree or its
equivalent in Education, or closely related disciplines. A PhD (or its
university equivalent, a certification or diploma in project management is a
plus;
2. Have a minimum of seven (7) years of
relevant professional experience in the areas of education and human
development;
3. Ability to understand complex problems in
education, to identify key issues and recommend pragmatic solutions;
4. Good knowledge of the education systems and
development issues in Africa;
5. Knowledge of activities of multilateral
development banks will be an added advantage;
6. Proven experience in project management;
7. Having private sector experience will be an
added advantage;
8. Strong analytical skills;
9. Strong understanding and grasp of
multisector approaches of education, partnerships in Africa, as well as
professional ability to build partnerships and deliver services that meet both
immediate needs and long-term interests of clients within and outside the
institution;
10. Ability to innovative and integrate skills
training through the other sectors;
11. Ability to engage, support and motivate
others to implement efficient ways of doing things;
12. Ability to deliver high quality work within very
tight deadlines;
13. Communicate and write effectively in French
or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language;
14. Competence in the use of standard Microsoft
Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), knowledge of SAP is
desirable.
THIS POSITION IS CLASSIFIED
INTERNATIONAL STATUS AND ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT.
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How to Apply
Interested
persons should click here to apply
Application Closing Date
29th
September, 2017
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