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 (High 5), 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. The Bank is seeking to build a management team that
will lead the
successful implementation of this vision.
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 pool 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 spoke person 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 role of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department
is under the Agriculture, Human and Social Development 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”. Furthermore, “Improve Quality of Life for
the People of Africa” will be operationalized with focus on Gender, Women and
Civil Society.
The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department is designed
to improve coherence and coordination across complexes on gender and Civil
Society Organization issues. The department will ensure strategic priorities
are reflected in resources allocation, enhance monitoring and management of
performance, and strengthen the focus on results.
As part of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Directorate,
the manager, Civil Society and Women Empowerment Division will provide
leadership on mainstreaming civil society in operations.
Position title:
Division Manager, Gender and Women Empowerment
Grade: PL2
Position N°:
50092413
Reference:
ADB/17/060/2
Publication date:
29/11/2017
Closing date:
13/12/2017
Country: Côte
d’Ivoire
THE POSITION:
The objective of Division Manager - Gender and Women
Empowerment, the Position is to provide strategic guidance to the Bank’s work
in gender and women empowerment. The incumbent will build and maintain
excellent external relations with development partners and alliances at the
global level to advance the gender work. He /She will support the Department
Director in regional and global advocacy efforts on promoting the gender and
women empowerment agenda.
Duties and
responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Director – Gender, Women and
Civil Society, the Division Manager - Gender and Women Empowerment shall:
1. Manage and
Supervise the Division:
Plan, organize and coordinate the activities of the
Division;
Set the overall objectives, develop work programs and
oversee their execution and ensure that deadlines are met and that the
Division’s outputs reach the highest technical standard quality
Establish a feedback mechanism and workflow management and
assignments system in compliance with the Bank’s policies, guidelines and
monitoring procedures.
2. Lead policy
developments and monitoring:
Lead policy/strategy developments/revisions to enhance
mainstreaming, gender, civil society participation and Sustainable Development
Goals ;
Regularly inform bank staff on status of African countries
in achieving Gender Sustainable Development Goal and coordinate annual
reporting on gender disaggregated results.
Develop innovative approaches to the implementation of the High5s.
Provide support to the Bank’s knowledge management work on
gender and target high return Economic and Sector Work on gender to strengthen
the quality of the bank’s policy dialogues, advisory services and involvement
in the gender, women and civil society development debate.
Advise the Department on emerging matters of strategic,
policy and institutional significance, including the formulation/update of the
Bank Group’s Gender Policies, Strategies, and Guidelines.
3. Enhance Gender
Mainstreaming into Bank operations:
Lead internal gender mainstreaming efforts that strengthen
the readiness review process to ensure quality at entry of projects (collection
of gender data, statistics analysis, impact evaluation, and capacity building
for Monitoring and Evaluation);
In collaboration with relevant Bank Departments, help to
design a monitoring and evaluation system for gender mainstreaming in the Bank
at the operational, policy and corporate level.
Enhance gender responsiveness of the Bank’s quality assurance
and results frameworks within the operations manual and guidelines
Lead the development and application of mainstreaming tools
for Country Strategic Papers, project design & supervision;
Active involvement in the Bank’s review process country and
regional team meetings;
Operational support for project design, monitoring and
evaluation;
Strengthen Bank institutional capacity through training and
other means;
4. Strengthen
External Engagement and Partnerships:
Strengthen partnerships with key multi and bi-lateral
organizations, United Nations agencies, the Private Sector, Civil Society Organizations and others and
enhance collaboration and networking; and
In collaboration with gender experts in operations,
represent the bank in key regional and international events relevant to the
work of the division;
Lead the organization of events (major conferences and
seminars) in key sector-related thematic areas to inform operations, and share
knowledge and good practices;
Assist the Director in providing support to the Bank-wide
Gender Oversight Committee with membership across sectors and regions to ensure
full integration of gender across all projects.
Coordinate the Department’s relationship with other
Multilateral Development Banks, International Organizations, bilateral
agencies, research organizations etc., to monitor and analyze developments, and
share and learn best practices on gender in Africa and the world.
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Hold at least a Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, Economics or closely related disciplines.
- Have a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience; of which three (3) years should be at the managerial level in the formulation and implementation of policies, strategies, programs and projects.
- Demonstrated skills to combine strategic thinking with a good understanding on how to translate ideas into products in a participatory manner, navigating the shortest institutional way possible;
- Proven leadership and team building skills in a diverse regional workforce; results oriented and ability to work in a multicultural environment
- Good listener with demonstrated ability to make ideas work and make effective and timely decisions
- Experience of coordinating or leading corporate assignments across institutional boundaries.
- Ability to network and build partnerships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of regional social issues
- Knowledge of operational policies, rules, procedures and practices of the Bank or comparable institution: major bilateral and multilateral partner development agencies in African countries or other developing countries
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, with a working knowledge of the other language.
- 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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Application Deadline
13th of December, 2017
