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 5s), 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:
Division Manager - Industry and Services
Grade: PL2
Position N°: TBA
Reference:
ADB/17/040/2
Publication date:
21/11/2017
Closing date:
06/12/2017
Country: Côte
d’Ivoire
THE COMPLEX:
The Vice-Presidency for Private Sector, Infrastructure and
Industrialization is central to the Bank’s mission of developing the private
sector, improving infrastructure and accelerating industrialization. The
complex main functions are to (i) strengthen the enabling environment for
private sector [and financial sector] development conducive to inclusive growth
and sustainable development, (ii) support the development of reliable and
sustainable infrastructure, including cities and urban development, and (iii)
place renewed emphasis on industrial and trade performance in support of
structural transformation across Africa. The Complex leverages knowledge,
co-financing, and partnerships to attract private capital and work with
governments on delivering the Bank’s development agenda.
THE HIRING
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
The role of the Bank’s Industrial and Trade Development
department is to promote the implementation of the Bank’s 10 Year Strategy and
HI 5’s initiatives with special emphasis on the Industrialize Africa strategy.
The department leads the Bank’s activities in the area of industrial policies,
ICT, trade and investment climate, and private sector investments in industry
and services.
The Division in charge of Non-Sovereign Operations in
Industry and Services is responsible for originating, executing, supervision
and monitoring operations in Industry and Services sectors that do not have an
explicit sovereign guarantee from the beneficiary country.
THE POSITION:
The Division Manager
will be responsible for the following
Develop lending and equity investments sectoral strategies
and project pipeline to support the implementation of the AfDB’s Industrialize
Africa strategy;
Coordinate Project preparation and appraisal to be submitted
for Board approval;
Coordinate Financial close of approved projects;
Coordinate Monitoring and Supervision of projects during the implementation phase;
Manage team’s staffing and resources in the division.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the
Director Industrial and Trade Development (PITD), the Division Manager will
perform the following:
1. Plan and
coordinate business development activities to promote the Bank’s non-sovereign
operations, identify potential financing opportunities, and eventually build a
strong pipeline of lending and equity investment projects pipeline to support
the implementation of the AfDB’s Industrialize Africa strategy;
2. Appoint and
supervise project teams;
3. Plan and
coordinate the preparation of project documents (such as preliminary evaluation,
project concept notes or project appraisal reports) for submission to the
appropriate internal review committees;
4. Plan and
coordinate due diligence missions for projects cleared for appraisal;
5. Plan and
coordinate the submission of project appraisal reports to the Board of
Directors for approval including consultation with Executive Directors, the
preparation of Q&A notes, and attendance at the Board meetings;
6. Plan and
coordinate negotiations with clients and the preparation of final project legal
documentation for signature;
7. Plan and
coordinate the monitoring and supervision of projects during the implementation
phase;
8. Oversee the
Bank’s pipeline of projects, their execution and monitoring in the industry and
services sectors;
9. Build and manage
relationships with anchor (global/regional/national) industry players
(corporates, project developers), public and private financial institutions,
institutional investors and related industry associations;
10. Manage the
preparation and utilization of the budget for the division;
11. Supervise staff
performance in the division ;
12. Oversee the
recruitment of new staff for the division
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
1. Hold at least a
Master’s degree (or its university equivalent) in Business Administration,
Finance, Banking, or any other relevant discipline;
2. Have a minimum of
eight (08) years of extensive and
in-depth project finance transactional experience in the Bank or a similar
institution and/or investment or commercial banking, with a focus on industries
& services transactions
3. Extensive
knowledge and proven experience in financial lending instruments and
approaches, including familiarity with debt and equity lending;
4. A broad
transactional experience in key industrial sectors such as manufacturing,
mining, oil and gas, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals etc;
5. Strong knowledge
of socio-economic, industrial development and business environment issues in
African countries
6. Diploma in
Industrial Engineering and/or Policy design would be a plus
7. Exposure to
technical assistance and SME financing would be advantageous
8. Ability to
comprehensively understands industrial projects structures and critical success
factors, strategies, policies, procedures and practices of other similar
institutions;
9. Skills in
leading for identifying, structuring and executing debt and equity investments
in industrial projects;
10. Ability to
lead in creating an environment for sharing and communicating knowledge within
the division, department, complex, regional hubs and externally.
11. Ability to
proactively engage with internal and external parties to develop and
communicate knowledge and methods
12. Having Private
sector experience would be considered as an asset.
13. Operational
effectiveness
14. Innovation and
creativity
15.
Problem-solving
16. Communication
17. Team working
and relationship
18. Client
Orientation
19. Excellent spoken
and written English or French languages, preferably with a working knowledge of
the other;
20. Competence in
the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications; Knowledge of SAP is
advantageous.
THIS POSITION IS CLASSIFIED INTERNATIONAL STATUS AND ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
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