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 (RMCs)). 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)
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:
Program Analyst
Grade: PL6
Position N°:
50001009
Reference:
ADB/17/501
Publication date:
05/12/2017
Closing date:
15/12/2017
Country: Côte
d’Ivoire
THE COMPLEX:
The Senior Vice-Presidency complex (SNVP) is responsible for
supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to
achieve it strategic objective, and drive performance culture that will align
all processes and systems to deliver high impact results. The SNVP will provide
effective leadership and exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and
monitoring of key corporate decisions as well as the identification of
necessary corrective measures and actions. The SNVP leads senior management
discussions, decisions-making process and the implementation of key board and
management decisions.
THE HIRING
DEPARTMENT:
Located within the SNVP Complex, the Safeguards and
Compliance Department is responsible for mainstreaming environmental and social
development considerations into Bank financed operations in the public and
private sectors through the implementation of the Integrated Safeguard System
(ISS). The Department provides cross-sector Environmental and Social
operational support to all operations in the regions in conducting the
necessary E&S due diligence and implementation support across all stages of
the project development cycle. The Department develops, ameliorates and/or
revises tools and procedures to ensure their relevance to the operations and
the sectors in which they are being used. The Department also designs and/or
provides capacity building support to ensure that all of the Bank’s projects
and programmes are not only compliant with the ISS but also enhance opportunities
for the sustainability of Environment and Social development outcomes.
THE POSITION:
The main objective of Program Analyst is to assist the
Department in: Collecting, providing and processing structured data on the
Environmental, Social and Climate risks of the Bank’s investments to update the
IT support system - Integrated Safeguards Tracking system (ISTS) - (ISTS) of
the Department; (iv) ensuring effective implementation (QA/QC of data input and
maintenance) of the ISTS; and (v) assisting Environmental and Social
specialists in both HQ and at the Regional Hubs in ensuring effective delivery
of the department work program.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Director –Safeguards and
Compliance, the Program Analyst will perform the following:
Work Programme / Monitoring
1. Contribute to
the preparation of the Department’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensure
their consistency with KPI’s of the Sector Vice Presidency Unit and prepare
regular status reports and annual activity reports;
2. Keep the
portfolio safeguards database of the Department (active and pipeline projects);
3. Supporting
analytical and statistical work on portfolio and/or pipeline projects with
regards to E&S;
4. Update and
monitor the Department’s Work Program on a monthly basis;
5. Carry out
analysis to improve the department work process and in particular report on the
performance of projects at risk;
6. Maintain the
Integrated Safeguards Tracking System (ISTS) and provide assistance to end
users;
7. Assists
researchers in writing, editing, and publishing research and other reports and
results by the Department ;
Budget Preparation/ Monitoring:
8. Monitor the
implementation of the administrative budget and determine/recommend allocation
of funds when necessary;
9. Monitor
expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized level;
10. Coordinate the
preparation and monitoring of the quarterly mission schedules and collate
related data of reports;
Other Duties:
11. Prepare working
documents to be presented by the Director, organize and participate in the
department meetings and follow up with the decisions made;
12. Coordinate
responses to queries and invitations concerning the Department on his/her
domain;
13. Liaise with the
Information Management and Methods Department (CHIS), if necessary, for all
issues relating to the Integrated Safeguards Tracking system (ISTS) ;
14. Liaise with the
Information Management and Methods Department (CHIS), if necessary, for all
issues relating to the SAP / BPPS / ATRS / SRAS system and other information
technologies; play the role of SAP resource person in the Department; provide
technical assistance to staff of the Department in the use of SAP-PS;
15. Liaise with
other key organization units of the Bank, including budget department, human
resources unit, etc.;
16. Monitor the
logistics arrangement of the Department events;
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
1. Hold at least
a Master's degree or its equivalent in Environment, Economics, Business
Management, Information Technology or in a related discipline;
2. Have a minimum
of four (04) years of relevant professional experience, and demonstrated
ability to manage and perform multiple tasks efficiently;
3. Good working
knowledge of operations, particularly the information required for project
cycle activities and portfolio management, planning, work programmes, budget
preparation and financial management;
4. Private sector
experience is advantageous.
5. Ability to
analyze information from different sources and play an advisory role to
management and staff;
6. Coordination,
facilitation and analytical skills;
7. Knowledge of
SharePoint IT System
8. Innovation
& Creativity
9. Communication
10. Client
Orientation
11. Problem Solving
12. Team working
and relationships
13. Operational
Effectiveness
14. Ability to
communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably
with a working knowledge of the other.
15. Competence in
the use of standard MS office applications (Word, Excel, Access, and
PowerPoint) and preferably SAP.
THIS POSITION IS
CLASSIFIED INTERNATIONAL STATUS AND ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF EMPLOYMENT.
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How to Apply
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Application Closing
Date
15th December, 2017.
