REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK “Office’s address”

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
“Office’s address”
CCIA Level 11, Room A
“Name of Bank Department or Unit”
NEPAD and Infrastructures Division (ONRI.1)
The African Development Bank Group
Immeuble du Centre de Commerce International d’Abidjan
Avenue Jean-Paul II
01 BP 1387 - Abidjan 01
Côte d’Ivoire
E-mail: z.mayisa@afdb.org - Telephone: + (225) 20 26 29 53
Expressions of interest are being requested for a Junior Consultant Position
Brief Description of the assignment: Regional Operations (RO) Framework Model
Review and Analysis for 2015 and 2016 cycles and Development of RO Framework
Model Operations Manual
Department making the request: ONRI.1
Place of assignment: Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivorie
Period of assignment: November 2014 to November 2015
Expected start date of the assignment: 01 November 2015
Last date for expressing interest: 21 October 2014
Expression of interest to be submitted to: z.mayisa@afdb.org
Any questions/ clarifications needed to be addressed to: z.mayisa@afdb.org
Applications to be submitted to: Mr. Mamady SOUARE, Division Manager,
NEPAD and Infrastructures Division (ONRI.1) - The African Development Bank
Group, Immeuble du Centre de Commerce International d’Abidjan Avenue JeanPaul II- 01 BP 1387 - Abidjan 01-Côte d’Ivoire– Email: m.souare@afdb.org) with copy
to Zakhele Mayisa (z.mayisa@afdb.org)
Any questions and requests for clarifications may be sent to: Mr. Zakhele
Mayisa, Principal Infrastructure Finance Officer, ONRI.1.
Terms of Reference for the Recruitment of a Junior Consultant for the Regional
NEPAD and Infrastructures Division (ONRI. 1)
1. Introduction and background
Regional integration is a fundamental element of the African Development Bank
Group’s core activities and one of the African Development Fund’s core priorities.
This strategic focus on regional integration is well aligned with African countries’ own
strong commitment to advancing the regional agenda that is indispensable to their
trade, growth and the reduction of poverty. Competitiveness and productivity can be
improved—and significant economic and welfare gains achieved—by addressing
bottlenecks in both hard, or physical, infrastructure and soft infrastructure such as
regulatory frameworks, harmonization of policies and efficient institutions.
As described in the ADF-13 Report, and consistent with both the needs of the African
continent and ADF’s comparative advantage, the Fund’s strategic and operational
priorities are aligned to those of the Bank Group’s Strategy for 2013-2022. The
Strategy determines strategic selectivity and operational focus, on infrastructure,
regional integration, private sector development, governance and accountability, and
skills and technology; with three areas of special emphasis namely fragile states,
food security and agriculture, and gender. In the area of regional integration, the
Fund has agreed on building upon its regional integration accomplishments and
scaling up its engagement in regional infrastructure, regional public goods, and
capacity building. The participation of fragile states in ROs could be further
strengthened with the use of resources from the Fragile States Facility, and the RO
incentive mechanism could be leveraged to better support policy reforms.
Within the context of a strong demand for regional operations (ROs), scarce available
resources and competing demands, Deputies have specifically called for a stronger
focus on performance, results and development impact in the Bank’s regional
operations.
In this regard, the Bank has a Selection and Prioritization Framework Model. The
Framework Model is used for selecting the most relevant operations to be eligible to
the RO incentive mechanism based on cost-sharing financing where the countries
contribute to a portion of project costs from their PBA and the Bank finances the
remaining portion. The RO incentive mechanism is currently limited to ADF funding.
There also a specific selection framework for Regional Public Goods (RPGs).
The Framework Model for prioritization and selection of Regional Operations is
updated annually by ONRI.1 with project financial structuring inputs from sector
departments and model variants from the Task Team departments i.e. FRMB, EDRE
and ORQR.
The outcome of the Framework Model prioritization process is analyzed and
documented into a Regional Operations prioritization and selection report to be
considered for approval by OpsCom.
2. Assignment objectives
The nature of assignment involves full filing the following:
(a) Practical application of the RO prioritization framework model for the 2015 RO
Selection and Prioritization process;
(b) Quality checking and data cleansing of the framework model inputs and
outcomes;
(c) Development of an operational manual for the RO periodization process for
the ONRI.1 division.
3. Activities of the Assignment
The consultant will be required to perform the following tasks:
a) Analyses current the regional operations prioritization framework template;
b) Assist in revising and improving the current RO prioritization template
ensuring its compliance to the new RO prioritization framework;
c) Assist in producing a Regional Operations Framework Model operations
manual to be used by the Task Managers within ONRI and the Bank;
d) Support the Task Manager in coordinating the 2015 prioritization process;
e) Support the Task Manager in streamlining the framework and developing
operational manual for the Department;
f) Assist in producing a regional prioritization operations manual to be used by
the Task Managers within ONRI;
g) Assist in training of ONRI staff in using the revised prioritization template
3. Management/supervision of the consultancy
The Consultant will work independently, under the overall guidance of the Division
Manager – ONRI.1 and the immediate supervision of the Task Manager for this
undertaking.
4. Duration of the Assignment
The consultant will work on a fulltime basis for a period of 1 year, starting from 16
October 2014.
5. Required Qualifications and Experience
a) At least a Master’s degree in in fields related to project development, Development
Studies, or Management Information Science.;
b) A minimum of 2 years and a maximum of five years of relevant professional
experience;
c) Quantitative Analytical background in international, financial or development
economics or a related field;
e) Strong skills in using and analyzing statistics in excel and econometric software
packages;
f) Experience in the context of the African continent an advantage;
g) Be a national of one of the member countries of the Bank (list of member countries
can be obtained from www.afdb.org under “about Us”);
h) Minimum of two years and a maximum of five years of relevant experience;
i) Be under 32 years of age;
j) Competent in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint, and web tools);
k) Fluent in French or English, with preferably a working knowledge of the other
language;
h) Proven capacity to work in a team, to deliver outputs in a timely manner.
6. Remuneration for the Assignment
The Junior Consultant will be hired for a period of 1 year and paid a lump sum per
month following the schedule and conditions to be negotiated with the recruiting unit.
The consultancy will take place in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire and requires regular full
time presence in the Bank’s offices.
Please attach an updated Curriculum vitae on the basis of the template attached.
7. Method of Application: Interested experts are required to submit expressions of
interests and attach an updated Curriculum Vitae on the basis of the template below:
MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
Title of the Assignment:
Department:
Surname:
Birth Date:
Address:
Telephone:
First Name:
Nationality:
Country:
E-mail:
Are any of your family members (spouse/partner, Yes
No
father/mother, Brother/sister, Son/daughter, etc.° employed If
« Yes »,
the
in the African Development Bank?
following data must
be provided
Name
Relationship
Organisation Unit Place of Assignment
Language
Level
English
Read
French
Other
(specify)
Written
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Spoken
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Fair
Good
Excellent
Key Qualifications:
Please provide (i) a summary of your experience and training highlighting the most
relevant for the proposed assignment, and (ii) the responsibilities which you
exercised. Utilise one half-page maximum.
Education (University Level and above only):
Name of University - City
- Country
Period
From
Diploma Obtained
Main Topic / Major
To
Professional Training:
Name of Training Type of Training
Institution- City Country
Period
From
Certificates or Diploma
Obtained
From
Employment Record:
Begin with your most recent employment. For each job since your Master Degree
achievement, please indicate:
Name of the Employer
Type of Activity/Business of the Employer
Title / Function
Place of Employment
Brief Description (three lines maximum) of main accomplishments and
responsibilities
Reference:
Please indicate the name and address of three persons with no family relationship
with yourself, familiar with your character and titles.
I hereby certify that the responses which I provided above are all, to the best of my
knowledge, true, complete and accurate. I acknowledge that an inaccurate statement
or essential omission in a personal declaration or another document required by the
African Development Bank might result in the rejection of my application, termination
of my Contract or any other administrative sanction by the Bank. The African
Development Bank may verify any statements which I made in this application.
Date: ____________
Signature :