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African
Development Bank Group (AfDB) – 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.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Senior HR Administration Assistant,
CHHR2
Reference: ADB/17/029/3
Location: Africa
Grade: GS8
Position N°: 50000457

The
Complex

The
Vice-Presidency, Human Resources and Corporate Services (CHVP) ensures the
delivery of efficient, people-centered, client-oriented, corporate
services to ensure overall institutional effectiveness in all aspects of the
Bank’s corporate services.
The
complex leads efforts to ensure the competitiveness of the Bank as the
employer of choice and is responsible for providing leadership in the
formulation and implementation of Bank’s strategies on people, IT, general
services and institutional procurements, language services, business
continuity and, health and safety strategies.

The
Hiring Department/Division
The role of the Human Resources Management department is to develop and execute
a People Strategy, Policies, processes and practices which will enable the Bank
to achieve its strategic Agenda. Core to the HR Strategy will be the
attraction, development, engagement, motivation and retention of a
best-in-class workforce.

In
order to create a truly transformed HR work-way, CHHR department is structured
around a triangular Model: Business Partnerships for strategy, client
contracting and HR delivery, Centers of Expertise/Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
for internal consulting, thought leadership, design, talent and staff development
and training and best practice benchmarking, HR Shared Services for
transactional excellence and employees outreach. This new HR Model will deliver
a world-class employee life-cycle experience.

Within
the Human Resources Department (CHHR), HR Shared Services (CHHR.2) is
responsible to the administration of employee, management of benefits, HR
processes and data center.

The
Position

The
Senior HR Administration Assistant will be assigned to a moderate range of
technical support assignments in HR administration.
The
incumbent will process transactions in HRIS to perform specialized tasks.
S/he
is responsible for carrying out administrative tasks related to HR
administration and for assisting HR teams in providing statistics and data
for decision support.
The
position holder works closely with the HR Administration Officer.
Accountabilities
are set for the HR activity in his/her area of responsibility – complex,
field office or special contracts.

Duties
and Responsibilities
Under the immediate supervision of the HR Administration Officer, and the
overall supervision of the Division Manager CHHR2, the incumbent will undertake
the following Key Responsibilities:

Perform
day-to-day office management duties and provide assistance to other
colleagues in the accomplishment of Division tasks when required.
Participate
to continuous business improvements and HRIS projects for automation.
Provide
administrative support to Personal administration and HR processes by:

Preparing
HR Administrative documents and decisions relating to regular and short
term staff, Technical Assistants, Secondees, Project Staff and others.
These documents include new staff appointment contracts, and contract
renewals, staff promotions and any other work related to contract
processing.
Collecting
approval of individual HR action decided, update HR master data and
follow up until completion.
Tracking
staff movements within and without the Bank.
Maintaining
and updating information on probation periods and fixed-term contracts of
staff members.
Drafting
statistics on recruitment, staff mobility, transfers and promotion.
Maintaining
templates and letters for staff separation, staff assumption of duty,
transfers, promotions, contract renewals, confirmations, leave without
pay and staff testimonials.
Ensuring,
in liaison with Records section, that electronic and hard copy personnel
files are up-to-date.
Monitoring
staff probation periods and process staff confirmation.
Undertaking
the maintenance of the contract renewals/probationary periods in the
Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) systems.
Undertaking
administration of staff dependents for new hires and update / changes by
staff in liaise with HR Records section.
Assist
staff members with administrative procedures for adoption.
Working
with Shared Services teams, HR Benefits; HR Payroll; HR Master Data &
HR Employee Help Desk in problem resolution and treatment of queries from
employees.
Assisting
in the administration of assumption of duty of Bank staff, Technical
Assistants, Secondees, and Project Staff and also the administration of
assumption of Staff transfers/Staff movements including Promotions,
employment terminations.
Assisting
in the process of reference checks for employees to verify a range of
candidate information, including employment history, academic
qualifications and security checks.

Selection
Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

Hold
at least a Bachelor’s degree and/or its equivalent in Human Resources
Management, Information Systems, Business Management or other related
disciplines.
Have
a minimum of six (6) years of relevant practical working experience in
progressive positions.
Good
planning and monitoring skills will be highly desirable.
A
relevant and practical experience in Human Resources Management, Staff and
Legal counselling will be an asset.
Proactive,
solution oriented individual, keen to resolve challenges through
innovation.
Ability
to implement continual improvement activities to processes, with a keen
eye for detail.
Ability
to multitask, meet strict deadlines and work under a pressure.
Ability
to work independently and coordinate with peers and other HR experts in a
multidisciplinary multicultural team.
Excellent
levels of initiative, enthusiasm, team spirit and organizational and
interpersonal skills.
Demonstrates
tact and diplomacy in dealing with clients and other team members.
Operational
effectiveness.
Communication.
Problem
solving.
Client
orientation.
Team
working and relations.
Ability
to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French,
preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
Good
knowledge of the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint, and SAP). Good typing skills is highly desirable.

Application
Deadline 22nd March, 2018.

Job
Title: Principal Climate Finance Officer
Reference: ADB/18/006
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50083691

The
Complex

The
Vice Presidency for ‘Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth’ is a Sector
Complex focusing on the Bank’s Ten Years Strategy, High 5s priority of
“Light up and Power Africa”.
The
complex’s objectives are:

To
develop policy and strategy;
To
provide deep sector technical expertise to the Regions by gathering pool
of experienced individuals who can be consulted for their expertise on
complicated transactions;
To
develop new financing instruments;
To
act as spokesperson to represent the Bank with external stakeholders on
all aspects of “Light Up and Power Africa”.

The
Complex will focus on areas of Power systems, policy and regulation,
renewable energy; and, Climate and Green Growth.

The
Hiring Department
The Climate Change and Green Growth Department has broad objectives of:

Mainstreaming
climate change and green growth into Bank’s High 5s’ operations;
Monitoring
and reporting on the implementation of the Bank’s climate change
interventions through the Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan and the Bank’s
Green Growth Framework;
Managing
access to the growing number of sources of Green and Climate Finance for
all Operational Vice Presidencies within the Bank;
Assisting
African countries to develop and implement their NDCs as well as to
increase their access to global climate finance; and
Leading
all efforts within the Bank focused on minimizing and reversing the
effects of Climate Change on the continent.
The
Department consists of two divisions, Climate and Green Growth Division,
and Climate and Environment Finance Division.

The
Hiring Division

The
Climate and Environment Finance Division is responsible for ensuring the
Bank’s and RMCs’ enhanced access to climate and green finance.
Specifically,
the Division manages the growing pool of climate resources available
within and outside the Bank, develops innovative ways and tools to
increase Bank’s access to climate and environment finance – including
through green bonds and blended finance – strengthens the capacities of
RMCs to access global climate finance through their Nationally Determined
Contributions, improves climate finance tracking within the Bank, and
engages in thought leadership and knowledge development on climate
finance.

The
Position

The
purpose of this job is to ensure efficient and predictable access to green
and climate finance to enable the Bank to channel funds to achieve the
High 5s, bring more climate and environment finance to the Continent and
achieve its climate finance target 40% by 2020.
The
incumbent will be a core member of the climate finance team, supporting
the various climate funds for which the Bank is an implementing entity.
The
job serves all of the Operational Vice Presidencies in order to ensure
that climate and green finance are made available and successfully
accessed by all of the Operational Vice-Presidencies.
He/she
will also contribute to achieve the objectives of the Bank’s Climate
Change Action Plan (CCAP).

Duties
and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision and general guidance of the Division Manager –
Climate and Environment Finance, the Climate Finance Officer will perform the
following:

Manages
access to external and internal climate change funds such as the Green
Climate Fund, Global Environment Facility, Adaptation Fund, Africa Climate
Change Fund by meeting operational, accreditation and reporting
requirements and following appropriate modalities and procedures;
Creates
opportunities to co-finance projects and leverage new and additional
funding sources to achieve the Bank’s climate finance targets by liaising
with other Divisions within the Bank, Donors and Development Partners;
Actively
communicates with the Fund Secretariats and other participating accredited
entities, National Designated Authorities and Focal Points, and other
relevant stakeholders to advance the Bank’s interests and secure project
approvals;
Attends
and represents the Bank at Fund Meetings and other events where requested;
Advises
all Operational Vice Presidencies on accessing climate finance, by
building strong links with Officers and Task Managers within the Bank and
communicating regularly;
Ensures
that the Bank fulfils internal and external quality control and reporting
obligations to the climate funds by ensuring that reports are prepared in
a timely and accurate manner;
Contributes
actively to the development, management and administration of climate
funds, by responding to calls for input, attending meetings and conference
calls and making innovative proposals to scale up finance;
Supports
Bank’s efforts to allocate at least 40% of its approvals per year by 2020
and beyond, and support African countries to benefit from the global
commitments to raise USD 100 billion per year for climate finance;
Actively
works with project teams to develop bankable projects for climate finance;
Works
in close coordination with existing climate finance structures under the
UNFCCC, the MDBs and other relevant institutions, with the view to
advocate for enhanced Africa’s access to climate and green finance;
Provides
technical support on climate finance in contribution to all High 5
activities and support RMCs, in helping them achieve their climate finance
targets under the Paris Agreement, and particularly their Nationally
Determined Contributions;
Develop
financing instruments that will incentivize the private sector to invest
in climate change adaptation and mitigation programs and projects;
Provides
advisory and investment services to all Bank’s sector and regional
operations on issues related to the access to GCF resources;
Assist
in increasing access to finance through the development of innovative
financing instruments finance.

Selection
Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

At
least a Master’s Degree in International Development Studies, Climate
Change, Climate Finance, Environmental Management, Finance, Economics;
A
minimum of Four (4) years for PL 6; Five (5) years for PL 5 and Six (6)
Years for PL 4 experience in climate or green finance; trust fund
management; multilateral development bank procedures, and a combination of
project development and management experience; private sector experience;
Strong
experience in Infrastructure finance and in blended finance;
Knowledge
and experience on climate finance, and on multilateral climate governance
framework and global climate finance architecture,
Understanding
of climate and green finance issues, challenges and practices relating to
Africa;
Experience
in the provision of climate finance resources for lending and non-lending
operations;
Experience
in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a particular
emphasis on scaling up climate finance for Africa;
Experience
in developing and implementing innovative climate finance instruments;
Knowledge
and experience in policy dialogue and cross-institutional collaboration at
the highest level, including with representatives of government and
non-government partners.
Understanding
of critical issues in sustainable development, international climate
change policy, and climate finance; and
Further
experience in financial accounting and reporting, green and inclusive
growth accounting and reporting (triple bottom line), risk management, and
portfolio management.
Experience
in private sector will be an added advantage
Ability
to communicate orally and in writing effectively in French or English,
with a working knowledge of the other language.
Competence
in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint). Knowledge of SAP and Bank-Wide Program Processing Schedule
(BPPS) is desirable.