Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 10, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Position title: Regional Non-Sovereign Operations (NSO) Lead, PIVP
Grade: PL2
Position N: 50102203; 50102204; 50102199; 50102205; 50102198; 50083341
Reference: ADB/21/067
Publication date: 03-May-2021
Closing date: 02-Jun-2021
Duty station: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Nairobi, Kenya, Tunis, Tunisia, Pretoria, South Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon, Abuja, Nigeria
Objectives
The Bank:
Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 81 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The African Development Fund (ADF) was established in 1974 to complement the Bank by providing grants and concessional loans to low income countries. The Bank and the Fund together form the African Development Bank Group. The Bank Group’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 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 and namely: Light Up and Power Africa, Feed Africa, Industrialize Africa, Integrate Africa, and Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa. The Bank Group is building a management team to lead the successful implementation of this vision.
The Vice Presidency for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization (VP, PIVP) is central to the Bank’s mission of developing the overall private sector across all sectors, deepening the financial sector, improving infrastructure and accelerating industrialization. The main functions of the Complex are to (i) strengthen the enabling environment for private sector development conducive to inclusive growth and sustainable development, (ii) deepen financial markets, (iii) support the development of reliable and sustainable infrastructure, including urban development, and (iv) place renewed emphasis on industrial and trade performance in support of structural transformation across Africa, which also includes the 4IR and ICT. The Complex leverages knowledge, co-financing, and partnerships to attract private capital and work with governments on delivering the Bank’s development agenda.
The Complex is also responsible for :
• leading ‘Industrialize Africa’ strategy and co-leading the Integrate Africa one;
• managing the full project cycle in its sectors of responsibilities, from project preparation to completion, for private sector as well as public sector projects, in close partnership with the Regions
• provide thought leadership in the areas under its remit and related partnerships and initiatives; and
• acting as the Bank’s spokesperson in these areas.

The Position:
The AfDB is looking to recruit a Regional Non-Sovereign Operations (NSO) Lead for each of the five regions - Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western regional offices, and for the Nigeria Country Office. NSO refers to a combination of private sector and state-owned enterprise (SOE) financing, where the latter is without a government guarantee. The Regional NSO Lead (RNL) is responsible for business development, operationalizing, supporting and coordinating the implementation of the Bank’s NSO and private sector development strategy in the region. The Bank’s NSO activities have been on a strong upwards trend in recent years. Recent independent evaluations have stressed the strengths of the Bank’s approach and highlighted areas where improvements are needed. The Bank’s new Private Sector Development Strategy 2020-2025 (the PSD Strategy) is intended to underpin its engagement with governments and private sector operators and to drive the Bank’s Private Sector Development agenda. This position will be critical in implementing this strategy, working within the framework of the Bank’s OneBank approach, and closely with both public and private actors.
The Regional NSO Lead will play a critical role in cascading down the Bank’s PSD Strategy at regional and country level. He/she will work in close collaboration with the Director General, Country Managers, NSO Sector Directors and Managers, and Governance Director and Country Economists, to ensure consistency and coherence in the Bank’s PSD Strategy implementation in the regions and in the countries. He/she will work with public sector and private sector teams to develop synergy in the Bank’s work. This is important to ensure that Private Sector issues are considered during upstream Sovereign Operations (SO) policy, regulatory and business environment activities to make the markets more attractive to private sector investors.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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Job application procedure
This Position Is Classified as an International Recruitment And Attracts International Terms And Conditions Of Employment
Should you encounter technical difficulties in submitting your application, please send an email with a precise description of the issue and/or a screenshot showing the problem to: HR Direct HRDirect@AFDB.ORG  (link sends e-mail)
Please visit: https://lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=AFDB&cws=1&rid=2333  for applications.

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