Vacancy title:
Principal Social Protection Officer - RDGC2

Jobs at:
African Development Bank

Deadline of this Job:
6th December 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 15th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

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.

JOB DETAILS:

THE POSITION:
The Principal Social Protection Officer will contribute to the elaboration of poverty reduction and social projects/programs in support of Regional Member Countries’ (RMCs) development strategies. He/ She will supervise the implementation of social projects/programs financed by the Bank Group in their architectural, procurement and financial costing dimension. He/ She will participate in the general coordination of Bank Group activities in the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection sector with other international and bilateral agencies.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the overall supervision of the Regional Operation Manager-Agri, the incumbent will perform the following:

• Undertake the preparation and appraisal of innovative social protection projects and programs for possible Bank funding;
  
• Supervise on-going projects in social protection and poverty reduction to monitor procurement of goods and services; review tender documents; evaluate the work of consultants and contractors; process disbursement requests; and contribute to the preparation of project completion reports' and portfolio performance documents;
  
• Prepare poverty, social protection, and MDG -related documents as requested by Senior Management for the Boards for information and approval, especially as it relates to the ongoing efforts to mitigate the adverse impact of the financial, food , and climate change crisis on the welfare of the poor and vulnerable groups;
  
• Advise Country Teams engaged in the preparation of Results-Based Country Strategy Papers (CSPs); Economic and Sector Work (ESW), and applied research to articulate poverty reduction and social protection issues in favour of the achievement of the MDGs and promote pro-poor growth in Regional Member Countries (RMCs);
  
• Undertake ESW on poverty reduction and social protection including the preparation of poverty profiles, poverty assessments, vulnerability analysis , labour market analysis, etc. in order to strengthen the Bank’s knowledge base in the area of social protection in RMCs;
  

SELECTION CRITERIA
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Hold at least a Master’s Degree in in economics, agricultural economics, sociology, development studies or related fields;
  
• Have a minimum of six (6) years of experience the field of development with specialization in rural development and social protection;
  
• Private sector experience will be an added advantage;
  
• Knowledge and experience related to rural development and employment policies and programmes
  
• Experience in supporting policies, programmes and analyses related to public and private and mixed rural institutions that mediate access to markets and social protection, particularly for small producers, family farmers and farmers and the rural poor in developing countries;