Chief Government and Regional Organizations Partnerships Officer at the African Development Bank (AfDB)

African Development Bank (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: Chief Government and Regional Organizations Partnerships Officer

Reference: ADB/17/336
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50093701

The Complex

• The Vice Presidency for ‘Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth’ is a Sector Complex focusing on the Bank’s TYS High 5s priority of “Light up and Power Africa”.
• The complex’s objectives are:
  • To develop policy and strategy;
  • Provide deep sector technical expertise to the Regions by gathering pool of experienced individuals who can be consulted for their expertise on complicated transactions;
  • Develop new financing instruments;
  • Act as spoke person 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/Division

• The Energy Partnerships Department core objective is building, strengthening, and maintaining the Transformative Partnership on Energy for Africa.
• This will require broad engagement with other Development Financial Institutions, Regional Member Countries, Non-Regional Member Countries, and the private sector (corporates and financial institutions).
• The Department includes a “Public Energy Initiatives and Partnerships” Division and a “Strategic Private Sector Relationships” Division.
• The Public Energy Initiatives and Partnerships Division places the Transformative Partnerships as the unifying platform for increased coherence and coordination amongst various energy sector stakeholders and initiatives leading to greater impact and investment.

The Position

• The Chief Government and Regional Organizations Partnerships Officer will be responsible for coordinating, building the capacity and mobilize the support needed from Governments, Regional Organizations, and Regional Economic Communities for the successful implementation of the New Deal on Energy for Africa.
• The incumbent will be responsible to understand the investment requirements and needs of these organisations and facilitate national and project regional preparation.
• The incumbent will collaborate with public-sector multi-lateral and bi-lateral development banks and donors to mobilize investment from them for project preparation and co-investment into Africa’s energy sector.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision and general guidance of the Division Manager, Public Energy Initiatives and Partnership, the incumbent will perform the following:

• Contribute to the coordination of the Transformative Partnership on Energy for Africa to align with critical government and regional organization stakeholders to help reduce duplication of efforts and to help pool resources;
• Map the key government, regional organization and donor stakeholders and contact persons for the energy sector;
• Collaborate with governments, the regional economic communities, regional power pools and other authorities to identify investment needs;
• Collaborate with public-sector multi-lateral and bi-lateral development banks and donors to mobilize investment from them for project preparation and co-investment into Africa’s energy sector.
• Administer a list of national and regional priority action projects for the development of Africa’s energy sector;
• Conduct gap analysis and national and regional sector planning in collaboration with other public energy partners and initiatives;
• Contribute to brokering and concluding ‘New Deal Energy Compacts’ for the coordination of energy sector stakeholders;
• Contribute to capacity building for national and regional coordination efforts in the energy sector and resource mobilization for this purpose;
• Contribute to the delivery of economic and sector work related to the energy sector;
• Manage relationships with Governments, Regional Organizations, Regional Economic Communities, bi-lateral and multi-lateral development banks and donors through transparent and effective arrangements;
• Organize convening events;
• Liaise with project preparation facilities and mobilize resources for sector planning and project development;
• Collaborate across other divisions in the Complex and the regional divisions to support the delivery of the New Deal on Energy for Africa.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Hold at least a Master's degree or its equivalent in Electrical Engineering, International Relations, Public Policy Management, Finance, Business Administration or related subjects;
• Have a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional experience in energy sector policy and planning issues, public sector energy finance and development of partnerships;
• Experience working across multiple institutions and ensuring collaboration across public, private, and civil society sectors is essential;
• Experience in combinations of the following areas is essential; Government or a regional organization, infrastructure development, sector analysis and planning, public-private sector partnerships, preferably in the energy sector, development bank, project preparation facility;
• Experience in bi-lateral and multi-lateral public sector entities, preferably in Africa, and in a coordination/partnership role is advantageous;
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage;
• Ability to innovate and create approaches to activities in order to enhance performance and create added benefits to the Bank and its clients;
• Ability to communicate effectively and mobilize key actors to delivery (private sector, public, sector and civil society);
• Proven ability to build multi-stakeholder partnerships to manage complex objectives;
• Proven ability to interact with government and regional organization officials and achieve development results;
• Proven interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to work in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic; environment, with sensitivity and respect for diversity and the ability to build trust and provide; leadership to different team members;
• Highly developed negotiation skills proven to yield positive outcomes with counterparts, both internal and external;
• Ability to listen and communicate effectively with counterparts;
• Clear understanding of the drivers and barriers to success in complex regulatory, political and cultural environments;
• Knowledge of energy sector development in Africa, including sector gap and planning analyses, and familiarity with the work of major national and regional entities active in the energy sector, including development banks and key donors;
• Proven track record of building partnerships for development impact;
• Communicate and write effectively in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language;
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP is desirable.

Application Closing Date
2nd August, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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