Senior Governance Management Officer at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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. 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Governance Management Officer

Reference: ADB/17/453
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: LP5
Position N°: 50051052

The Complex

• The Chief Economist/Vice-President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management (ECVP) is the Bank’s spokesperson on economic matters and the VP for the ‘Economics Governance and Knowledge Management Complex’.
• The Complex is responsible for providing leadership and visibility for the Bank on economic, finance, financial governance and socio economic development issues; and coordinate the generation of analytical works to inform operational policy; systematically emphasize the critical role of knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and their tangible impact on sustainable, inclusive transformation of African economies.

The Hiring Department

• The Directorate General Hub is responsible, answerable and accountable for among others, sourcing and origination of bankable projects in collaboration with stakeholders and the private sector, in support of impactful developmental objectives in the Regional Member Countries to achieve Bank Group’s Business development objective.
• The Regional Operations Manager Office for Governance etc. reports to the DG-Hub and provides technical expertise in the area of Governance and Public Management, towards ensuring that the Bank effectively supports Regional Member Countries in their efforts to promote good governance, transparency and accountability, effective economic management and the improvement of the business environment.

The Position

• As part of the Regional Operations Manager Office for Governance, the Governance and public management officer is responsible for engaging the governments of regional member countries in policy dialogue and conducting the African Development Bank’s activities to support country and sector level policy and reforms in the area of governance and public sector management.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Director, Governance and Public Financial Management Coordination Office; the Governance and public management officer will: