Short Term Staff (Web and Graphic Designer Assistant) 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

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Short Term Staff (Web and Graphic Designer Assistant)

Position Number: 50090227
Location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Position Grade: GS 5/6/7/8

The Complex

• The Senior Vice-President is responsible for supporting the President in the day-to-day management of the Bank Group to achieve it strategic objectives and drive a performance culture that will align all processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
• The Senior Vice-President will provide effective leadership and exceptional coordination to ensure implementation and monitoring of key corporate decisions as well as the identification of necessary corrective measures and actions.
• The Senior Vice-President will lead senior management discussions, decisions-making processes and the implementation of strategic board and management decisions to achieve the Bank’s objectives.

The Hiring Department:

• The mandate of the Business Transformation (SNBT) Department is to support the Senior Vice-President (SVP) in the execution of responsibilities related to ensuring organizational effectiveness.
• The Department works to ensure that the Bank, as an organization, is fit for purpose and can adapt to changes in its internal and external environment. It leads on Bank-wide change management efforts as necessary and fosters an organizational culture that aligns processes and systems to deliver high impact results.
• SNBT leads or supports the review, establishment, and implementation of suitable internal organizational structures, systems, business processes, policies, procedures, methods, and information technology for effective implementation of strategic objectives championed by Senior Management to achieve measurable improvements in efficiency, effectiveness, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Through its two divisions, namely Organization and Methods (SNBT.1) and Business Process Reengineering (SNBT.2), the Department is responsible for the following activities:

• Design, implement and maintain the organizational structures.
• Review and update policies, procedures, frameworks and methods (standards/templates, tools).
• Lead the institutional change management approach and execution.
• Perform continuous improvements of business processes, simplify and harmonize business tools and systems.
• Advise on the implementation choices for new IT functional requirements to ensure alignment and coherence with existing processes and tools.

The Position

• The Short Term Staff - Web & Graphic Designer will provide technical assistance for the maintenance of the web site and design material, as well as support SNBT’s Drupal-based web site.
• The Short Term Staff - Web & Graphic Designer will be required to gather and analyze requirements, design all or selected components of the actual portal, propose pages and section design, document components and applications.
• The selected Short Term Staff will be a graphic designer.

Key Functions
Under the Supervision of the Director, SNBT, the Short Term Staff - WEB &Graphic Designer will perform the following:

• Design and produce graphics, documents and videos.
• Help to find innovative concepts for the different communication and marketing campaigns.
• Propose codes to improve the visual aspect of the different web portals.
• Use the appropriate tools to produce the requested elements in a short time frame.
• Anticipate SNBT’s team requirements, implement additional feedback and data gathering mechanisms for the initiatives where required.
• Improve the layout of documents.
• Design PowerPoint templates for presentations.
• Support the SNBT department team members in any aspect of communication, design, creation, testing and documentation.
• Help improve the Portal’s look and feel.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge)

• Hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Graphics or a related field. 
• Have a minimum of four (04) years of relevant and practical experience in Web and Graphic Design.
• Expertise in Web Design using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and JavaScript.
• Practical experience in Graphics Creation, Multimedia Creation.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Suite.
• Strong knowledge of image manipulation.
• Practical experience with 3D modeling software.
• Good interpersonnel skills.
• Good written and oral skills in French or English with a good working knowledge of the other language.
• Proof of citizenship or evidence of permanent residency or work authorization in the proposed country of employment.

Application Closing Date
18th October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online