Chief Operations Officer

African Development Bank (AFDB)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Full emptiness title: Chief Operations Officer
Location: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Place Grade: PL3
Place Quantity: 50071241
Posting Date: 26-Sep-2023
Closing Date: 25-Oct-2023

THE BANK:

Established in 1964, the African Improvement Financial institution is the premier pan-African growth establishment, selling financial development and social progress throughout the continent. There are 81 member states, together with 54 in Africa (Regional Member Nations). The Financial institution’s growth agenda is delivering the monetary and technical assist for transformative tasks that may considerably cut back poverty by way of inclusive and sustainable financial development. With a view to sharply focus the aims of the Ten-Yr Technique (2023 – 2032) and guarantee higher developmental affect, 5 main areas (Excessive 5s), all of which is able to speed up our supply for Africa, have been recognized for scaling up, specifically, vitality, agro-business, industrialization, integration and enhancing the standard of life for the individuals of Africa. The Financial institution is searching for to construct a administration workforce that may lead the profitable implementation of this imaginative and prescient.

THE COMPLEX:

The Senior Vice-Presidency is chargeable for supporting the President within the day-to-day administration of the Financial institution Group to realize its strategic goal and drive efficiency tradition that may align all processes and programs to ship excessive affect outcomes. The Senior Vice-Presidency will present efficient management and distinctive coordination to make sure implementation and monitoring of key company choices in addition to the identification of vital corrective measures and actions. The Senior Vice-Presidency will lead senior administration discussions, decision-making processes and the implementation of key Board and Administration choices.

THE HIRING DEPARTMENT:

Positioned throughout the Senior Vice-Presidency Advanced, the Division SNMO is overseeing the Secretariats of two key administration committees – the Operations Committee (OpsCom, SNMO.1) and the Senior Administration Coordinating Committee (SMCC, SNMO.2).

The function of the Operations Committee Secretariat (SNMO1) is to assist the Financial institution’s Operations Committee in its efforts in direction of sharpening the nation focus and strategic selectivity of the Financial institution’s operations. enhancing the standard of operations; strengthening the Financial institution’s inside cooperation and cohesion amongst operations departments; and enchancment within the growth affect of the Financial institution’s assist to its Regional Member Nations.

THE POSITION:

Beneath the supervision of the Division Supervisor, the Chief Operation Officer will (i) contribute to enhancing the standard of proposals by enterprise rigorous and prime quality inside prior assessment of all operations proposals; managing the OpsCom assessment course of and put together acceptable analytical/advisory notes and briefing materials for normal and particular OpsCom conferences, in addition to on an advert hoc foundation as requested; conducting post-review of all revised proposals and difficulty clearance notes on behalf of the Operations Committee; supporting the implementation of key initiatives and representing the Secretariat in working teams, job forces, and different particular initiatives; (ii) contribute to organizational effectivity and effectiveness by growing and constantly enhancing OpsCom’s inside working procedures in addition to sharpening the Secretariat’s inside processes and procedures; and (iii) help within the revision of Opscom’s assessment and processes associated presidential directives (PDs) and Procedures and Pointers as vital.

The principle aims of the place are to:

  1. Help the Financial institution’s rising sturdy give attention to the standard of its operations and subsequently their growth affect, by way of high quality and well timed assessment of proposals submitted for OpsCom’s assessment and actions to constantly improve the effectivity and effectiveness of inside working processes and procedures.
  2. Develop and revise directives, processes, procedures, and pointers to constantly enhance the standard of the Financial institution’s assessment and clearance processes.
  3. Report on systemic points raised and develop options to handle them.
  4. Work with the Wakanda Crew within the context of the event of the Financial institution’s operations portal.
  5. Share data with and practice as vital, together with on compliance with the Financial institution’s assessment and clearance and associated directives, processes, procedures, and pointers and with the usage of the BPPS to assist Groups ship high quality proposals on time, and on the drivers of high quality and leads to Financial institution operations.
  6. Undertake all advert hoc duties as per Director or Supervisor request.

KEY FUNCTIONS:

Beneath the general supervision of the Division Supervisor, Operations Committee Secretariat, the Chief Operations Officer will likely be chargeable for:

High quality and Well timed Evaluate of Proposals:

  1. Conduct and coordinate systematic prior inside assessment of all operations proposals to make sure alignment with strategic aims, high quality requirements, readiness, and compliance with Financial institution insurance policies; present prime quality and concise briefings, evaluation, and proposals accordingly for OpsCom and the Chair.
  2. Produce and/or coordinate evaluation, briefing materials, and proposals on cross-Operations points and coverage issues on an advert hoc foundation as guided by the Operations Committee.
  3. Present steering to nation and challenge groups as could also be vital within the processing of proposals in addition to within the implementation of OpsCom’s choices.
  4. Draft minutes and associated stories following common conferences and guarantee well timed dissemination to Senior Administration and the President.
  5. Advise on new approaches, procedures, and strategies to enhance the standard of proposals, proposal growth processes, their assessment, and the execution of operations.

Enhancement of the Financial institution’s Evaluate and Clearance Devices.

  1. Contribute to periodic assessment and replace of the directives, processes, procedures, and pointers, together with however not restricted to LOTB procedures, Quick Monitoring Procedures; streamlined assessment and clearance processes.
  2. Help assessment of inside processes and procedures guiding OpsCom conferences as effectively the OpsCom Secretariat’s inside processes and procedures for constantly enhancing effectivity and effectiveness.
  3. Contribute to the periodic assessment of the implementation of the BPPS and suggest enhancements to fulfill enterprise wants and which are in step with the Financial institution’s enterprise processes and the DAM.
  4. Lead and/or contribute to coaching Financial institution workers in the usage of new variations of the BPPS.

COMPETENCIES (expertise, expertise and data):

  1. Maintain at the very least a Grasp’ s diploma in economics, engineering, growth research or associated disciplines.
  2. Have a minimal of seven (7) years of related skilled expertise working in operations as a coverage analyst or advisor with confirmed competencies and expertise in main in challenge administration, coverage and technique growth and implementation.
  3. Having non-public sector expertise will likely be an added benefit.
  4. Robust data and sensible expertise of operations insurance policies, procedures, and assessment processes of multilateral growth banks or different growth businesses.
  5. Glorious analytical expertise and skill to assessment lending and non-lending proposals and put together analytical notes to assist senior administration choices.
  6. Full understanding of core African Improvement Financial institution insurance policies, methods, and priorities.
  7. Expertise serving in a senior administration committee secretariat is a plus.
  8. Capability to jot down concise, correct stories reflecting the steering and feedback made at conferences by senior administration committee.
  9. Capability to distil out and focus successfully on key priorities.
  10. Demonstrated rigor, analytical capacities, and interpersonal expertise.
  11. Robust teamwork and communication expertise.
  12. Capability to work in English and/or French, with a working data of the opposite language.
  13. Competence in the usage of Financial institution normal software program (Phrase, Excel, SAP, PowerPoint, MS Mission).

THIS POSITION IS CLASSIFIED INTERNATIONAL STATUS AND ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.

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