The Young Professionals Program (YPP) targets the best available talent in our niche – young professionals with a passion for development in Africa. This program is not an internship; rather it offers an exceptional opportunity to talented young professionals with leadership potential, an established record of outstanding academic and professional achievement, a commitment to engagement in crucial issues and to making a difference at the national or international level. The YPP includes a rigorous program of activities that prepares participants to be technical and professional leaders with notable impact.

The Program is for a period of three years, of which two years are mandatory and with the possibility of securing a regular staff position during the third year, based on satisfactory performance.
The rotation assignments are to gain experience of the Bank’s various departments and development programs and processes.
The training and development programs will include on-boarding, on the job learning and mentoring.
Performance will be continuously reviewed and evaluated.

The Young Professionals will be based at the African Development Bank Headquarters, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Duties and responsibilities

The Young Professional Program (YPP) Strategic Focus Areas for 2015 Intake

The specific disciplines and specialist professional areas that are aligned to our Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and our gender strategy are the following:

Financial Sector Development

Public and Private Sector Financial Management, Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards, International Public Sector Accounting Standards and International Standards on Auditing, International Capital Markets, Environmental Finance.
Actuarial Science, Investment Management and Analysis, Accounting, Financial Audit
Natural Resource Management
Water resource management, Environmentalist, and Forestry specialists.
Climate change, Infrastructure financing, Energy economists.
Gender Analysis and Integration
ICT and Gender, Women in oil and gas, Gender economists.
Political Economy Analysis – Fragile States and Situations
Regional integration, Political Economy analysis, Public policy.
Macro Economists, Government financial management, development policy and operations.
Corporate Lawyers
Public and private sectors operations.
Administrative affairs.
Engineers
Architect, Transport economists, ICT specialist, Agro-industry.

The Bank expects to recruit between 15 and 20 candidates in the identified relevant focus areas. Female candidates are encouraged to apply. http://www.coverjob.us/african-development-bank-ghana-young-professionals-program-application-open/