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 Banks development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Job Title: Principal Renewable Energy Investment Specialist
Reference: ADB/19/011
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50064459
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the PERN Special Initiatives Manager and the Head of SEFA, the Incumbent will carry out the following tasks:
Undertake origination and business development activities leading to the generation of a pipeline of renewable energy transaction advisory projects that will develop into a pipeline of renewable energy investments projects to be considered by AfDB’s range of finance instruments including non-sovereign lending;
Take a leading part in and follow up the implementation of SEFA activities, with a focus on project screening and project preparation along SEFA´s and – where applicable – AfDB’s operational rules and guidelines, for instance on procurement procedures;
Perform detailed due diligence of all aspects of renewable energy projects in view of their suitability for project pipelines as defined under (i) above;
Participate in appraisal missions to projects, for the sake of advising project sponsors, project developers, the SEFA Team and AfDB peers on all relevant aspects of projects, as well as supporting the drafting of SEFA documentation, including but not limited to project preparation grant requests and enabling environment grant requests.;
Job Title: Principal Green Mini-Grids Market Development Specialist
Reference: ADB/19/008
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50067404
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the PERN Special Initiatives Manager and the Head of SEFA, the Incumbent will carry out the following tasks:
Work closely with the SEFA project development team to lead the final structuring and transaction advisory of the maturing projects/programs in the view to bringing them to bankability stage.
Lead transaction advisory activities on all commercial and financial aspects of projects for SEFA portfolio projects/programs post-SEFA Project Preparation support, with the objectives to transforming opportunities into investment.
Lead the origination and business development activities – beyond SEFA Project Development portfolio – leading to the generation of a pipeline of sustainable energy investments to which AfDB’s range of finance instruments, including non-sovereign lending, could be applied as well as other co-financiers.
Identify potential co-financiers and negotiate with them for every transaction. Develop longer term financing arrangements with co-financiers where possible.
Structure the due diligence process and tools building on existing AfDB’s and lead independent research on the investment climate, project sponsors, management, economic, financial, marketing, technical, and legal aspects of the projects.
Job Title: Senior Operations Specialist
Reference: ADB/19/012
Grade: PL5
Position N°: 50086490
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the PERN Special Initiatives Manager and the Head of SEFA, the Incumbent will carry out the following tasks:
Programme Administration:
Supervise the pipeline/portfolio management platform that tracks projects across all SEFA components;
Work with the operational teams in carrying portfolio management activities, particularly in areas of procurement, legal processing and disbursement;
Support the team in post-grant activities (project structuring);
Serve as primary liaison and ensure timely responses to solicitations from internal and external stakeholders;
Maintain up-to-date guidelines, templates and user manuals for internal and external audiences;
Job Title: Chief Renewable Energy Investment Specialist
Reference: ADB/19/008
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50067404
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the PERN Special Initiatives Manager and the Head of SEFA, the Incumbent will carry out the following tasks:
Work closely with the SEFA project development team to lead the final structuring and transaction advisory of the maturing projects/programs in the view to bringing them to bankability stage.
Lead transaction advisory activities on all commercial and financial aspects of projects for SEFA portfolio projects/programs post-SEFA Project Preparation support, with the objectives to transforming opportunities into investment.
Lead the origination and business development activities – beyond SEFA Project Development portfolio – leading to the generation of a pipeline of sustainable energy investments to which AfDB’s range of finance instruments, including non-sovereign lending, could be applied as well as other co-financiers.
Identify potential co-financiers and negotiate with them for every transaction. Develop longer term financing arrangements with co-financiers where possible.
Structure the due diligence process and tools building on existing AfDB’s and lead independent research on the investment climate, project sponsors, management, economic, financial, marketing, technical, and legal aspects of the projects.
Job Title: Regional Procurement Coordinator, Central Region
Reference: ADB/19/010
Grade: PL3
Position N°: 50071206
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Division Manager Procurement, the Regional Procurement will, in his/her duty station:
Ensure consistent, uniform and predictable application of the Policy within the region and provide corrective actions as appropriate;
Review procurement policy deviations and provide clearance for inclusion in Project Appraisal Reports (PARs) for subsequent Board approval with clearance of the manager as needed;
Review all cases involving the use of Third Party procurement methods and procedures and provide clearance for inclusion of those methods and procedures in the PAR for Board approval with clearance of the manager as needed;
Review and clear procurement diagnostic assessments reports (BPAR, Sector Market Assessments) for approval by the Manager and Director of SNFI, assist Regional member countries for their procurement reforms and mobilize financial resources for this assistance;
Review and clear the assessment of borrowers’ procurement systems done by the Procurement specialists team, and the design of adequate action plans to improve Borrowers’ procurement systems and to strengthen the institutional capacity within borrowers’ entities;
Participate with other Multilateral Development Banks in the assessment of the Regional Member Countries procurement systems;
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