African Development Bank Group Expressions of Interest: Consultant Fragility and Resilience Expert for Southern Africa - RDTS Jobs in Nigeria
African Development Bank Group Expressions of Interest: Consultant Fragility and Resilience Expert for Southern Africa - RDTS Jobs in Nigeria
BackgroundOver the past decade, Africa has seen enormous growth and transformation that has expanded opportunities and improved living conditions for millions of people. Yet, there are significant risks that this momentum could be undermined by important pressures including exclusion and poverty, youth unemployment, rapid urbanization, or climate change.
These pressures are currently compounded by the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and rising inflation that threaten to overwhelm existing institutional capacities for managing political, economic, social and environmental issues.
Addressing these challenges is at the core of the mission of the African Development Bank Group (the Bank), a leading development institution on the continent. The Bank is focused on promoting economic development and poverty reduction; and engages with the full range and complexity of development matters in Africa.
To achieve its mission, the Bank has integrated operations, lending directly to the public and private sectors through a variety of instruments. It also provides advisory services to Regional Member Countries (RMCs), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and other regional bodies.
The Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) leads the Bank Group’s work on addressing fragility and building resilience in Africa. Its mandate is to place the Bank at the center of Africa’s efforts to address fragility and pave the way for a more resilient and inclusive development trajectory.
A major part of RDTS’ activities involves the identification of the main drivers of fragility and opportunities for building resilience, including through economic, social, political and environmental dimensions. RDTS also plays a crucial role in mainstreaming fragility and resilience considerations in the Bank's strategies and programs, both at country and regional level, towards sustainable and inclusive development. Central to RDTS engagement is the systematic application of a fragility and resilience lens in Bank Group programming.
As such, RDTS is responsible for the oversight and coordination of the operationalization of the Bank’s 2022-26 Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in Africa. Therefore, fragility and resilience assessments are mandatory inputs to all the AfDB’s programming and operational documents.
To achieve its mandate, RDTS leverages expertise from its pool of Fragility and Resilience experts and consultants posted in Headquarters, as well as in the various Regional Hubs and Country Offices.
Qualifications Required
The Consultant, a national of one of the Bank’s member countries, is required to have the following Qualifications and Experience:
A Master’s Degree or equivalent in fields such as Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences, International Relations, or related
disciplines.
At least five (5) years of relevant work experience in areas such as economic research, peace and state building, social cohesion, public-private dialogue, and management consulting. Strong experience in developing and delivering programs in fragility and resilience is also required, including assessments, modelling, sensitivity analysis, and applications.
Experience in assessing, designing, developing, delivering and evaluating programmes, projects and interventions to address drivers of fragility and opportunities for building resilience in Regional Members Countries, Regional Economic Communities and other Specialized Agencies.
Solid understanding of the context, dynamics and complexities of the region; and experience in designing and delivering mitigation measures including problem solving.
Deep knowledge of macroeconomic, political economy and development issues of the North Africa Region.
Excellent planning, organization, and writing skills.
Demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage time effectively to deal with multiple demands and deadlines among competing needs and priorities.
Ability to drive training programs, mobilize resource persons, apply innovative approaches, work independently and apply new methods to solve problems, while remaining efficient in a fast-paced, changing and challenging institutional environment.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work across institutional boundaries within multi-sectoral teams in a productive way.
Experience working with the Bank, other international donors, and/or with development finance.
Fluency in English and/or French, with a good working knowledge of either language. A working knowledge of Arabic will be an advantage.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) and
Letter of Interest in a single PDF file (English or French) to: e.mariga@afdb.org and a.l.sanogo@afdb.org using "RDTS Senior Consultant - Vulnerability & Resilience Assessment for Southern African Region" as the subject of the mail.
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