REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Headquarters

Department for Delivery, Performance Management and Results

E-mail : c.kone@afdb.org Telephone : 20265239

Expressions of interest are being requested for the recruitment Junior Consultant Position

Brief Description of the assignment : Junior Statistical Consultant

Department making the request : SNDR – Delivery, Performance Management and Results

Place of assignment : ABIDJAN

Period of assignment : January – June 2020 (6 months)

Expected start date of the assignment : 13 January 2020

Last date for expressing interest : 20 December 2019 at 5:00PM (Abidjan) local time.

Expression of interest to be submitted to : Clémentine Kone c.kone@afdb.org and h.debbiche@afdb.org

Questions/ clarifications to be addressed to : H.debbiche@afdb.org

Terms of reference :

1. Background :

The African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) is a leading development institution in the continent, focused on promoting economic development and poverty reduction. It engages with the full range and complexity of development challenges in Africa.

Within the Senior Vice-Presidency Complex, the Department for Delivery, Performance Management and Results supports Senior Management in meeting AfDB’s development mandate, improving operational and corporate performance, accelerating the pace of delivery and increasing the Bank’s impact on development. As part of its mandate, it also works to strengthen the Bank’s, external and internal, accountability for results and promotes a performance-oriented culture across the organisation.

The Corporate Performance and Accountability Division is responsible for establishing and maintaining corporate frameworks for assessing and tracking the Bank’s development effectiveness and performance. As part of this mandate, it seeks to strengthen the Bank’s internal and external accountability and promote a performance-oriented culture.

The consultant will be based at the Headquarter in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for a contract period of 6 months.

She/he will report directly to the Manager of the division.

2. Objectives :

The division is therefore looking for a junior statistical consultant to assist the division’s team on statistical work and data entry.

3. Duties, Responsibilities and Expected Achievements :

Consolidate the Result Measurement Framework data set; review the available documentation, including Project Appraisal Reports and Project Completion Results, to ensure data consistency and robustness :

• Take actions to fill missing information, including proposals of appropriate methodologies of estimation ;
• Take a leading role in data collection and data quality check on International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) data ensuring data reliability, robustness and comprehensiveness ;
• Assist SNDR.1 team to regularly update SNDR.1 data base, also by including relevant information from a broad range of sources (e.g. SAP, private sector data base, etc…).

Assist the MapAfrica/Projects Data Portal team with the following activities :

• Review of the project descriptions ;
• Identify pictures to illustrate MapAfrica projects ;
• Upload of MapAfrica beneficiaries stories ;
• Other data entry duties as required.

4. Management/supervision of the consultancy :

The consultant will formally report to the Manager, Corporate Performance and Accountability Division.

5. Essential Qualifications and Experience :

• At least a Master degree in statistics, Mathematics or accounting ;
• A minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 5 years of relevant professional experience ;
• Experience in data collection and entry, able to work with information systems. Experience with an international organization is an asset ;
• Good interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work well with teams in a multicultural environment ;
• Written and verbal communication skills in English and/or French (with a working knowledge of the other language) ;
• Citizen of a member country (regional or non-regional) of the AfDB Less than 32 years age at the time of contract signature.

6. Duration of the Assignment :

The duration of the contract will be from 13 January to 12 July 2020.

7. Remuneration for the Assignment :

During the duration of the contract, the Consultant will be based at the Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Consultant will be paid a round trip ticket from the point of recruitment to Abidjan. No per diem and accommodation will be paid in Abidjan. The consultant will also be eligible for travel expenses (air ticket, hotel accommodation and per diem) while assigned on a Bank Mission during the duration of his Contract. No other travel expenses will be incurred on the Consultant. Payment of honorarium will be on a monthly basis after satisfactory execution of duties assigned to him/her.

Please attach an updated Curriculum Vitae on the basis of the template below : MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE – AFDB BAD PDF