Avis de recrutement d’un consultants individuels locaux pour l’appui aux agences de promotion des investissements dans les pays en transition – projet pilote, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Avis de recrutement d’un consultants individuels locaux pour l’appui aux agences de promotion des investissements dans les pays en transition – projet pilote, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF LOCAL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS FOR THE SUPPORT TO INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN TRANSITION COUNTRIES – PILOT PROJECT: SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA AND THE GAMBIA

(CONSULTING SERVICES)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

CCIA Plateau 01 Boîte Postale 1387 Abidjan 01

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 

1. The African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) invites suitably qualified Individual Consultants to express their interest in the following assignment: “Support to Investment Promotion Agencies in Transition Countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gambia.”, recruiting for Investor services consultant, Investor Aftercare Consultants, Investor Survey Expert and Local Sector Experts ; 

2. The AfDB is funding the project to support investment promotion agencies in the following beneficiary countries: Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Liberia. The technical assistance under the project is being executed by an international consulting firm recruited by the Bank, Wavteq Consulting Limited and the local consultants will work closely with the beneficiaries, the AfDB and Wavteq to implement specific project workstreams in Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia ; 

3. The key objective of the project is to provide support in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to each of the three-beneficiary country’s investment promotion agencies (IPA), to boost growth, generate employment and support economic diversification. The project also places particular emphasis on building each IPA’s institutional and human capacities in investment attraction, investment facilitation and aftercare ; 

4. The Consultants will be based in one of the three beneficiary countries and should indicate which beneficiary country they would like to be considered for. Under this announcement, fourteen consultants will be recruited for the three beneficiary countries (investor survey experts; investor aftercare experts and local sector experts). The services to be provided under the assignment include but are not limited to the following :  

• Investor Survey experts (2): one consultant for Liberia and one consultant for the Gambia: Support the project to design and implement investor perception surveys for existing, pipeline and potential investors (and their technical advisors) for the purposes of assessing investor experience based on qualitative and quantitative information gathered ;

• Investor Aftercare expert (one consultant for the Gambia): Design/strengthen the aftercare program of the IPA based on a diagnostic assessment undertaken for each IPA ;

• Local Sector experts (11): Conduct and support the development of case-making marketing materials for the specific sector they will cover. This includes generating sector and investment opportunities’ profiles for the promotion of FDI in the identified sectors for each IPA. The relevant sectors are Agriculture and agri-processing, Mining and Minerals, Tourism, ICT, Financial services, Infrastructure and Light manufacturing ;
• Four consultants for Liberia: Agriculture; Transport; Minerals; and Light Manufacturing ;
• Three consultants for Sierra Leone: Agribusiness; Tourism; and Fisheries ;
• Four consultants for the Gambia: Agribusiness; Tourism; Transport; and Renewable Energy.

5. Local consultants may be required to consult or collaborate with other consultants where their workstreams are related ; 

6. Qualifications and Experience :

Each local consultant shall have the following minimum qualifications :

• Master degree in economics, business management, finance, investment and/or related disciplines and 5 years relevant work experience, with at least 2 years direct experience in the specific field or role interested in or Bachelor degree in economics, business management, finance, investment and/or related disciplines and 10 years relevant work experience, with 4 years direct experience in the specific field or role interested in ;
• Proven knowledge of FDI in the specific beneficiary country they will be hosted and regional experience in Africa ;
• Experience working with IPAs is highly desirable ;
• Strong research skills (essential for local sector experts, desirable for all other consultants) ;
• Familiarity with investor survey tools, databases and CRMs for data entry is desirable ;
• Strong communication skills (essential) with proven ability in handling multi-stakeholder engagements, working with/reporting to international organisations and private sector (desirable) ;
• Competence in the use of standard software applications (Emails, MS Word, Power Point, Excel) ;
• Fluency in English ;
• Be a national of one of the member countries of the Bank; and
• Computer and mobile phone with good internet access for remote working, where necessary.

7. The AfDB invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (CV, experience in similar assignments, etc.). For more details, please see the attached terms of reference. It is important that Consultants indicate the specific role and country they are applying for in their application ; 

8. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the Recruitment of Corporate Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist :

Criteria for individual consultant	Weight %
General   qualifications   and   adequacy   for   the   proposed	30
Assignment
Similar experience in the area of expertise of the Assignment and	50
understanding of the Assignment
2

Experience with the Bank or other international donors	10
Language proficiency	10
TOTAL	100

9. The estimated duration of services is 6 months. Different starting dates apply for each consultancy and the earliest starting date is tentatively scheduled for May 2022. Please note that these are local positions so candidates should be resident in the country they apply for ; 

10. The consultants will be based in either Monrovia, Banjul or Freetown, and shall work under the overall guidance of the Manager, PITD2 (Trade & Investment Climate Division) ; 

11. Expressions of interest must be received in electronic form at the address below no later than Friday, 8 April 2022 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Support to IPAs in Transition Countries: Local Consultants”. Please indicate the specific role of interest and country in the subject tab.

For the attention of : Andoh MENSAH

Email : a.mensah@afdb.org

Cc : j.ade-legre@afdb.org, m.eremutha@afdb.org

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