Operations Officer (AFAWA) Job opening at African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

 

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) was Established in the year 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 Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The Bank is seeking to build a management team that will lead the successful implementation of this vision.

They are actively recruiting for the position below.

 

Role Title: Operations Officer, Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (For West & North Africa), AHGC0

Location: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

Role Responsibilities:

As the Operations Officer, Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), you will be –  

• Working closely with the Private Sector Finance Department and other relevant Bank departments, organize / participate in business development missions through market analyses and meetings with existing and potential clients to identify potential areas for AFAWA support to increase access to financial services for women. This will include pipeline identification and participation in client due diligence and appraisal, identification of technical assistance and capacity building support
• Preparing AFAWA TA pitch books and project proposals approval reports including project objectives, scope of work, key deliverables, timelines, budget and expected outcomes and impacts with input from the client and relevant Bank Departments
• Participate in drafting donor proposals and securing funding for AFAWA programs as needed.
• Work closely with Digital Financial Services to design and implement projects to facilitate women-owned SME’s access to digital finance and the digital economy.
• Contribute to tools and standards to further enhance the Bank’s ability to deliver strong and impactful access to finance and markets programs for women entrepreneurs on the continent.
• Participate in the review of both lending and non-lending projects within the ambit of the AFAWA Program, strengthen the provision of operational inputs for the mainstreaming of AFAWA key performance indicators, including the identification of women entrepreneurship indicators and development outcomes and specific technical assistance activities.
• Work closely with the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department, as well as the Financial Sector, Private Sector and other Sector Departments (notably the Agriculture Finance and Rural Development Department), to harmonize the integration of AFAWA in Bank’s operations
• Providing market intelligence on the women’s market and business case for investing in women; recommend innovative and operational products/toolkits with the aim of addressing adequately the challenges women entrepreneurs face in accessing finance and markets and achieve the objective of AFAWA.
• Overall responsibility for project AFAWA technical assistance and capacity building design at client level, including scope of work definition, timeline and budget setting, outcome target setting, stakeholder identification and mapping, terms of Reference development including procurement of experts and coordination essential to the implementation of AFAWA projects.
• Managing client relations through open and regular communications to assess progress and satisfaction; anticipate and respond to client needs

 

 

Required Qualifications:

• Hold a minimum of a master’s degree or equivalent in Development Finance, Business, Economics, or relevant discipline.
• Relevant qualification in investment appraisal and project finance is a plus.
• A minimum of six years of SME finance experience, with track record in banking women-owned or led Enterprises.
• Proven experience in developing gender financing products is an asset.
• Excellent command of undertaking comprehensive due diligence and clients’ portfolio data analysis as well as SME Banking practices.
• Proven experience in financial and investment policy engagement, particularly in relation to inclusive finance and women’s access to credit.
• Previous experience in designing and leading technical assistance and capacity building programs for SMEs and more specifically women-owned SMEs.
• Excellent understanding of Human Centered Design methodology is a plus
• Excellent client relationship management skills, including the ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships with senior management and ensure timely and appropriate follow-up
• Ability to identify possible shortcomings of clients (and to propose solutions, formulated through detailed technical assistance proposals.

 

Application Deadline:

September 19^th, 2020

 

Application Guidelines:

To apply, click on the link below. 

https://bit.ly/3gRSym8