Regional Coordinators at the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)

The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) was established on 22nd of May 1964 by the four countries that border Lake Chad: Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad. The Republic of Central Africa joined the organization in 1996, Libya was admitted in 2008. Observer status is held by Sudan admitted, Egypt, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. N'Djamena, Capital of Chad hosts the Headquarters of the Commission.

The mandate of the Commission is to sustainably and equitably manage the Lake Chad and other shared water resources of the Lake Chad Basin, to preserve the ecosystems of the Lake Chad Conventional Basin, to promote regional integration, peace and security across the Basin. The LCBC is a basin organization, member of both the African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO) and the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO). The Commission if funded by contributions of Member State, but there is reflection for an autonomous financing of the Organization.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Coordinator

Direct hierarchy: Technical Director
Location: N'Djamena, Chad
Duration: Five (5) Years

Brief Presentation of the Programme

• The ecosystems of the Lake Chad are of important natural variability and are more and more exposed to different stress that climatic changes and anthropic factors might accentuate them. On the economic standpoint, in spite of the improvement of the size of the water (14,800 km2 in 2013 against 2,500 km2 during the 1980s-90s), as a result of more favourable rainfalls, the situation of the Lake is well below its “normal” Lake level of the 70s with a size of 25,000 km2 . The strong growth and concentration of populations in the Lake and in its zone of affluence (13.3 million in 2013 and a projection of 18.3 million in 2025), has exacerbated the pressure on the natural resources whose exploitation generates reoccurring serious social conflicts
• The gravity of the situation requires a regional intervention approach of which for the rehabilitation and reinforcement of resilience of socio-ecological systems would constitute a stage of rapid and visible impact. It is in this context that the African Development Bank (AfDB) proposes to support the implementation of a programme of rehabilitation and reinforcement of socio-ecological resilience systems as part of the Five Year Investment Plan (2013-2017 FYIP) of the LCBC with a view to enhance the resilience of the vulnerable populations, of the Lake Chad Basin.
• The PRESIBALT also represents the commitment of the African Bank to assist the LCBC in the implementation of its Five Year Investment Plan (2013-2017 FYIP. It aims at achieving important investments necessary for the rehabilitation and reinforcement of socio-ecological, economic and institutional resilience systems at the regional level, an optimum valorization of the available water resources, as productive potentials of the fluvial and lakeside systems which are capable of enabling rapid economic and social development of the populations of the region.

Objectives of the Programme

• The objective of the programme for the rehabilitation and reinforcement of socio-economic resilience systems in the Lake Chad Basin (PRESIBALT), is to reduce the poverty of the populations living on the resources of the Lake Chad Basin. Specifically, the programme aims at (i) reinforcing the resilience of the socio-ecological systems, (ii) preservation of the ecosystems and the valorisation of the main productions in the context of adaptation to climate changes, (iii) reinforcement of social peace through good governance of common resources.

Components of the Programme

• The programme is made up of three components: (i) preservation and valorisation of the water resource; ((ii) development of resources, ecological services and value chain; (iii) institutional reinforcement and programme management.
• The Programme is planned to last for five (5) years starting from the entry into force of the grants.
• The African Development Bank (AfDB) through the African Development Fund, supports the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) in its implementation of the PRESIBALT which comprises many stakeholders, namely technical ministries, national parastatal establishments, specialized international institutions, the civil society, local bodies and organisations of the rural sector, vulnerable groups, etc.
• To stay in the course of the objectives of the programme, to measure the results and the effect of the impact, the programme must equip itself a competent personnel to coordinate the implementation of the programme.
• The terms of dereference will serve as a basis for the recruitment of the cadres on a competitive basis.

Job Description

• Within the framework of the implementation of the PRESIBALT, a Regional Coordinator in charge of the implementation of the programme shall be recruited.

Functions, Tasks and Responsibilities
Functions:

• The Regional of Coordinator of the “PRESIBALT” shall exercise the following functions:
  • Implement the programme at the regional level and supervise the activities of the National Coordinations;
  • Develop annual action plans and annual budget for the activities, and supervise the expenditures in accordance with the principles of the Fund;
  • Insure the orientation and effective management of the programme, including the supervision of the personnel, the consultants and the execution of administrative task and make activity reports;
  • Insure financial and technical management of the programme;
  • Prepare annual activity reports of the programme;
  • Plan and follow-up the procurement process of goods and services;
  • Prepare performance contracts of the main collaborators;
  • Coordinate the follow-up and evaluation of the programme.

Tasks:

• The Regional Coordinator insures the daily administration of the programme.

In this capacity, he shall:

• Organize the annual planning sessions, supervise and follow-up the execution of the annual work programme and related budget in respect of execution agencies;
• Prepare acquisition and tender document timetable;
• Insure the management of the special account and supervise the preparation of annual financial statements;
• Coordinate the internal follow-up and evaluation exercise;
• Organize internal follow-up missions, periodical supervision missions and midterm review of the project;
• Prepare quarterly and annual activity progress reports on progress of the programme, and submit them to the Governments, AFD, latest by 15 and 30 days respectively after the quarter and the year in question;
• Ensure that partners intervening as technical operators in the implementation of the stages of the project submit periodical reports to the RC. At the end of the project he prepare a completion report in accordance with Bank's model.
• The Regional Coordinator shall ensure that the administrative and financial departments of the RC maintain an accounting system for the whole of the programme. He shall ensure that he recruits external audit offices in order to verify and validate, once in a year, the accountability, the rolling fund and the accounts of the project. He shall ensure the submission of audit reports to the Governments and to the AFD, latest months after the end of the audited budgetary exercise.
• Finally, the Regional Coordinator shall ensure that the activities of the project are in harmony with those other donors in the sector.

Training, Competence and Experiences
Training:

• Must be a holder high university degree in a field related to rural development and natural resources management (Environment, Rural Development, Planner, Spatial planning specialist, agronomist).
• A university degree of the level of tertiary education (Master's Degree, PhD or equivalent). Coupled with experience in the field of planning and management of projects and progammes.

Competences:

• The regional Coordinator shall be recruited on a competitive base must have the following competences:
• Aptitude to assimilate and analyse complex information and draw conclusion for the action;
• Excellent communication aptitude (oral, written and in terms of presentations);
• Aptitude to collaborate and work effectively with his colleagues;
• Aptitude to motivate and delegate responsibilities to members of the team in a multicultural and multi-ethnic environment;
• Aptitude to animate a technical team, to figure out key strategic issues, possibilities and risks, define and ensure prevalence of general orientation which consist of the subscription of his colleagues;
• Aptitude to take decisions and sound judgment;
• Show sensibility to the issues of sustainable development

Experience:

• At least ten (10) years of experience at the level of high responsibility in the field related to the job, of which five (5) must have been obtained at the international level, two (2) in a supervisory job.
• Proven aptitude to supervise and head multidisciplinary and international teams.
• Experience in the formulation, managing and implementation of client oriented projects and focused towards obtaining results, and experience in a regional institution.
• Having proven ability to mobilize external resources.
• Knowledge of the procedures of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and that any other multilateral donor is an added advantage.
• Advanced knowledge of rules, modalities and project/project management instruments.
• At least five (5) years of experience in the coordination, implementation, follow-up and evaluation of policies, programmes or projects, obtained mainly at the international level and in different sectors (public, private and NGO).
• Knowledge of the policies of Basin organizations and/or of trans-border projects or programmes
• Perfect mastery of written and spoken skills of one of the working languages of the LCBC namely French and English.
• Fairly good knowledge of written and spoken knowledge of the other will be an added advantage.
• Mastery of the common software and most used word processing systems (MS Office) is required.
• Knowledge of a range of the information technology, evaluation tools and method would desirable.
• Good physical condition and the aptitude to conduct field missions.

Duration of contract

• The duration of the contract for the Regional Coordinator is five (5).
• However, it shall be evaluated annually and renewal of the contract shall be subject to performance evaluation considered acceptable by the host institution of the programme in agreement with African Development Bank.
• The contract is for the duration of programme which is five (5) years with a probation period of six (6) months

Application Closing Date
14th August, 2015.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates must provide evidence of their qualifications for this service (application signed and dated, CV duly signed, letter of interest, etc) Applications bearing the wording "Expression for interest for the recruitment of Consultant for PRESIBAL" must be forwarded to the Executive Secretary of LCBC at the address below:
P.O.Box 727,
N'Djamena,
Chad.
Or
Send an Email to: [email protected] or [email protected]

The recruitment process shall comply with AfDB procedures edited in May 2008 and reviewed in July 2012. An interest expressed by a consultant does not give the right to be shortlisted automatically.

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For any further details regarding job descriptions and profiles, please visit the "LCBC Headquarters in N'Djamena (Chad)". Working hours are from Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 3:30pm.