Individual Consultant - SNDR (EOI) at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) - Established in 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Individual Consultant - SNDR

Location: Home based
Department making the request: SNDR
Period of assignment: February 2023- February 2024 (12 months)
Expected start date of the assignment: 23 February 2023

Background

• 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.
• In particular, the Corporate Performance and Accountability Division developed the Results Reporting System (RRS) to improve Bank’s development effectiveness, in collaboration with the Corporate IT Services Department and the Quality Assurance Division.
• Fully used since 2021, it provides the Bank’s management and staff with real-time information on key measures of portfolio performance by sector, region and country. It helps digitize the quality assurance process throughout the project cycle from the results-based logical framework to the Implementation Progress and Performance Results report (IPR) and the Project Completion Report (PCR).
• The main goal of this consultancy is to support the new RRS platform, including new quality assurance tools, the institutionalization and the full use of the results reporting system, supporting Bank’s staff and management.
• The expected outcome is a fully used and functioning Results Reporting System and a strengthened development effectiveness in Bank operations.

Duties, Responsibilities, and Expected Achievements
Specific duties and responsibilities are outlined hereunder:

• Assist staff in the entry of operations’ data along the various quality assurance tools of the project cycle: logical framework, IPR and PCR.
• Support the roll out of the new platform and maintenance of the results reporting system, in SAP.
• Participate in the training of task managers on the use of the RRS system.
• Respond to requests received through the RRS Help Desk.
• Provide support to Task Managers on the use of the RRS and ensure data consistency and integrity.
• Contribute to the preparation of any training materials related to the full use of the RRS.
• Follow up with task managers and QRMOs on timely entry of RMs, IPRs and PCRs in the system.
• Contribute to the design and maintenance of dashboards related to the use of the RRS.
• Identify any bugs and follow up with the IT department.
• Ensure that the system complies to new functional requirement specifications and responds to user needs.
• Identify and propose solutions for possible improvements of the RRS.
• Provide support to the team on documents search, data collection and analysis process for the IATI data collection;
• Undertake any other tasks/assignments as assigned by the Manager of SNDR.1.

Management/supervision of the consultancy:

• The Consultant will work under the overall guidance of the SNDR.1 Manager, and the immediate supervision of the Principal Results Officer.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Hold at least a Master's Degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies or related disciplines.
• Minimum of seven years proven relevant work experience in development cooperation gained in an International Organization including experience related to project design, development issues, data analysis and information systems.
• Knowledge of operational policies, procedures, and review processes of multilateral development banks or other development agencies.
• Familiarity with and practical experience of results-based management and/or quality assurance.
• Strong record of working effectively across institutional boundaries and for resolving differences by determining needs and forging solutions that benefit all parties.
• Experience with pack office (Excel and Power Point) is required. Knowledge of database management systems will be an advantage.
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.

Language skills:

• English and French are the working languages of the African Development Bank. The consultant should be able to communicate and write effectively in French or English, with a very good working knowledge of the other language.

Duration of the Assignment

• The consultancy is expected to start in February 2023 and will cover a period of 12 months.

Remuneration for the Assignment

• During the duration of the contract, the Consultant will be home based. The consultant will be eligible for travel expenses (air ticket, hotel accommodation and per diem) while assigned on a Bank mission during the duration of the contract.
• Payment of honorarium (according to a scale based on years of experience) will be on a monthly basis after satisfactory execution of duties assigned to him/her.

Application Closing Date
17th February, 2023 at 5:00PM (Abidjan) local time.