Job Title: Chief Development Economist, AHHD0
Reference: ADB/20/106
Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Grade: PL4
Position N°: 50093775
The Complex
The Vice Presidency for ‘Agriculture, Human, and Social Development’ is a Sector Complex focusing on the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy High 5s priority of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”. The complex objectives are (i) to develop, policy and strategy; (ii) provide deep sector expertise to the Regions by gathering pools of experienced individuals who can be consulted to provide sector expertise on complex transactions; (iii) develop new financing instruments; (iv) the VP acts as the spokesperson to represent the Bank with external stakeholders on aspects of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”.
The Hiring Department / Division:
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- The Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department, within the Agriculture, Human and Social Development Complex, spearheads the achievement of the High 5s on “Improving the Quality of Life of People in Africa” and contributes to the other High 5s. The Department also leads on the implementation of the Bank-wide Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy.
Selection Criteria
- Hold at least a Master’s degree or its equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Social Sciences, Economics or related field;
- At least seven (7) years of relevant experience in jobs for youth, social protection, safety nets, financing for jobs, in Africa, preferably in an international organization, government agency, think tank or other policy environment.
- Demonstrated strong knowledge of jobs creation, migration issues, good governance reforms and economic policy issues in Africa with at least seven years focusing on Africa.
- Experience with policy and policy-relevant research on jobs for youth, migration, social protection, safety nets, SMEs.
- Experience in employment and migration policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation would also be an asset.
- Proven experience in managing projects and demonstrated experience in managing complex projects with evidence on clear outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in dealing with gender and civil society priorities in jobs creation agenda.
- The ability to build partnerships with a broad range of clients and deliver results that meet the needs and long-term interests of clients within and outside the Bank
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Job Features
Job Category | Sales / Business Development |
Deadline | 28th August, 2020. |