STANDARD REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Short or Medium Term Individual Consultants
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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
CCIA 12R
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
E-mail : G.OCHOLA@AFDB.ORG
Telephone : +225 2026 3640
Title of the assignment : PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE COORDINATOR OF AIIG
Brief description of the Assignment :
- Assist AIIG Coordinator in the planning of internal and external meetings/correspondences and missions ;
- Assist the Coordination in the research for essential documents for AIIG ;
- Assist the Coordinator in the formation, management and running of the proposed African Network of SCPZs ;
- Assist the Coordinator in the formation of the proposed International Advisory Board on SCPZs ;
- Assist the Coordinator in the preparation of the State of the Art Paper on SCPZs ;
- Assist the Coordinator in the branding the SCPZs ;
- Any other tasks as may be required.
Department issuing the request : AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Place of assignment : Abidjan
Duration of the assignment : 6 months with the possibility of extension
Tentative Date of commencement : 01.03.2019
Deadline for applications : 19.02.2019
Applications to be submitted to : G.OCHOLA@AFDB.ORG
Any questions and requests for clarifications may be sent to : G.OCHOLA@AFDB.ORG
Terms of Reference for : Personal Assistant to Coordinator of AIIG
- Assist AIIG Coordinator in the planning of internal and external meetings/correspondences and missions;
- Assist the Coordination in the research for essential documents for AIIG;
- Assist the Coordinator in the formation, management and running of the proposed African Network of SCPZs;
- Assist the Coordinator in the formation of the proposed International Advisory Board on SCPZs;
- Assist the Coordinator in the preparation of the State of the Art Paper on SCPZs
- Assist the Coordinator in the branding the SCPZs.
- Any other tasks as may be required
- Introduction / Background :
Africa needs a structural transformation model that is inclusive, creates jobs and touches the livelihoods of its people. Staple Crop Processing Zones (SCPZs) can unlock the Africa’s comparative advantage, which is its large agricultural base and its growing labor force to promote diversification via agro-industrialization. We need investments to crowd in infrastructure for the structural transformation to take places in our rural areas. SCPZs will require that Ministries of Finance, Trade and Industry and Agriculture work together. It will also require that we work together in the Bank, as the outcome needs to be greater than the sum of its parts. For the purposes of coordination, an Agro-Industrialization Implementation Group (AIIG) has been established in December of 2018.
The Responsibilities of the Group include :
- Aligning resources of the Bank with SCPZ opportunities (Resource allocation should be agreed on with Governments)
- Work through the Country Offices to get the Government to agree that transport, energy, water supply and other related interventions be packaged in the Zone (Sectors and regions to agree)
- Take a corridor approach and leverage investments in transport and address policy barriers
- Hold Monthly Agro-Industrial Implementation Group Meetings
- Implement a roll-out plan of what each department needs to do, identification, sequencing of interventions, roles and responsibilities of different departments
- Where possible develop PPP provision of commercially viable infrastructure
- Objectives of the Assignment :
Personal Assistant to the Coordinator of the AIIG
- Main activities and deliverables
- Assist AIIG Coordinator in the planning of internal and external meetings/correspondences and missions;
- Assist the Coordination in the research for essential documents for AIIG;
- Assist the Coordinator in the formation, management and running of the proposed African Network of SCPZs;
- Assist the Coordinator in the formation of the proposed International Advisory Board on SCPZs;
- Assist the Coordinator in the preparation of the State of the Art Paper on SCPZs (recall that PRST has tasked me that AfDB should own the intellectual space on SCPZ);
- Assist the Coordinator in the branding the SCPZs.
- Any other tasks as may be required
- Administration/reporting
Will be reporting to the Senior Advisor on Industrialization in the PRST’s Office
Duration of the assignment : 6 months with the possibility of an extension
- Qualifications and Experience required
A Masters degree with more than two years of relevant expert experience
- Remuneration
Monthly lump sum of US$4000
Please attach an updated Curriculum vitae on the basis of the template attached [use template in APPENDIX 5 of the Manual].