REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Headquarters
Operations Committee Secretariat & Quality Assurance Department
E-mail : k.zadi@afdb.org Telephone : 20265652
Expressions of interest are being requested for a Junior Consultant Position
Brief Description of the assignment : Data Management and Analyst.
Department making the request : SNOQ
Place of assignment : ABIDJAN
Period of assignment : January 2020- December 2020 (12 months)
Expected start date of the assignment : 01 January 2020
Last date for expressing interest : 22 November 2019 at 5:00PM (Abidjan) local time.
Expression of interest to be submitted to : h.hmaidi@afdb.org and k.zadi@afdb.org
Questions/ clarifications to be addressed to : h.hmaidi@afdb.org
Terms of reference :
- Background :
The Operations Committee Secretariat & Quality Assurance Department (SNOQ) works to continuously enhance the quality and timely delivery of the African Development Bank’s operations, from identification to completion, with a view to facilitating the achievement of the High-5s.
The Quality Assurance Division (SNOQ.2) is recruiting recruit a junior consultant to work collaboratively with staff in the division to support data collection, management and analysis. The tasks assigned to the consultant will also include improving the QA platforms and support the roll out and maintenance of the results reporting system.
- Duties, Responsibilities and Expected Achievements
Specific duties and responsibilities are outlined hereunder :
- Contribute to the preparation of knowledge products on Quality Assurance (QA) ;
- Contribute to the design and maintenance of databases for quality assurance portfolios of Readiness ;
- Reviews, Implementation Progress and Results Reports and Project Completion Reports (PCRs) ;
- Monitor data migration across applications and ensure data consistency and integrity ;
- Follow up with task managers on PCR and IPR timeliness. update databases and assist in the entry of such data in various platforms used by the QA dashboard ;
- Develop in-house applications (surveys, SharePoint lists, …) for internal quality assurance use ;
- Provide support to the quality assurance team on documents search, data collection and analysis process ;
- Improve the QA platforms and increase the accessibility and utility of its databases ;
- Support the development and maintenance of the division’s intranet interface ;
- Support the roll out and maintenance of the results reporting system ;
- Support the development of materials on the QA tools (PowerPoint presentations, narratives, case studies/exercises) and translation of some of the work ;
- Assist in handling queries received through the Quality Assurance helpdesk ;
- Undertake any other tasks/assignments as assigned by the manager SNOQ.2.
- Management/supervision of the consultancy :
The Consultant will work under the overall guidance of the SNOQ.2 Manager, and the immediate supervision of the Principal Quality Assurance Officer.
- Essential Qualifications and Experience :
- At least a Master’s degree (or its equivalent) in Statistics, Economics, Management, Business Administration or any other related discipline ;
- Minimum of two years and maximum of five years working experience proven relevant work experience in managing portfolios and database design and maintenance ;
- Experience in information systems and website management ;
- Experience of defining and monitoring performance indicators is an asset ;
- Evidence of having undertaken similar assignments, related to operations quality assurance ;
- Competent in the use of standard software applications (MS Word, Power Point, Excel as well as SAP used by the Bank) ;
- Be a national of one of the member countries of the Bank ;
- Be under 32 years of age.
- 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 January 2019 and will cover a period of 12 months.
- Remuneration for the Assignment :
During the duration of the contract, the Consultant will be based at the Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Consultant will be paid a round trip ticket from the point of recruitment to Abidjan. No per diem and accommodation will be paid in Abidjan. The consultant will also 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.
Please attach an updated Curriculum Vitae on the basis of the template below : MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE – AFDB BAD pdf