Finance and Administration Officer - African Water Facility

• Grade: PL-5/PL-4
• Position N°: NA
• Reference: ADB/11/TA 010
• Publication date: 24/08/2011
• Closing date: 23/09/2011

Objectives

The African Water Facility (AWF) is an initiative of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW). Established in 2004, AWF supports a wide range of African institutions to address the increasing investment need for the development and management of water resources in Africa, towards meeting the Africa Water Vision 2025 targets and the Millennium Development Goals. The African Development Bank is hosting the Facility on the request of AMCOW.

The Facility is realigning its strategic priorities for the period 2012-2016 to better support its clients and for achieving greater impact. The overarching strategic objective for the period is to leverage investments through three strategic priorities, namely preparing bankable projects and programs for effective and sustainable investments, and of small-scale strategic (innovative and catalytic) investments, enhancing water governance to create a more conducive environment for sustained and effective investments at national and regional levels and promoting water knowledge for strengthened water management at national, regional and trans boundary levels and better informed project development and design. The three strategic priorities are synergetic, mutually reinforce each other and together attract investments into the sector.

AWF plans, organizes and conducts activities in the above-mentioned areas, in relation to the project and program cycle (identification, preparation, execution and supervision) in all African countries. The Facility undertakes studies on issues concerning water sector development and related areas. It provides guidance and technical assistance to African countries and ensures coordination and synergy with the other partners and donors in Africa’s water and sanitation sector. To carry through these activities, the Bank recruits multi-disciplinary staff whose skills correspond to its key areas of intervention. The AWF currently manages a €80 million project portfolio shared all over Africa.

The AWF is recruiting a Finance and Administration Officer (FAO) who will be responsible for the financial and administrative reporting of the fund.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the responsibility of the Coordinator of the AWF, the Finance and Administration Officer will be responsible for (i) carrying over the financial monitoring of the AWF; (ii) preparing the reporting documents required for the donors and the ADB; and (iii) assisting the Coordinator in the administrative tasks linked to the management of the AWF. The tasks include among others the following:

AWF financial management: Budgeting and budget management of AWF by:

• Designing financial monitoring tools;
• Liaising with the financial control department in preparing the AWF financial statements;
• Capturing the AWF financial flows in and out of the Fund and reconcile;
• Analyzing the financial statements and accounts of the AWF;
• Liaising with the resource mobilization officer to get the donors disbursements to AWF effective.

Project activities: Support project portfolio implementation by:

• Designing projects financial monitoring tools;
• Recruiting the project auditors;
• Assessing the financial management of the projects through project supervision reports;
• Supporting the task managers in order to ensure the financial closure of the projects;
• Assessing the overall financial performance of the project (ex-ante and ex-post analysis).

AWF Administration: Support the Coordinator in the administrative management of the AWF by:

• Organizing the preparation of the various committees and Governing structures involved in the AWF governance;
• Managing the AWF documents reporting process to the AWF various Governing structures (Board of Directors, Governing Council, Oversight Committee);
• Addressing the internal requests (President, Vice-presidents, Directors);
• Preparing the recruitment documents and follow-up the recruitment process;
• Perform any other duties as may be requested by the AWF Coordinator.

Selection Criteria

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• A minimum of an MBA or a Master’s degree in finance or equivalent disciplines;
• At least 5 (PL-5) or 6 (PL-4) years of professional working experience in a related field of work (e.g. public/project finance and administration);
• Working experience in accounting management systems such as SAP would be an advantage;
• Knowledge of development issues relating to Africa and water and sanitation sector would be an advantage;
• Demonstrated ability to take initiatives, to synthetize, to conceptualize complex issues and to write reporting documents;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and/or French with a working knowledge of the other;
• High degree of tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels;
• Results-oriented, team player, demonstrated ability to work in multicultural environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationals and cultural backgrounds;
• Computer literate and good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

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