Chief Irrigation Engineer - Senegal Field Office (SNFO)

• Grade: PL-3
• Position N°: NA
• Reference: ADB/12/115
• Publication date: 30/04/2012
• Closing date: 11/05/2012

Objectives

N.B: Only staff already possessing the advertised grade and employed within OSVP complex from which a position will be detached to the FO are eligible to apply.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the technical supervision of the Division Manager, OSAN.2 and administrative supervision of the Resident Representative, SNFO, and working in collaboration with Task Managers in OSAN.2 and SNFO, the incumbent will contribute technical inputs to Bank Group’s operational activities relating to agriculture and rural development in Senegal, The Gambia, Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau through the review of the technical design and institutional arrangements for agricultural projects/programmes in general and water resources management projects in particular, proposed for Bank’s funding and assessing their feasibility from the perspective of present and future benefits impact by the following:

• Participate in strategy and sector policy development, including support to the CAADP Process;
• leading Bank’s operational activities relating to rural infrastructure development, including country strategy planning in view of developing pipeline of agricultural projects for country lending programme, project identification, preparation, appraisal, mid-term review, supervision, post-evaluation (PCR) and presentation of loan/grant proposal to the Board;
• Undertaking personally and leading, as required, field missions to identify, prepare, appraise and/or supervise project implementation and follow-up on Bank financed sector studies, monitor projects procurement and disbursement and reporting systems to ensure that these are consistent with Bank’s rules of procedures; or causing for such missions to be undertaken by co-operating institutions such as FAO;
• providing technical and policy advice to Bank’s management and professional staff from member countries during project implementation including procurement, project monitoring and evaluation; (iv) promoting regional integration and coordination of donors interventions that minimize duplication of effort and foster complementarities through sharing of agricultural and rural development tasks based on comparative advantage of various partners;
• undertaking project management and loan administration tasks;
• defending projects at the Board;
• representing the Bank in coordination meetings with national and international institutions; and
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Division Manager or by the Resident Representative.

Selection Criteria

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• At least, a MSc. degree in Agriculture with a major in Irrigation;
• Preferably a minimum of eight (8) years (four of which must have been in the Bank) of relevant and broad professional experience in project formulation, preparation, appraisal and management, with broad interest in agriculture water management issues;
• Ability to apply innovative approaches; ability to work in team, analyze and summarize; good interpersonal, communication and project management skills; demonstrated attention to details, good result and client service orientation;
• Good leadership abilities; committed to development in the continent; ability to modify work methods while remaining efficient in changing work conditions;
• Good mastery of standard computer applications (Microsoft office package) with knowledge of COSTAB and SAP as a plus; Strong ability to undertake financial, economic and cost-effective analysis of projects and programmes
• Ability to communicate and write effectively in French with good working knowledge of English.

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To apply for this position, you need to be national of one of AfDB member countries.

• Submitted by: Harold AKINGBADE-TAYLOR, Division Manager, CHRM.1
• Approved by: Gemina O.ARCHER DAVIES, Director, CHRM

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