Coordinator at The African Development Bank

Grade: PL-2
Position N°: 50089175
Reference: ADB/16/094

Duties and responsibilities of the Coordinator:

• Ensure that the AFFM Secretariat is fully functional including setting up its operations, accounts, budgets, and information management systems;
• Plan and lead resource mobilization campaigns for the AFFM in consultation with key partners of the Mechanism in line with the approved annual and medium-term work programme and budget;
• Prepare the AFFM’s Operational Manual that will guide the operations of the Mechanism in line with the objectives and goals of the AFFM and the AfDB rules of procedures;
• Supervise staff of the AFFM Secretariat by providing leadership, agreeing with them on their individual work programs; and by reporting on program implementation progress and ensuring that the Mechanism’s objectives are achieved;
• Familiarize AfDB member countries in Africa with the AFFM through effective communication on concept, objective, operations strategy and procedures;
• Prepare and submit projects for AfDB Board of Directors’ approval based on the identified needs for the realization of the AFFM’s objectives;
• Establish a results-based monitoring and evaluation system that tracks, in a timely manner, improvements in fertilizer supply and use against AFFM’s annual and medium-term plans.
• Represent the AFFM in conferences and meetings of the fertilizer sector, meetings of African Union Ministers of Agriculture, the AFFM Governing Council, etc.;
• Undertake any other assignment relevant to the successful implementation and performance of the AFFM;
• Manage the team of staff assigned to AFFM.

Qualifications for the Coordinator position

• Hold at least a Masters’ degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, Finance or a related field of study with strong agribusiness management experience;
• Have at least fifteen (15) years relevant professional experience of which at least 10 years in the field of fertilizer production and/or Marketing;
• Sound experience with International Development Financing Institutions in developing countries including a satisfactory knowledge of their operational policies and procedures;
• Proven resource mobilization experience with state and non-state actors;
• Extensive private sector experience with demonstrated knowledge of designing and implementing private sector based investment projects, particularly within the fertilizer value chain;
• Successful budget preparation and management experience in an international organization setting and demonstrated leadership of teams working on budget preparation and execution;
• Extensive knowledge of the regional and international policy and regulatory context related to the fertilizer sector and in-depth knowledge of the agriculture sector in Africa;
• Good communication skills and ability to cooperate and work in a diverse multicultural environment;
• Proficiency in the use of standard Microsoft software, especially MS Office environment;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and / or French with a good working knowledge of the other language