Director, Gender, Women and Civil Society

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African Development Bank (AfDB)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Development Bank
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Renumeration: $151,622-$207,722 / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 01/08/2024
  • Location: Côte D’Ivoire
Leadership Political participation
THE BANK:

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. 

KEY FUNCTIONS:

  1. Provide intellectual and strategic leadership to the Gender, Women and, Civil Society agenda for the Bank Group, working across technical, geographic and institutional boundaries to support the delivery of development solutions to a diverse range of clients.
  2. Oversee the bank-wide implementation of the AFAWA initiative, in partnership with relevant internal and external partners with strong involvement in the design of financial tools and innovative methods to ensure financial inclusion.
  3. Develop innovative and first-class financial tools in line with commercial banking norms to promote women access to financing opportunities and investments.
  4. Build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and engage at the senior-most levels to coordinate and mobilize resources to achieve the Bank Group’s strategic goals. 
  5. Lead the implementation of the Bank Group’s strategic framework on gender equality and women empowerment, ensuring the mainstreaming of gender across the Group’s portfolio from project design to implementation, including M&E mechanisms.
  6. Lead the implementation of the Bank Group’s strategic framework on Civil Society engagement, to institutionalize strategic partnership with the sector from policy dialogue to project implementation.
  7. Develop a pipeline of high impact research and Economic & Sector Work on Gender, Women and Civil society to support evidence-based policy dialogue and advisory services.
  8. Coordinate the Bank Group’s relationships with external partners to enhance collaboration and share best practices on the gender equality, women empowerment through women entrepreneurship and financial access and civil society engagement agenda in Africa and the world.
  9. Advise the Bank Group on emerging matters of strategic, policy and institutional significance related to the Gender, Women and Civil Society agenda across its activities. 

COMPETENCIES

  1. A minimum of a Master’s degree in Gender, Economic Development, Business Administration, Management or other related disciplines. 
  2. Proven experience with commercial and/or investment banking system in Africa.
  3. Have a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in development in an international organization or similar institution in the financial services sector, commercial or investment banking, academia or civil society, with preferably five (5) years of experience at a managerial level.
  4. A solid knowledge and good grasp of socio-economic and development issues in Africa.
  5. Demonstrated ability to take prudent business risks, develop innovative approaches and make effective, timely and well-determined decisions.
  6. Knowledge of the practices of major bilateral and multilateral partner development agencies in African countries or other developing countries.
  7. Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, with a working knowledge of the other.

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