The African Development Bank Group (Senior Climate Change Officer)

The African Development Bank Group-AfDB is a multilateral development finance institution established to contribute to the economic development and social progress of African countries. The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises three entities: The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund.

Job Title
Senior Climate Change Officer – ONEC3

Job Field
Engineering, Technical

Objectives
The mission of the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change ONEC is to spearhead the Bank’s lending and non-lending operations in the areas of energy, environment and climate change. It will support main streaming of environment and climate change into Bank’s operations as well as lead on advocacy, advice and evaluation of lessons learned for incorporation into policy and programmes development.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Senior Climate Change Specialist ONEC.3 will work under the general supervision and guidance of the Manager, Environment and Climate Change ONEC.3. His or her core duties, responsibilities will include the following:

Qualification
At least a Master’s degree in disciplines related to climate change, international finance, development economics.
 A minimum of 5 years relevant and practical professional experience related to climate change, climate finance, energy sector, project and portfolio management business development, co-financing, project cycle, resources mobilization, strategy formulation.
Good knowledge of Multilateral Development Bank’s rules and procedures related to project management and good understanding of MDBs type of interventions.
Good knowledge of and experience on the African continent.
Proven writing and analytical skills in designing relevant operations; ability to initiate innovative approaches and originality at work; sound analytic, conceptual and strategic thinking.
Updated knowledge of the critical environment and climate change issues.
Proven ability for team-working and multi-tasking; great facilitation, communication and computational skills; resourcefulness, attention to details and client orientation.
Flexibility to undertake field missions to Regional Member Countries; and,
Written and verbal communications skills in both English and French are desirable.

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