AFDB1JP00001614

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (Approximately 50%)
1.1. Project Origination and Pipeline Development (10%)
Working closely with Bank colleagues in your focal regions and thematics:
1) Provide regular data analytics of DFS project pipeline and market assessment, sector diagnostic to identify gaps and opportunities in assigned countries in general and as aligned to ADFI pillars
2) Strongly contribute to the development of the next ADFI project cohort and support the identification of potential ADFI projects and partners
3) Track the database of DFS project ideas and on-going DFS related projects
4) Maintain an updated database of financial inclusion related projects for assigned countries and thematics
5) Document minutes of meetings with country offices and other potential partners and follow up on agreed action points
1.2 . Project Proposal Structuring and Development (40%)
1) In line with ADFI work program, working with assigned project task managers, assume the ADFI DFS technical lead role and spearhead and/or contribute to the preparation of project appraisal documents (PADs)
2) Interface with bank technical experts e.g. financial management, procurement, gender, legal, environment & climate etc. to secure proposal inputs
3) Provide DFS technical support to Bank sector, country or regional offices e.g. proposal peer review, DFS contribution to country strategy papers (CSPs)

Due Diligence, Project Proposal Preparation and Appraisal for Review and Approval

1) Prepare project proposal submission documentation for the following meetings: PIFD department management team, ADFI technical review committee, ADFI governing council, Bank Board of Directors
2) Conduct technical due diligence of proposed operations and provixe technical recommendation for the structuring of transactions
3) Draft project summary sheets and memorandums for submission to Bank and ADFI project approving authorities for no-objection
4) Draft concise minutes of meetings for ADFI proposal reviews, develop and maintain issue lists and track implementation of agreed decisions
5) In liaison with Bank assigned Task Managers, schedule, participate and minute project proposal and draft Letters of Agreement (LoA) negotiation sessions with potential clients
6) In line with Bank procedures, and working with other ADFI colleagues, prepare publication versions of approved ADFI and/or DFS proposals, and have them reviewed and cleared by assigned Task Managers or the ADFI Coordinator, and submit them to the Bank’s Disclosure & Access to Information (DAI) team for publication within 10 days of project approval
7) Maintain an up-to-date database of approved documents.

2. PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT (Approximately 30%)
Working closely with the ADFI operations consultant and/or any other consultant assigned to support your focal regions and thematics:
2.1 Project Effectiveness (7%)
1) Develop a portfolio management checklist and risk register for approved projects within two weeks of project approval
2) Support and follow up with clients, formally in writing and informally, to ensure project effectiveness and conditions for disbursement are met in a timely manner
3) Schedule and participate in orientation workshops for approved projects
4) Prepare ADFI presentations and coordinate with Bank ecosystem colleagues to provide presentations and documentation for project orientation workshops
2.2 Project Implementation, Supervision & Reporting (23.5%)
Working closely with the ADFI operations consultant and/or any other consultant assigned to support your portfolio:
1) Ensure all projects have an updated annual work plan, budget, procurement plan, risk register, disbursement schedule and steering committee schedule
2) Ensure all project documentation stipulated in the Letter of Agreement, project appraisal document, integrity opinions etc. is provided well in advance but no later than two weeks to commencement of the new year
3) Con

1) A robust pipeline of quality operations
2) Drafting of PENs, appraisal reports and other project documents
3) Participate in projects due diligence and provide recommendation and provide digital finance investments technical expertise
4) Detailed workplan with periodic review and update as required
5) Working closely with the ADFI communications consultant, develop the annual communication and knowledge management plan for assigned countries, regions, ADFI thematics and on-going portfolio
6) Provide updated monthly activity plans at the end of each preceding calendar month or at least 3 calendar days before end of the month.
7) Support and oversight the provision of a monthly portfolio management & compliance dashboard, within 7 days of end of month, for each assigned project detailing status vis-à-vis expectations across multiple parameters including general performance, timeline adherence, reporting regularity, disbursement performance, risk profile etc.
8) Provide monthly input towards ADFI quarterly progress reports within 7 days of end of month
9) Prepare for and participate in ADFI/ PIFD1/PIFD team meetings
10) Participate in your AfDB duty station country and regional team meetings
11) Provide monthly activity plan status reports in the last week of, and at least 3 calendar days, before end of the month. The activity plan status reports will be the premise for clearance of monthly invoices for payment. The report will be reviewed, discussed and signed off by the ADFI Coordinator for the division managers approval for processing. Unmet deliverables will need to be sufficiently mitigated prior to invoice payment
12) Contributions to ADFI’s annual work program, pipeline development and portfolio reporting
13) Payment invoices will be submitted for payment together with signed monthly plans, within 7 days of clearance
14) Support sub-grantees by organizing required operational training session with internal bank teams including fiduciary, results monitoring, sector specialists etc.
15) Liaise with sub-grantees and AfDB sector, country, regional, technical and fiduciary teams, to plan for supervision missions in advance of deadlines
16) Ensure all ADFI project ecosystem required support is prepared in advance, reviewed, cleared, and included in the bank-wide annual indicative operational programme (IOP) planning and budgeting.

12 months renewable subject to satisfactory performance, operational requirements and availability of funding. Timeline: 16 November 2026 to 15 November 2027

(a) Travel Expenses

(i) Per Diem Allowance
The Consultant shall receive during mission, a daily subsistence (“per diem”) allowance covering hotel accommodation and personal subsistence expenses of the Consultant, such as meals and other incidental expenses that are not separately reimbursable pursuant to clause 1(b) (iii) of this Annex II. Hotel accommodation shall be paid for on the basis of actual expenses subject to a maximum amount prescribed by the Bank.

Payment of the per diem allowance shall be made upon return from mission or prior to departure for the relevant country of destination.
On completion of the Services or termination of this Contract (whichever is sooner) the Consultant shall refund to the Bank any difference in actual expenditure on hotel or other accommodation as supported by relevant documentation, and the amount paid by the Bank to the Consultant to cover hotel accommodation expenses.

(ii) Airfare and (iii) Incidental Expenses
Should Nairobi not be the Consultants home country, one round trip Economy class air ticket for travel to Nairobi to commence the services and from Nairobi to the Consultant’s home country at the end of the twelve months if the contract runs for only one year or at the end of two years if renewed, will be purchased by the Bank or directly by the Consultant for reimbursement by the Bank. The class for other travel by the Consultant in the course of the assignment shall be determined in accordance with the Bank’s Travel Policy.

Reimbursement of airfare and reimbursable incidental expenses shall be made to the Consultant upon the presentation to the Bank of appropriate receipts or other evidence of expenses incurred by the Consultant in carrying out the Services hereto.

All claims relating to expenses shall be made, with the relevant supporting documentation, prior to or at the time of the Consultant’s request for payment of the final installment of the honorarium.

The duty station will be Nairobi, Kenya, at the Banks Regional Office or another Bank regional office as agreed with the hiring manager. The Consultant will work on a hybrid basis, combining remote work from the agreed duty station with attendance at the designated Bank office at least two or three days per week, or as agreed with the ADFI Coordinator in writing. In case of need, this arrangement may be changed by the ADFI Coordinator or the financial sector department’s management and formally communicated to the Consultant. The Consultant may be required to undertake missions within and outside Africa as necessary for the implementation of the programme