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Regional Hub Director At African Development Bank - Afdb

African Development Bank - AfDB·All, nigeria·Full Time·Internship
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The Bank's five (5) existing regional departments have been restructured into eight (8) Regional Growth Hubs, designed around a broader set of considerations that go beyond geographical location alone. Each Regional Growth Hub will be led by a Regional Hub Director, who will be responsible for ensuring the Bank's efficient, effective, and successful operations across the countries within the Hub, as well as the comprehensive implementation of all aspects of the Bank's work.

Exceptional and result driven candidates for this role will combine regional knowledge with excellence in delivery. They will have a proven track record of building effective teams and of cultivating successful partnerships with both governmental and private sector counterparts.

KEY FUNCTIONS:

The Regional Hub Director will drive and ensure the operational efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank's portfolio across the region to achieve significant developmental impacts. The Regional Hub Director will oversee the full implementation and integration of all aspects of the Bank's operations and delivery in the assigned region. S/he will spearhead regional business development and investment, driving resource mobilization across the countries under his/her remit and significantly growing the business of the Bank. S/he will work closely with the Vice President and Directors for the Sectors, Practices & Knowledge Complex to deliver on the Bank's program in the region to achieve transformational development impacts. The Regional Hub Director will also collaborate with internal and external partners to accelerate private sector investments through the development and implementation of the African Investment Forum, amongst other initiatives.

Additional objectives include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Advancing regional integration through the development and execution of major regional infrastructure and development projects and by supporting Regional Economic Communities.
  • Strengthening the human and institutional capacities of countries and deepening the capacity of the Bank to become the thought leader on knowledge products and advisory services to countries.
  • Building effective collaboration with bilateral and multilateral finance and development institutions to ramp up co-financing and loan syndications.
  • Developing and deploying special programs and advisory services to support fragile states.

The Regional Hub Director will operationalize his/her mandate by undertaking the following:

  • Building a team of highly talented and motivated technical and operational staff, drawn from all sector complexes. This will enable the Bank to improve the quality of all projects and deliver high- quality portfolios to meet the needs of regional member countries and the private sector.
  • Supporting countries in the development of country strategy papers and regional integration strategies that will drive country ownership and accelerated delivery on all "high-five" priorities of the Bank.
  • Developing critical resources and the technical capability necessary for sourcing and originating bankable projects. This will include collaboration with the private sector on projects with regional social impacts.
  • Ensuring efficient and effective project completion by streamlining and speeding up internal processes, enhancing operational efficiencies, and driving accelerated disbursements on all approved projects.
  • Driving greater value for money in all operations and ensuring country and regional offices are cost-effective through prudent management of human and financial resources.
  • Fostering a culture of accountability for results across all offices in the region.
  • Cultivating and ensuring a culture of "ONE-Bank", with the highest levels of ethics, fiduciary responsibility and professionalism to protect and enhance the reputation of the Bank.
  • Representing the Bank in the region and building strong partnerships with countries, regional economic communities, and other development partners.

COMPETENCIES (skills, experience and knowledge):

Desirable experience and qualifications

  • A minimum of a master's degree in finance, Business Administration, Economics, Business Law, or related disciplines.
  • A minimum of ten (10) years' relevant and demonstrable experience in international development finance or with a leading private sector financial institution. The last eight (8) years should be at a senior management level.
  • A record of delivering results in complex projects, portfolio, country, and partner arrangements in Africa, with substantial experience in project planning, development, and management.
  • Proven ability to engage effectively at the senior-most levels across the public, private, and civil society sectors, and to mobilise partners for transformative action.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in English or French, preferably with a good working knowledge of the other language. For the Lusophone Growth Hub, a good command of the Portuguese language (both spoken and written) will be an essential requirement, in addition to proficiency in either English or French.

Business Acumen

  • Excellent understanding of multilateral development institutions, strategies and operational issues.
  • An acute appreciation and understanding of the elements essential for the effective delivery and measurement of development impacts through projects and programs in Africa.
  • Ability to identify and create meaningful linkages across sectors to drive development impact at a country and regional level.
  • Highly developed negotiation skills proven to yield positive outcomes with senior counterparts, both internal and external.

Setting Strategy

  • Ability to innovate, communicate, and implement new strategic approaches essential to the creation and success of the Regional Operations Complex.
  • Highly developed strategic thinking skills allied to an ability to translate strategic concepts and direction into the implementation of workable and sustainable projects and programs.
  • Able to define and effectively drive the Bank's activities under uncertain and challenging circumstances.

Executing for Results

  • Excellence in project planning, development and management, with a superior ability to deliver and manage high-quality portfolios.
  • Demonstrated ability to take prudent business risks and make effective, timely and well determined decisions.
  • Ability to work under pressure in a multicultural and distributed organisation.

Leading Teams

  • Ability to design long-term plans and programs to develop staff competences in line with the Bank's strategic priorities.

Position Specification

  • Proven ability to build and lead motivated and committed teams across functional and geographic boundaries, and to utilize the talent and expertise of team members in a productive way.
  • Ability to inspire, generate and sustain staff commitment and professional excellence.
  • Agility and resilience to drive successful change management processes.

Building Relationships and Using Influence

  • Strengthens and builds partnerships and synergies internally across functions and geographies, and externally with key institutions to drive regional integration and development.
  • Develops constructive working relationships at the highest Management level within the Bank and externally so that important, sometimes contentious, issues can be dealt with effectively.
  • Ability to listen and communicate effectively with stakeholders at the highest levels across sectors.
  • Strong negotiating skills.

Other

  • The Regional Hub Director will travel frequently to country offices, and throughout the region to collaborate with teams and to engage strategically with key stakeholders and partners.

Key skills

MBA/MSc/MA
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Company

African Development Bank - AfDB

Location

All, nigeria

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

September 25, 2026

Created

September 1, 2026

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