Associate Project Analyst, Manila 170 views

Reference Number: 190696

Position Level: AS 6

Department: Central and West Asia Department

Division: Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and Gender Unit, CWRD

Location: Asian Development Bank Headquarters

Date Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019

Closing Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019 11:59 p.m. (2359 Manila Time, 0800 GMT)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Close relatives1 of ADB staff, except spouses of international staff, are not eligible for recruitment and appointment to staff positions. Applicants are expected to disclose if they have any relative/s by consanguinity/blood, by adoption and/or by affinity/marriage presently employed in ADB.

1Close relatives refer to spouse, children, mother, father, brother and sister, niece, nephew, aunt and uncle

Staff on probation are not eligible to apply. Applicants for promotion must have served at their position for at least one year and must have normally served at their personal level for at least two years immediately preceding the date of the vacancy closing date. Applicants for lateral transfer must have served at their position and personal level for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the vacancy closing date (reference A.O.

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Overview

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines and is composed of 68 members, 49 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. ADB combines finance, knowledge, and partnerships to fulfill its expanded vision under its Strategy 2030.

ADB only hires nationals of its 68 members.

To view ADB Organizational Chart, please click here.

Job Purpose

The Associate Project Analyst assists in coordinating CWRD’s operational activities; consolidates country and sector information across the divisions and resident missions (RMs); ensures completeness of CWRD programs and pipeline data in all internal reporting mechanism/instruments as well as bank-wide reports; and performs a range of well-defined routine duties as may be assigned. The incumbent reports to designated International staff and senior National Staff in CWOD-PSG.

Responsibilities

• Assists in organizing regular CWRD programming and project pipeline meetings (i.e. bi-monthly and quarterly; sectoral, country- and department-wide), including assisting and tracking Resident Missions and sector divisions in preparing for Reverse Clock and Work Program and Budget Framework submissions, and sourcing pipeline data from relevant databases, Collects, organizes and analyzes data from Operations Dashboard (ODB) and eOperations on CWRD loan, grant, and co-financing pipeline; and assists in reviewing and monitoring status of pipeline processing, in close coordination with project processing focal points in divisions/RMs.
• Assists in quality assurance of Country Operations Business Plans COBPs, concept papers, Board papers and Report and Recommendation of the President RRPs.
• Assists in reviewing and monitoring achievement of annual commitment, climate change and gender targets; and assists in tracking collaboration and initiative targets.
• Serves as focal point for CWRD in managing Board and Management approval schedules by liaising between CWRD sector divisions/RMs and ADB Management offices, specifically Office of the President (OPR), Office of the Vice-President (Operations 1) (VPO1) and Office of the Secretary (SEC); processes all requests for management review meetings (MRM) and assists in guiding processing teams on Board discussions/no-objection procedures.
• Assists in preparing Operations Review Meetings ORM reports for Management; briefing notes and pipeline data for Regional Management Team RMT meetings; and ad-hoc reports. Reviews bank-wide reports related to operational matters.
• Maintains repositories for CWRD project processing documents; and prepares historical, current and projected analytical data related to pipeline and committed projects.
• Coordinates logistical arrangements of workshops or training, as needed.

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  asia and pacific

  climate change

  development finance

  extreme poverty

  operational activities

• Performs other duties as may be assigned by supervisors.

Qualifications

Relevant Experience & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Good understanding of the role and function of a department’s front office and a general understanding of the organization’s purpose
• Proven ability to undertake background research and analysis on difficult but well-defined task, collect and organize required data and information.
• Good experience in managing document records and maintaining databases
• Ability to manage priorities and workload with general schedule of work, instructions and standardized practices.
• Good coordination and interpersonal skills with ability to liaise and work effectively with individuals from different professional and cultural background.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams in sector divisions and resident missions.
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure.
• Flexibility/willingness to perform variety of tasks and expand the scope of work and responsibilities as needed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for administrative staff, level

General Considerations

The selected candidate, if new to ADB, is appointed for an initial term of 3 years.

ADB offers competitive remuneration and a comprehensive benefits package. Actual appointment salary will be based on ADB’s standards and computation, taking into account the selected individual’s qualifications and experience.

ADB seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities to work in an inclusive environment. ADB encourages all qualified candidates to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities. Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Please note that the actual level and salary will be based on qualifications of the selected candidate.