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Principal Compliance Officer- CRMU

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

VACANCY NOTICE No. ADB/09/07

 

POSITION TITLE:

Principal Compliance Officer

 

Department/Division/Unit:

CRMU

 

GRADE:

PL-4

 

Closing date:

31 December 2008

 

Objectives: The Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU) has been established for the purpose of providing people adversely affected by a project financed by the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Nigeria Trust Fund and other Special Funds administered by the Bank with an independent mechanism through which they can request the African Development Bank Group to comply with all its own policies and procedures.

 

The mandate of the Compliance Review and Mediation mechanism combines compliance review and problem-solving functions to be undertaken in accordance with the established Operating Rules and Procedures for the mechanism. Besides a small number of staff, the CRMU will administer a Roster of Experts of three external experts appointed by the Boards of Directors on a 5 year non-renewable term. Upon the authorization by the Boards of Directors or the President, the Experts will together with the Director CRMU form Compliance Review Panels to undertake independent compliance reviews.

 

The Principal Compliance Officer of the CRMU shall assist the Director in various areas, such as listed under Duties & Responsibilities below. Envisaging that most CRMU activities involve environment and social issues, the Principal Compliance officer is expected to have thorough knowledge of and experience in handling complex environmental and social problems in development projects and in ensuring compliance with laws and institutional policies and procedures. Conflict resolution and mediation is considered an important aspect of the mandate of the Independent Review Mechanism, in particular related to involuntary resettlement issues, as an instrument to handle complaints from people adversely affected by a Bank financed operation.

 

Duties & Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of the Director CRMU, the Principal Compliance Officer, shall carry out the following:

 

• Assisting the Director CRMU in the general management of the Independent Review Mechanism;
  
• Advising the Director CRMU and the Compliance Review Panels when undertaking compliance reviews and mediation activities;
  
• Preparing information materials about the Independent Review Mechanism, including relevant information for the AfDB/IRM web site;
  
• Undertaking outreach activities to sensitize Bank staff, project affected people and civil society organizations on the Independent Review Mechanism;
  
• Cooperating and coordinating with other multilateral development banks and financing institutions with similar independent review mechanism, including gathering review and problem solving reports and other relevant information from the institutions;
  
• Familiarizing him/herself with, and collecting information on the Bank Group’s project documents policies, strategies, procedures and guidelines, relevant for use by the CRMU when screening Request and undertaking Compliance Review and Mediation exercises;
  
• The Principal Compliance Officer will in particular be responsible for environmental and social documentation, and to regularly updating him/herself with all new Bank policies, strategies, rules and guidelines, as well as well as updating the CRMU documents accordingly;
  
• Reviewing Requests received by the CRMU for Compliance Review and/or Mediation with respect to their eligibility and formal correctness;
  
• Preparing Reports related to the screening process of Requests for Compliance Review and/or Mediation, and Reports to the Boards or the President with recommendations of whether or not to undertake a Compliance Review;
  
• Analysis of data and proofreading of draft reports prepared by Compliance Review Panels;
  
• Participating in mediation exercises, including writing Mediation (Problem-Solving) Reports;
  
• Participating in the monitoring of the implementation of recommendations resulting from a Compliance Review or Mediation (Problem-Solving) exercise, as approved by the Boards or the President.
  
• Preparing Annual Reports of the Compliance Review and Mediation Mechanism and Progress Reports on specific cases.
  

 

Selection Criteria (Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience)

• At least a Master degree in environment, social, development, anthropology or law, or related or equivalent studies/degrees;
  
• At least six (6) years of professional relevant experience in conflict resolution and mediation in developing countries, preferably in Africa and a keen interest in policy compliance issues;
  
• Experience in applying appropriate protection policies and other related policies of development projects, such as environment and resettlement of people;
  
• Familiar with the objectives and functions of multilateral development banks and financing institutions;
  
• Ability to make sound, impartial and fair judgment;
  
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to carry out effective dialogue with stakeholders, including government officials, project affected people, civil societies organizations, and Bank staff and managers;
  
• Excellent writing skills and proficiency in the working languages of the Bank (French and English).
  

 

 

Only applicants who fully meet our requirements and who are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit a fully completed Personal History Form (PHF), available from the Bank’s web site, http://www.afdb.org and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV) showing date of birth and nationality, and preferably submitted electronically to:recruit@afdb.org . The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.