1. The African Development Bank, hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Equity Investment Operations within the Equity Cluster of PINS.
2. The services to be provided under the Assignment the consultant will include the following: (i) Assisting the NSO sectors departments to evaluate project proposals, teasers, pitch books and financial models to assess their feasibility and readiness for investment by the Bank; (ii) Facilitating the preparation of the long- and short-lists of selected projects, including leveraging on connections and co-investment opportunities; (iii) Preparing and regularly updating web-based material on the Bank’s equity business and coordinate with Client Management Team on external (wholesale) engagement with client and Communications Team; (vi) Implementing granulated market database of market intelligence which will be internal to the Equity Cluster to be used to generate reports as needed; and (vii) providing other deliverables as may be requested by the Equity Cluster.
3. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.).
4. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for Acquisition of Consulting Services funded by the Administrative or Capital Expenditure Budget. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.
5. The assignment will be for a period between 6 to 12 working months and the estimated starting date will be 1 February, 2018.
6. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the email address below during the Bank’s working hours: from 09 :00 to 17 :00 hours
7. Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address below no later than Monday January 12, 2018 at 17h00 local time and specifically mentioning Equity Investments Transaction and Business Intelligence Support within the Non Sovereign Operations and Private Sector Support Department. For the attention of: Mr. Malick NIANG/ E-mail: M.A.NIANG@AFDB.ORG With copy to: Ms. Caroline OTONGLO / E-mail: C.OTONGLO@AFDB.ORG
8. A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on the basis of their updated resume.