The African Development Bank’s current hiring freeze may be coming to an end in early 2015 — but staff composition and hiring needs could look different within the newly relocated financial institution.
With roughly 60 to 70 percent of its employees already relocated from a temporary office in Tunis to the bank’s former — and perhaps permanent — headquarters in Abidjan, management is likely to consider whether it can operate with fewer international staff and more locals and consultants than in the past, according to David Munyoro, AfDB’s chief recruitment coordination officer.
The AfDB is currently working on a strategic staffing exercise to map employees and hiring needs to its 10-year strategy, which includes a greater emphasis on sectors like climate change and renewable energy, Munyoro said at the Devex Career Forum’s opening plenary in Addis Ababa Wednesday.