Senior Officer, FI Donor Programmes

Purpose of the Job 

The Senior Officer of the FI Donor Programmes Team provides assistance and support to the Team, operation leaders (OL), and management in relation to grant-funded facilities, programmes and projects throughout the project lifecycle, particularly focusing on administration, monitoring, and reporting. The Senior Officer also provides a general administrative support to the Team.  

Background 

The FIDP is a proactive unit within the FIBG responsible for daily administration and overall management of technical co-operation (TC) and co-investment grants, and other associated activities. The Team ensures that grants are mobilised, committed, deployed and reported upon in an efficient, accurate and transparent manner, applying the highest professional standards, given the fiduciary duty that the Bank assumes vis-à-vis Donors funds. This role will involve working with FIDP and FI team members as well as interacting with other Bank’s units as required (e.g., Operations and Service Management, Donor Partnerships, etc.) and external stakeholders (e.g., clients and consultants).

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

The Senior Officer Provides support to the Team and OLs with:

• TC project preparation, submission of TC projects for approval, as well as clearances of approval conditions
• Consultant procurement and selection process
• Processing contract amendments and closures, as well as consultant invoices, ensuring that they are paid in good time
• Administrative and financial monitoring of consultancy contracts
• Donor fundraising tasks
• Portfolio spot check process to verify compliance with the eligibility criteria as stated in project documents
• Monitoring fund utilisation under allocated projects and programmes
• Preparation of external and internal reports and presentations on the use of the donor funds
• Processing incentives payments (under oversight of analyst/manager)
• Collating internal and external portfolio and other relevant data for reports and data analysis
• Preparing and tracking funding estimates or other cash flow forecasts
• Other tasks as may be requested

Experience, Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

• A degree and/or equivalent business experience
• A recognised secretarial or business qualification would be useful, but is not essential
• Fluent English, with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of another language (Arabic, French, Russian), both written and spoken, would be useful

Experience/Knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Relevant experience in a similar role
• Good level of numeracy
• Strong organisational, administrative and analytical skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and to prioritise and schedule tasks
• Attention to detail and eye for accuracy

Technical Skills

• Computer literate: MS365 suite
• Proven skills to draft business correspondence and documents, summarise information in written narratives and presentations including textual, numeric and graphic/charts parts 
• Knowledge of SAP will be an advantage

What is it like to work at the EBRD?

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in. 

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital  transformation at the heart of what we do.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does.  A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation. The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities.  As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).