AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2016 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM No ADB/15/129
JOB TITLE : 2016 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT / DIVISION : All Organizational Units & Field Offices & Regional Centers
REPORT LINE: VP’s Front Offices / Directors / Resident Representatives / Heads of Regional Centers
DEPARTMENT / DIVISION : All Organizational Units & Field Offices & Regional Centers
REPORT LINE: VP’s Front Offices / Directors / Resident Representatives / Heads of Regional Centers
DUTY STATION: Headquarters, Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire or Bank’s field offices or Regional Centres
CLOSING DATE: 3rd SEPTEMBER 2015
Participants in the program are selected on a competitive basis, based on the needs expressed by user departments.
Objectives:
The broad objectives of the program are to:
► Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
► Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.
However applicants should not expect the internship to lead to immediate employment with the AfDB.
Terms and conditions :
► The fields of study from which interns are selected must be within
the job families of the Bank, particularly Economics, Agriculture,
Private Sector Development, Human Capital Development (education and
health), Environment, Finance, Infrastructure Development, Human
Resources Management, Information Technology, Communications, Law,
Internal Audit, Budget, Governance or any other field of study that the
Bank may deem relevant to its operations.
► Special consideration shall be given to students who are working on
projects that have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.
► Internships shall be performed either at the Bank’s headquarters in
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) or in any one of the Bank’s field offices or
Regional Centres.
► The program is annually run for two sessions as follows:
► ► Winter - Session I : January through March.
► ► Summer - Session II : June through August.
► Interns shall be responsible for their air travel (where applicable)
to and from the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
► Interns sh all be responsible for their medical insurance coverage
and for obtaining entry and residence visas in the host country of the
Bank.
► The internship is authorized only once for any candidate .
► Eligible Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend , depending on the budget availability.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be eligible for internship, applicants must meet the following criteria:
► Students, aged between eighteen (18) to thirty (30) years, and
currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree program or its
equivalent in a recognized public or private institution of higher
learning.
► The candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having obtained such a degree.
► Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the above mentioned Degree.
► Citizens of one of the Bank’s member countries.
► Applicants must be fluent in, at least, one of the Banks’s two working languages (English or French).
The specific disciplines and specialist professional areas that are
aligned to the Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and the gender strategy of the
Bank are the following:
Economy: Development Research; Statistics
Operations I: Procurement & Fiduciary Services, Fragile States situations
Operations II: Agriculture & Agro Industry; Human Development;
Governance; Water & Sanitation, Natural Resource Management
Operations III: Energy, Environment & Climate Change; Transport & ICT; Private Sector; Regional Integration and Trade
Strategy & Operational Policies
Results & Quality Assurance
Finance; Budget; Treasury; Resource Mobilization; Risk Management
General/Business Administration;
Human Resources Management
IT Services; IT Engineers; Security; IT Security
Protocol Services ; Langage Services
Communication & External Relations
Gender
Corporate Lawyers
Translation / Interpretation
Application Procedure:
Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online complete
application and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). to the
Link Below
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