You will:
a. Support for the Compliance Review Function and the Accountability Mechanism
- You will be the senior most policy and technical expert of the OCRP and will provide continuity and guidance on policy issues and institutional knowledge as and when CRP Panel Members turn over.
- Provide legal, policy, and procedural advice to the CRP Chair and part-time CRP Members at all stages of the compliance review process.
- Provide detailed technical analysis on ADB operational and safeguard preparatory and implementation documents against the procedures of the ADB to inform the case analysis of all stages of compliance reviews.
- Under the direction of Chair CRP and the part-time CRP members, lead the administrative side of the compliance review function, including (i) initial drafting of CRP reports and issue papers; (ii) drafting the Terms of Reference (TOR) for a project compliance review; (iii) drafting the TOR of subject matter experts/consultants contracted to support compliance reviews; (iv) organizing logistics and meetings for field missions and coordinating with the ADB County Office and Operations Departments to facilitate compliance review field visits.
- Advise the CRP in ensuring the required ADB protocols and procedures are followed in the execution of CRP’s functions
b. Support for the Office of the Compliance Review Panel and Staff Supervision
- The OCRP Advisor will be the Team Leader of OCRP staff and will deputize for the OCRP Chair in the management of staff in the absence of the OCRP Chair.
- Provide coaching, mentoring and performance management of OCRP staff and consultants.
- On behalf of the OCRP lead the collaboration with the staff of the Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF) and other relevant ADB departments.
- Under the guidance of the Chair prepare and manage the annual budget and work plan.
- Assist the Chair in the preparation of Quarterly Briefings for the BCRC and other compliance review related documents and as requested by other Executive Director Board Members.
c. Leading Knowledge Management, Advisory, and Learning Functions
- Lead the development and publication of the OCRP’s Advisory and knowledge management products in the form of reports, multi-media materials and publications.
- Lead the organization of learning events to share in a creative and engaging fashion the knowledge management products, targeting important internal and external stakeholders of the CRP. This includes working in close coordination with the Office of the Special Project Facilitator and members of the IAM network.
- Provide the oversight to staff to ensure the AM website is well designed, updated, transparent and accessible with relevant information posted on it. This work is undertaken in close coordination with the CRO (Complaint Receiving Officer), OSPF, and DOCK (Dept of Communications and Knowledge Management).
- Coordinate and maintain ongoing relations with other members of the IAMnet Independent Accountability Mechanism Network) initiating and undertaking joint activities from time to time.
- Provide the oversight over the management of the IAMnet Secretariat which is hosted by the ADB AM.
- Facilitate the preparation and publication of the AM annual report in collaboration with OSFP and other ADB departments/offices.
Qualifications
You will need:
- Master’s Degree, or equivalent, in economics, environment, law, social sciences, or related fields. In lieu of a Master’s Degree at least 5 years specialized experience in a related organization may be considered.
- At least 12 years international multi-country experience with development institutions, multilateral development banks, or the private sector on social, environmental, socio/environmental/legal issues on large-scale projects. Familiarity with addressing social and environmental risk management throughout the project life cycle – from design, through implementation, to completion.
- Experience with policy development, policy analysis about social and environmental standards together with operational and implementation experience.
- Experience working with diverse stakeholders comprising of senior management, operational teams, civil society and project affected persons to build trust.
- Analytical rigor combined with report writing skills.
- Experience in accountability, assurance and investigative skills would be considered an advantage.
Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Technical International Staff Grade 3.