Job Vacancy at African Development Bank (AfDB) for Chief Trade Finance Officer

The overarching objective of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction.The Bank Group achieves this objective by:

• mobilizing and allocating resources for investment in RMCs; and


• providing policy advice and technical assistance to support development efforts.

One of our greatest assets is our diversity and we are bound by shared values, committed to our mission and proud to be a leading development finance institution on the continent. While our size and range of business activities mean we have many different kinds of jobs and working environments, you will find the most important things that make us who we are right across our organization.

The following vacancy exists:

Job Title: Chief Trade Finance Officer - NEPAD, Regional integration and Trade

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Division Manager Regional Integration and Trade, and in collaboration with other staff of the division, the Chief Trade Finance Officer  shall perform the  following duties:

• Lead the division’s work on non-financial aspects of trade finance and align them with institutional objectives to ensure the programme’s future expansion in support of the Bank’s trade finance products.


• Establish a working relationship with OPSM and EDRE in the delivery of the Bank’s trade finance programme;


• Develop non-financial aspects that  will support the Bank’s Trade finance program and facilitate exports and trade


• Support SMEs to access trade finance products provided by the Bank by developing  capacity development and training programmes;


• Develop a programme of capacity building  needs of African Financial Institutions, especially emerging banks and DFIs, to create the platform necessary for the provision of trade finance solutions to their clients and to meet the Basle reporting requirements;


• Represent the Bank at the WTO’s trade finance and related Aid for Trade fora.


• Support Information Access and Dissemination by collecting data in collaboration with the Bank’s Statistics Department;


• Provide technical and advisory services to Regional Member Countries (RMCs), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the private and financial sectors;


• Build partnerships and coalitions within and outside the Bank;


• Participate in knowledge sharing and learning activities on Trade Finance, and contribute to dissemination activities, conferences, workshops and learning programs;


• Provide support to other duties as assigned by the Division Manager ONRI.2.

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