African Development Bank Group Internship Programme 2019 for young Africans Application Form

Apply For African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Internship Programme 2019 for young Africans

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution founded in 1964, raising economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries).

The Bank’s development agenda is delivering financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

To sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure more significant developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.

The Internship program is part of a broader Talent Management Framework which facilitates the Bank to deliver on the Ten Year Strategy and the High 5s.

Participants in the Program are selected on a competitive basis, based on the business needs of the Bank.

Purposes Is To:

• Equip students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
• Give the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.

But, applicants should not expect the internship to lead to immediate employment with the Bank.

Duties and obligations

• 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 will be offered to students who are working on projects that have a direct bearing
  on the mission of the Bank.
• Internships will take place 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 schedule for the 2019 Program :

The 2019 Internship Program starts in mid-July 2019 through December 2019.

Terms and Conditions

• Internships shall be granted to each candidate for a period not less than three (3) months and not more than six (6) months. The internship is authorised only once for any candidate.
• Interns shall be responsible for their air travel (where applicable) to and from the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
• Interns shall be responsible for their medical insurance coverage and for obtaining entry and residence visas in the host country of the Bank.
• Eligible Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend.

Selection Criteria

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

To be eligible for the internship, you must meet the following standards:

• Students, aged between eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years, and currently enrolled in a Master’s level degree program or its equivalent in a recognised 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 Degree as mentioned above.
• 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).

Strategic Focus fields:

The specific disciplines and specialist professional areas are aligned to the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and the gender strategy. Moreso, to the fields that are in the job families of the Bank, the focus will be on the following areas:

• Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth
• Agriculture, Human & Social Development
• Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization
• Economics, Statistics
• Governance and Knowledge Management
• Finance
• Legal
• Human Resources and Corporate Services: IT, Language Services, General Services & Procurement, HR
• Management
• Audit, Anti-Corruption
• Evaluation
• Communication & External Relations
• Public Relations
• Gender

Application Procedure:

• Interested Applicants can submit a complete online application together with his/her Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• If you experience technical difficulties in submitting your application, please send an email with a precise description of the issue and/or a screenshot showing the problem to HR Direct: HRDirect@AFDB.ORG

For More details Check, AFDB Internship 2019 webpage

Application Deadline: May 14th 2019