The African Development Bank, from time to time, needs extra services provided by persons other than its permanent staff to assist with additional activities not covered in the normal work program; replacement of regular personnel who are absent over long periods; and to occupy vacant positions within the time limits set by the Bank.

If you are looking for a short-term opportunity in support functions at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan and country office, you may wish to register your CV on (New AfDB Short Term Employment(link is external))

Submitted applications are regarded as unsolicited and will be used to populate our database for short-term opportunities at the Bank.

General competencies and profiles sought

The Bank may recruit in the following areas, domains and functions (not exhaustive):

• Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth
• Agriculture, Human and Social Development
• Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization
• Strategy and Operational Policies
• Economic Governance and Knowledge Management
• Gender
• Finance
• Corporate Services and Human Resources
• Development Evaluation
• Legal Services
• Risks Management
• Audit
• Integrity and Anti-Corruption
• Ethics
• Security
• Communications and External relations

In various positions as follows:

• Accounts Assistant
• Administrative Assistant (Support in various departments)
• Audio Visual Technician
• Audit Assistant
• Budget Assistant
• Building Technician
• Business Analyst
• Catering, Logistics
• Communications Assistant
• Corporate Card Assistant
• Data Analyst (In various departments)
• Data Entry Assistant
• Desktop Publisher
• Driver
• Event and Conference Management Assistant
• Ethics Assistant
• Finance Assistant (In various departments)
• Fixed Assets Management Assistant
• Help Desk Assistant
• Human Resources Assistant (In various HR positions)
• Information Technology Assistant
• Information Security Assistant
• Insurance Assistant
• Language Services Assistant (Interpretation, Translation)
• Learning and Development Assistant
• Legal Assistant
• Medical Services: Midwife, Nurse, Laboratory Assistant etc.
• Office Clerk
• Operations Assistant (Support in various departments).
• Portfolio Data Analyst (Support in various departments)
• Procurement/Contracts Assistant
• Project Assistant (Support in various departments)
• Protocol Assistant
• Records Management and Archives Assistant
• Research Assistant
• Secretarial Services
• Security Assistant
• Statistics & Research Assistant
• Team and Unit Assistant (Support in various departments)
• Travel Assistant
• Training Assistant
• Treasury Assistant
• Web Design Assistant
• Others (please specify)

The Bank aims to recruit candidates who possess the relevant academic background/training, experience, and in-depth technical knowledge in the required disciplines.

Learn about the short term service staff in the Bank

• Overview
• Eligibility requirements
• Selection process
• Terms and conditions of employment
• How to apply
• Apply(link is external)