Legal Consultants – Support to Staff Appeals Committee (SNAC) Tender, Cote d'Ivoire - 25745591

Procurement Summary

Country : Cote d'Ivoire

Summary : Legal Consultants – Support to Staff Appeals Committee (SNAC)

Deadline : 24 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25745591

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Competition : ICB

Financier : African Development Bank (AfDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Mr. Ousman A.S. Jammeh Secretary, Staff Appeals Committee, SNAC. Rue Joseph Anoma, Plateau 01 BP 1387, Abidjan 01 Tel: (+225) 20 26 15 42
Cote d'Ivoire
Email :o.jammeh@afdb.org / s.nyairo@afdb.org

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Legal Consultants (Individuals) – Support to Staff Appeals Committee (SNAC).

1. The African Development Bank (the “Bank”) hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following assignment: “Legal Consultants (Individuals) – Support to Staff Appeals Committee (SNAC)”.

2. Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting 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 the financial and technical support for transformative interventions that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In addition to providing finance, the Bank is Africa's voice on global economic, financial and development issues, a role that has taken significant importance in light of increasing global integration and interconnected risks.

The Staff Appeals Committee is part of the Bank’s internal recourse mechanism with a specific task of ensuring fairness in dealing with various staff grievances especially those relating to their contracts of employment and terms of appointment. These include disputes relating to employment benefits, career development, performance evaluations, probation management, termination and non-renewal of employment contracts among other things.

The Staff Appeals Committee complements the work of both informal and the only formal and binding recourse mechanism, the Administrative Tribunal.

3. The main objective of this assignment is to provide urgent support to the Secretariat of Staff Appeals Committee (SNAC) in the delivery of its work program, especially as regards the review of submissions to ensure they comply with statute, organization of appeal sittings, analysis of evidence, facts and documents, reporting on results of the arbitration process, providing advice and guidance on Rules, Regulations and practice and procedure to achieve the timely resolution of employment disputes.

In this regard, SNAC is seeking upto 2 legal consultants who will work under the direct supervision and guidance of the Secretary to the Staff Appeals Committee and the Chairperson of the Committee, supporting SNAC as follows:

• Conduct a review and/or appraisal of new and ongoing appeals by ensuring compliance with the Bank’s Staff Regulations, Rules and the Committee’s Rules of Procedure;

• Review written exchanges to ensure internal consistency with the existing Staff Rules and Rules of Procedure of SNAC and provide guidance and advise to parties or their legal counsel on processes and procedure of SNAC;

• Prepare under the supervision of the Secretary of SNAC meetings of the Committee, including Preliminary Meetings to deal with issues about the Committee’s jurisdictional competence, admissibility and disclosure requests;

• Conduct research into the jurisprudence and decisions of the Bank’s Administrative Tribunal, law of the international civil service and internal laws of the Bank;

• Carry out legal analysis, review documents, and draft summary notes consistent with the internal justice system of the Bank and international best practice;

• Prepare technical reports and briefing notes for the Chair and Members of the
Committee;
• Follow-up of institutional commitments by ensuring and reminding stakeholders of
timeliness;
• Participate in the execution of special assignments like inductions; and
• Undertake other assignments as may be requested by the Secretary or the
Chairperson.
The Consultant will be housed in the SNAC Secretariat Office and will report to the Secretary
to the Staff Appeals Committee and when necessary, to the Chairperson or the Alternate
Chairperson. Expected deliverables include reports and briefing notes related to the abovementioned
tasks. A monthly report on activities and assignments carried out during the
period. A final report at the end of the assignment on activities conducted, pending cases
and their statuses.
4. The Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the
above-described services. The selection criteria are the following:
• At least a Master’s degree in Law, or a first university degree plus a relevant combination
of academic qualification in law e.g. Juris Doctor (JD).
• Possession of a Certificate of Legal Practice in good standing in a Member Country will
be an advantage
• Preferably at least five (5) years of relevant professional experience, preferably with an
established international law firm, or an international financial institution with proven
technical competence and experience in development law, international law,
administrative law or specialized knowledge of institutional and employment law or
registry work in International Tribunals.
• Excellent drafting, analytical and editing skills
• Ability to work both independently, with minimum supervision and with teams
• Good organizational skills with ability to prioritize and deliver assignments in a timely
manner
• Good analytical skills with ability to quickly review documents and prepare briefing notes
highlighting key issues with ability to explain complex legal issues to non-lawyers
• Ability to apply innovative approaches, work independently and apply new methods to
solve problems
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of internal justice processes of international institutions would be an
advantage
• Competent in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and
web tools)
• Fluent in French or English, with preferably a working knowledge of the other language
5. The selection of the consultants shall be made in conformity with the Bank’s procedures for
the acquisition of consulting services funded by the administrative or capital expenditure
budget. The African Development Bank Group is under no obligation to shortlist any
individual consultant who expresses interest. It is expected that interested individual
consultants shall already be registered or register in the Bank’s DACON System for
consultants. The link to the relevant registration is http://dacon.afdb.org/dacon/.
6. The estimated duration of services is six (6) months renewable (conditioned on continued
need for services and availability of budget) from the date of assumption of duties and the
estimated starting date is September 17, 2018 or sooner. The remuneration will be an allinclusive
fee to be negotiated upon contract signature, and in compliance with the Bank’s
established remuneration scale considering requisite qualifications and experience.
7. A shortlist of individual consultants will be established at the end of the request of
expressions of interest. The CVs received from candidates will be evaluated on the basis of
the following criteria:
a) General qualifications and suitability for the assignment: 30%
b) Relevant experience in the area of expertise of the assignment: 50%
c) Experience with the Bank and/or multilateral development banks: 10%
d) Language proficiency: 10%
8. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during
the Bank’s working hours:
Mr. Ousman A.S. Jammeh
Secretary, Staff Appeals Committee, SNAC.
African Development Bank
Rue Joseph Anoma, Plateau
01 BP 1387, Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: (+225) 20 26 15 42
E-mail: o.jammeh@afdb.org
9. Candidates interested should confirm their immediate availability and submit (i) an updated
and detailed Curriculum Vitae with (ii) a statement not exceeding 1, 000 words, stating their
relevant experience and their capacity to perform the required services no later than Friday,
24 August, 2018 at 18:00 hours (Abidjan Local Time) and mention “Expression of
Interest for “Legal Consultant –Support to Staff Appeals Committee (SNAC)” to the
following three (3) e-mail addresses:
o.jammeh@afdb.org; and
s.nyairo@afdb.org;

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