Recruitment of Project Managers Tender in Cote d'Ivoire - 27945801

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Country: Cote d'Ivoire

Summary: Recruitment of Project Managers

Deadline: 02 Nov 2018

Posting Date: 26 Oct 2018

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27945801

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Financier: African Development Bank (AfDB)

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Expression of Interest are invited for Recruitment of two Project Managers.

1. The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Recruitment of two Project Managers.

2. Under the execution of Bank IT Strategy, the Corporate Information Technology Services department (CHIS) is implementing set of key strategic programs for enabling and proving capability to the business. As a result, the projects under these programs are expected to bring significant improvements in terms of process automation & streamlining, performance, agility and flexibility to the business. The success of these projects are essential to the execution of the Bank’s long term strategy thru its new Development and Business Delivery Model (DBDM).

To that effect, CHIS is looking for an independent project management consultants to provide an effective project execution and management skills for the implementation of concerned projects. The consultant’s duties will include the following:

(i) LEADERSHIP and COMMUNICATION:

? Define, explain and maintain a high-level, longer-term view of the assigned projects' relationships with key strategic programs aligning with the IT Strategy of the Bank and other initiatives such as ERP SAP functional upgrade program and the like for process improving and streamlining

? Pprioritize trade-offs between on-time, on-scope, and on-quality or on-budget delivery of the projects under different programs.

? Creation & management of an appropriate project governance committees.

? Manage projects teams interpersonal relations to build rapport inside and outside the immediate project teams, motivate through leadership and mentor development of more-junior PMs

? Engage and manage concerned project teams and key stakeholders’ expectations in line with the Business Case, demonstrating where resource estimates support (or do not support) the plan

? Engagement and management of any third parties, within the confines of the project team execution plans

? Can drive Portfolio & Project Management (PPM) process implementation (for example, a progress-tracking process to enable better forecasting of resource availability)

? Implement formal communication plans through appropriate practice of communication and organization skills.

? Develop project communication material in order to deliver the appropriate information as required by different stakeholders during the projects lifecycle,

? Can identify the necessary level of project requirements definition for planning and scheduling purposes in collaboration with business Analysts

(ii) PLANNING

? Can manage above the single-project level (for example, can determine resource dependencies across multiple projects (programs).

? Confirmation of the precise project scope of the performance measures, business processes, functional modules, technical components (reports, interfaces, customisations, data conversions), user base and data to be covered

? Development and implementation of projects plans, communication plans with documentation showing approaches used within the duration of projects implementation periods

? Preparation and management of the project risk plans, issues, dependencies and project team actions, ensuring all aspects have a clear, named owner – with agreed dates
? Can determine whether advanced schedule calculations are needed – and can perform them (for example, determining schedule risk with optimistic, pessimistic and most likely times for tasks using PERT)

Work with technical domain experts, can estimate the project's effort from
functional requirements
? Skilled at developing project scheduling plans, via MS Project or other automated
management tools, and can analyze progress and trade-offs
(iii) PROBLEM SOLVING
? Capable to implement project change process, as appropriate for scope control and
change processes, and debate effectively for or against project changes, as
appropriate
? Preparation and management of the risk plan, issues, dependencies and project team
actions, ensuring all aspects have a clear, named owner – with agreed dates
? Facilitate team conflicts and issues resolution through leadership skills sufficiently
? Can work with business management on budgets when priority trade-offs may favor
on-time or on-scope delivery over on-budget

(iv) PROJECT EXECUTION, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING
? Effective project execution and management skills for the implementation of
concerned projects or separate modules
? Develop and review with the functional managers, for purpose of adoption, the
project management control mechanisms (Guidelines, KPI, report templates, etc.)
for the follow up of the projects, from the initiation through implementation and
completion phases.
? Preparation of normal PMO requirements (e.g. status reports, etc.) in conjunction
with the Business Sponsor
? Monitor, control and report progress of all assigned IT capital projects
? Perform risk assessments, identifying & registering risks facing concerned IT
projects during their implementations and propose mitigation measure to offset
these risks
? Can apply earned-value management techniques as needed, from "EVM Lite" up to
and including ANSI-standard EVM on large contract projects
? Can steer collaboration with contractors on projects (for example, from RFP
evaluation through acceptance), maintaining controls as required, and can
successfully confront contractor PMs as needed
? Conduct post project reviews, report findings with recommendations for
improvement
3. Required skills and qualifications:
? At least Master/Engineering degree or equivalent in computer sciences (or software
Engineering/ Business Analysis) with a significant experience in project management
skills.
? At least 05 years working experience in IT project management practice in general and
specifically with a significant implementation experience in different IT Platforms such
SAP, Oracle, .Net, IBM, etc., business analysis and other IT domains.,
? Require significant leadership, planning & communication and problem solving skills and
experience
? Professional certifications in project management such as Certifications PMP or Prince2,
plus good background in software development life cycle (SDLC), tools and project
planning software; the quality assurance process; and the change management and
deployment procedures and mechanisms for delivering new project systems.
? Skilled & experienced at managing interpersonal relations to build rapport inside and
outside the immediate project teams, motivate through leadership and mentor development
of more-junior PMs
? Excellent analytical skills and the capacity of reasoning.
? Good communications skills in written and oral in English or French, and the capacity to communicate easily the essential information in concise and clear manner,

? Working experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS project,
Visio, etc.)
? Negotiations skills. He/ She should have the capacity to adapt quickly, team-up easily with
others and build good relationship with project team members and managers,
? A working experience in a Bank and /or a multilateral institution would be a plus.
? A working experience in Microsoft Project Server PPM would be a plus.
4. The Corporate Information Technology Services Department (CHIS) invites Individual
Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested
Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating
their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience
in similar assignments, etc.).
5. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedures shall be in
conformity with the Bank’s procedures for the acquisition of consulting services funded by the
administrative or capital expenditure. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not
imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.
6. The estimated duration of services is 06 months (renewable) and the estimated starting date is
19 November 2018.
7. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during
the Bank’s working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 hours, Abidjan Local Time.
8. Expressions of interest must be received by email at the address below no later than Friday,
02 November 2018 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Project
Managers”.
For the attention of: IT Recruitment Team
African Development Bank
Corporate IT Services Department (CIMM)
Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387,
Abidjan, CÔTE d'IVOIRE
Tel: (+225) 20 26 22 61
Email: IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG
9. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORT LIST
8. A shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end the request of
expressions of interest. The consultants on the shortlist will be judged on the following criteria on
the basis of their updated resume.
Level of education in general 20%
Educational level compared to the field of mission 20%
Years of experience in general 20%
Number of years of experience relevant to the mission 40%

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