A Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, you will contribute and lead in the formulation and articulation of policy, strategies, projects and programs on agriculture and agribusiness development, agri-food system transformation, and natural resources management in developing member countries (DMCs). You will lead in identifying, developing, processing, implementing and administering loans, grants, TA projects, and provide relevant stakeholders with necessary technical supports and knowledge.
Responsibilities :
Lead the assessment of AFNR sector development policies, strategies, and programs with a view of ensuring comparability to international best practices, smart solutions and technological advances, climate needs, and responsiveness to emerging development needs of DMCs.
Based on country dialogues, identify AFNR sector investment opportunities.
Introduce effective solutions and identify appropriate modalities for ADB's assistance to DMCs.
Lead preparation, processing, and administration of regional and DMC specific loans, grants, and TAs in any of the following areas: agriculture and agribusiness development, natural resources management, integrated rural development, and agri-food system transformation.
Lead conduct of policy dialogue with senior government officials and development partners to leverage policy, regulatory and institutional reforms in the AFNR sector.
Represent AFNR and contribute to the development of Country Partnership Strategies and country operation review missions.
Identify and introduce innovative solutions in specific loans, grants, and TAs to address food-climate-nature nexus and enhance climate resilience, and scale up cross-sector approach to promote agri-food system transformation and enhance food and nutrition security for replication in AFNR sector and beyond.
Develop AFNR sector country assessment, strategy, and road map.
Work with regional and subregional agriculture and natural resource management programs and country teams to integrate regional initiatives into country strategy and pipelines.
Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with external partners (e.g., development partners, universities, international organizations, and private sector entities) related to agri-food system transformation and natural resource management for knowledge and project opportunities and fully use the strategic partnerships to generate new project ideas.
Represent ADB and participate in government and development partners' meetings and working groups and other events on AFNR for knowledge sharing and coordinating and promoting ADB's AFNR initiatives.
Generate and disseminate knowledge solutions from ADB operations, international best practices, and country or region-specific cross-learning in the AFNR sector.
Lead relevant in-house studies and knowledge generating and sharing activities and prepare knowledge products, reports, or policy briefs.
Requirements :
Master's degree or equivalent in engineering, food and agriculture sciences, economics or related fields or University degree and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.
At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in IFIs, UN organizations, or development partners in operations, strategy, finance, or related fields in Asia.
Additional experience in corporate lending, investment banking or private equity in the agriculture and natural resources sector would be a bonus
Excellent financial modelling, corporate and project finance, and other core investment and project design and management skills
Extensive knowledge and operation experience in developing sovereign and private sector projects in the agriculture and natural resources sector
International experience working in several countries
Written and verbal proficiency in English.
Please refer to the link of ADB Competency Framework for Technical International Staff Level TI2.
