Participants in the program are selected on a competitive basis, based on the needs expressed by user departments.
Objectives:
The broad objectives of the program are to:
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Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
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Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.
However applicants should not expect the internship to lead to immediate employment with the AfDB.
Terms and conditions :
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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.
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Special
consideration shall be given to students who are working on projects
that have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.
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Internships
shall be performed either at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan (Côte
d’Ivoire) or in any one of the Bank’s field offices or Regional Centres.
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The program is annually run for two sessions as follows:
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Interns shall be responsible for their air travel (where applicable) to and from the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
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Interns sh all
be responsible for their medical insurance coverage and for obtaining
entry and residence visas in the host country of the Bank.
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The internship is authorized only once for any candidate .
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Eligible Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend , depending on the budget availability.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be eligible for internship, applicants must meet the following criteria:
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Students, aged between eighteen (18) to thirty (30) years, and currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s/Master’s level degree program or its equivalent in a recognized public or private institution of higher learning.
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The candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having obtained such a degree.
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Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the above mentioned Degree.
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Citizens of one of the Bank’s member countries.
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Applicants must be fluent in, at least, one of the Banks’s two working languages (English or French).
The
specific disciplines and specialist professional areas that are aligned
to the Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and the gender strategy of the Bank are
the following:
Economy: Development Research; Statistics
Operations I: Procurement & Fiduciary Services, Fragile States situations
Operations
II: Agriculture & Agro Industry; Human Development; Governance;
Water & Sanitation, Natural Resource Management
Operations III: Energy, Environment & Climate Change; Transport & ICT; Private Sector; Regional Integration and Trade
Strategy & Operational Policies
Results & Quality Assurance
Finance; Budget; Treasury; Resource Mobilization; Risk Management;Audit
General/Business Administration;
Human Resources Management
IT Services; IT Engineers; Security; IT Security
Protocol Services ; Langage Services
Communication & External Relations
Gender
Corporate Lawyers
Translation / Interpretation
Application Procedure:
Applicants will only be
considered if they submit an online complete application and attach a
comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV).
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