Join Our Mission to Foster Prosperity in Asia
Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the future of Asia and be a catalyst for positive change? We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity to become an important part of the prestigious Asian Development Bank (ADB). At ADB, our mission is simple yet powerful: to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationship
The position is assigned in the Office of the Director General (PAOD) within the Pacific Department (PARD). PARD is responsible for maintaining client relations, delivering ADB assistance to countries in the Pacific region, and coordinating with development partners. PAOD provides overall support to the PARD management in terms of programming, portfolio management, results monitoring, budget, human resources and other administrative matters, and implementation of ADB’s long-term strategic framework to deliver projects that create economic and development impact in the region. You will be based at our Headquarters in Manila, Philippines.

Your Role
As an Associate Programs Analyst, you will coordinate the department’s operational activities relating to project processing; consolidate and analyze information/data across the divisions; ensure the integrity of PARD’s project processing data in Sov Ops/e Operations and perform a range of statistical and analytical support to the functions of overall program and resource monitoring, including country programming, project and technical assistance (TA) processing, and monitoring.

You will:

• Monitor progress in the preparation of the Pacific Department’s (PARD) country partnership strategies (CPS) and regional cooperation strategy (RCS). Assist in the coordination and preparation of pipeline and processing-related data for the Work Program and Budget Framework. Assist in the monitoring of indicative country resources and technical assistance resources.

• Support with technical aspects of the work involving research and analytical requirements including reference to past papers, case files and Board documents, to identify precedents, policies and other information. Provide support to country teams in the preparation of statistical tables relating to lending and technical assistance operations.

• Monitor the progress and status of loan and TA projects under processing with particular attention to processing milestones and financing arrangements. Extract, and critically review downloaded project processing reports for PARD from the Operations Dashboard, which covers all of PARD operations and serve as a main work program monitoring mechanism, involving intensive coordination among PARD headquarters divisions and field offices (FOs).

• Assist in preparing inputs for the quarterly Operations Review Meetings (ORMs); Management Committee Meetings (MCMs), and various ad hoc briefings and reports. Compile and analyze statistical data for the departmental key results areas (KRA) and ad-hoc reports required by PARD management.

• Compile, retrieve and analyze data on the Department’s loan and TA programs and assists in the review and monitoring of the status of loan and TA processing at the departmental and regional level to produce timely and accurate periodic reports, statistics and summaries relating to country programs.

• Function as the Sov Ops/e Operations departmental coordinator in reviewing and endorsing Sov Ops/e Operations-related requests. Monitor department-wide updating of processing data in Sov Ops/e Operations. Undertake accuracy check of Sov Ops/e Operations data and coordinates with the Information Technology Department on identifying and rectifying data integrity issues.

• Coordinate the Department’s management review meeting (MRM) and Board approval schedules, and serve as the focal point for the Department, liaising between PARD project teams and Management offices, specifically Office of the Vice-President, East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific (VPR2) and Office of the Secretary (OSEC) to organize PARD’s MRM and Board schedules.

• Assist in the quality control of CPS and RCS by ensuring accuracy of pipeline-related data, clarity, consistency, completeness and conformity with ADB guidelines.

• Performs other tasks as and when assigned, and as reflected in the incumbent’s work plan.
  

Qualifications

You will need:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, business administration, or related fields.

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience

• Good knowledge of new business processes for project processing and project administration activities.

• Ability to undertake background research and analysis on difficult but well-defined tasks, collect and organize required data and information, and prepare notes, papers and sections of reports.

• Ability to quickly understand interactions between different work areas and relevant workflows and their purposes.

• Good analytical thinking with ability to make simple causal links, pro-and-con lists and analyses to reach a decision; and set priorities for tasks in order of importance.

• Ability to liaise and work effectively with other staff within own work location and with colleagues throughout ADB.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Administrative Staff Level 6.

Benefits

ADB offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. The salary will be based on ADB’s standards and comparator markets, taking into account your qualifications and experience.

• Paid leave (including parental)

• Medical and health benefits

• Life and other insurance plans

• Staff development

• Retirement plan

• Housing and education allowance (if applicable)

• Expatriate benefits (for international staff)

Additional Information

Staff on probation are not eligible to apply. Applicants for promotion must have served at their position for at least one year and must have normally served at their personal level for at least two years immediately preceding the date of the vacancy closing date. Applicants for lateral transfer must have served at their position and personal level for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the vacancy closing date (reference A.O. 2.03, paragraphs 5.8 and 5.9).
ADB will be rolling-out a new job grading structure on 1 January 2025, which may result in a change of the position grade and title with no change in the terms of reference. By proceeding with your application, you acknowledge and accept the possibility of such changes resulting from the new job grading structure.

About Us

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines and is composed of 68 members, 49 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. ADB combines finance, knowledge, and partnerships to fulfill its expanded vision under its Strategy 2030.

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