Full vacancy title: 2025 Internship Program –
Session 2
Location: Selected candidates will be deployed
in various Departments at Headquarters (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire), Bank’s
Regional and Country Offices. However, selected interns will perform their
internship either remotely or on-site depending on the needs of their respective
hiring units.
Position Grade:
Position Number:
Posting Date: 16-May-2025
Closing Date: 31-May-2025
THE BANK:
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 81 member states, including 54
in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development agenda is
delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that
will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic
growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten-Year Strategy (2023
– 2032) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas, all of which
will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up,
namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the
quality of life for the people of Africa. The Internship program is part of a
wider Talent Management Framework which facilitates the Bank to deliver on the
Ten-Year Strategy and the High 5s.
Participants in the Program are selected on a competitive basis, based on business needs of the Bank.
Objectives:
The broad objectives of the program are to:
- Provide
students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical
experience at the African Development Bank.
- 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 Bank.
The Fields of Study Required for the Internship:
- The
fields of study from which Interns shall be selected must be within the
Job Families of the Bank: Agriculture, Human Capital, Engineering,
Investment, Operations management & programming, Sustainability,
Procurement, Delivery & Performance Monitoring, Risk Management,
Finance, Capacity Development, Governance, Natural Resource and Knowledge
Management, Economics, Statistics and Data Management, Human Resources
Management, Information Management Technology, Real Estate Management and
Services, Translation and Interpretation, Communication, Legal, Corporate
Governance & Advisory Functions or any other field of study that the
Bank may deem relevant to its operations.
- Special
consideration shall be given to students who are working on projects which
have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.
Timeline for Session 2 of the 2025 Internship Program:
Session 2 of the 2025 Internship Program will commence
in July 2025.
Terms and Conditions:
- Internships
shall be granted to each candidate for a period not less than
three (3) months and not more than six (6) months. The internship is
authorized only once for any candidate.
- Selected
interns will perform their internship either remotely or on-site depending
on the needs of their respective hiring units. Remote interns are expected
to have access to a personal computer, reliable internet connection and a
conducive living environment that facilitates smooth and uninterrupted
remote working.
- On-site
interns shall be responsible for their air travel (in case of) to and from
the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
- The
Bank will use reasonable efforts to assist the concerned interns in
obtaining their entry and residence visas.
- Eligible
Interns will benefit from a medical insurance coverage paid by the Bank
during the period of their internship.
- Eligible
interns will be provided with a monthly stipend.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be eligible for internship, applicants must meet the
following criteria:
- Must
have attained the age of majority in their country of nationality or
origin and be not more than Thirty (30) years old at the time of
commencement of the internship program.
- Be
currently enrolled in a master’s level degree program in a recognized
public or private educational institution of higher learning.
- The
candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having
obtained such a degree.
- Be
nationals of the member Countries of the African Development Bank.
- Provide
a letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the
above-mentioned Degree. Applicants must be fluent in at least one of the
Banks’s two working languages (English or French).
- Be
able to use the Bank’s standard software packages (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access); knowledge of SAP is desirable.
Strategic Focus areas:
The specific disciplines and specialist professional areas
are aligned to the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and the gender
strategy. In addition to the fields that are in the job families of the
Bank, focus will be on the following areas:
- Agriculture
- Human
Capital
- Engineering
- Investment
- Operations
management & programming
- Sustainability
- Procurement
- Delivery
& Performance Monitoring
- Risk
Management
- Finance
- Capacity
Development
- Governance,
Natural Resource and Knowledge Management
- Economics,
Statistics and Data Management
- Human
Resources Management
- Information
Management Technology
- Real
Estate Management and Services
- Translation
and Interpretation
- Communication
- Legal
- Corporate
Governance & Advisory Functions or any other field of study that the
Bank may deem relevant to its operations
Application Procedure:
Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online
complete application and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV).
The Bank runs two (2) internship sessions per year. The
selection process for session 1 of the 2025 Internship Program has been
completed and selected interns are onboard. This announcement is for session 2
of the 2025 Internship Program, which will commence in July 2025.
The announcement for session 1 of the 2026 Internship
Program will be made in October 2025 and selected interns will commence in
January 2026.