Project Officer (Urban Development)

Job Vacancy | Thursday, May 29, 2025

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• Reference Number 250456 Position Level TL5 Department Sectors Department 2 Division Water and Urban Development Sector Office Location Nepal Resident Mission Date Posted Thursday, May 29, 2025 Closing Date Friday, June 13, 2025 11:59 p.m. (2359 Manila Time, 0800 GMT)

  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 of Project Officer (Urban Development) is assigned in the Water and Urban Development Sector Office (SD2-WUD) within the Sectors Department 2 (SD2). SD2 aims to deliver impactful sector strategy, initiatives, and integrated solutions that advance ADB’s strategic agenda in the region. SD2, which is comprised of the Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, SD2-WUD, and the Digital Sector Office: delivers or supports sovereign, non-sovereign, and advisory operations; delivers knowledge services; supports regional departments (RDs) and resident missions (RMs) in engaging with ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs); and ensures ADB’s technical leadership internally and externally.

  SD2-WUD leads policy development and dialogue, knowledge management, project quality assurance, sector analytic work, and loan and technical assistance (TA) processing and administration in the water and urban development sectors. You will be based at our Nepal Resident Mission in Kathmandu.

  You will have a primary reporting line to the designated Technical International staff or Director, SD2-WUD on operational and policy-related matters and have a matrix reporting line to the Country Director, NRM on day-to-day administrative matters.

  The selected candidate will be appointed with the title, \"Project Officer\".

  Your Role

  As a Project Officer (Urban Development), you will lead or contribute to the processing and administration of assigned loans, grants, and TAs, and urban development work, covering both public and private sector operations. You will contribute to capacity building and knowledge work, handle project administration and portfolio management, and effectively liaise with government and development partner counterparts in resolving project and urban sector-related issues.

  You will:

• Administer loans and grants and implement TAs in the WUD sector in the country, or in neighboring countries as required, by actively taking initiative and responsibility to engage with NRM and ADB Headquarters (HQ), government agencies, development partners (DPs), private sector partners, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

You will need:

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.

Additional Information

This appointment is open to internal and external applicants.

Selected applicants will be subject to a one-year probationary period.

This opening is a local staff position. It is open only to nationals and residents of Nepal

This is a fixed term appointment with option to renew, initially for a period of up to 3 years, or up to the Normal Retirement Date (NRD), whichever comes earlier, for the purpose(s) and conditions determined by ADB, in accordance with Administrative Order No. 2.01 (Recruitment and Appointment). After the initial fixed-term period, ADB may choose to renew the appointment for up to an additional 3 years or not renewed. This decision will be made in the overall interest of ADB, based on factors including but not limited to the requirement of Staff’s particular blend of skills and experience for the medium-term work program of the organizational unit, sufficient funding to cover the renewed period, and Staff’s performance and suitability for employment. There is no limit to the number of renewals up to NRD. However, this appointment is not convertible to a regular appointment.

About Us

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines and is composed of 69 members, 50 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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