Project Assistant (
Closing Date: May 14, 2026
Details of the Post
THE ROLE
Reporting to the Division Chiefs, Unit Heads and/or Project Team Leads as appropriate, the Project Assistant provides administrative, coordination, and technical support to the effective implementation, supervision, and monitoring of assigned projects. The role ensures the timely delivery of project activities through accurate documentation, efficient logistics, systematic tracking of deliverables, and compliance with CDB policies and procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Project Assistant will be required to:
- Support activities and production of documents related to the preparation and approval of Project Leads and Opportunities assigned to the Division’s pipeline.
- Review project documentation to ensure quality of final product and accurate application of CDB Guidelines.
- Support appraisal and supervision missions, including coordination of meetings and mission-related activities, document agreed actions and deliverables arising from mission and stakeholders engagements, and track agreed deliverables.
- Manage logistical arrangements for project events, workshops, meetings, and mission travel.
- Prepare meeting materials and basic data visualisations to support project monitoring and reporting.
- Support the preparation of procurement documents, project briefs, back-to-office reports, and aide-mémoires and track deliverables arising from supervision reports, identifying pending deadlines and communicating accordingly with the project team leaders, the Division Chief and the project team, as needed.
- Serve as an information support resource for project-related queries.
- Support project teams in maintaining accurate and up-to-date project documentation within the Bank’s project cycle management system and SharePoint, in accordance with CDB’s records management standards.
- From time to time, perform additional duties directly related to the administrative, coordination, monitoring, and project support functions of the role. These tasks will complement existing responsibilities (such as document preparation, tracking of timelines, records management, communication support, and logistical coordination).
Notice expires at 11:59pm on Thursday May 14th, 2026