{International Cocoa Initiative (ICI),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) seeks a Community Development Assistant to support its operations to improve the lives of children in cocoa growing communities. JOB FUNCTION Under the supervision of the ICI National Coordinator and in close collaboration with the Programme Associate, the Community Development Assistant will be responsible for initiating, executing, monitoring, collecting data and reporting on interventions related to the empowerment of communities and the protection of children within them.

Job Description

Activity planning & management:

•   Assist the Programme Associate with the planning of activities for communities within the Amenfi West, Amenfi Central, Akontombra and Sefwi Wiawso Districts in the Western Region.
•   Support communities in these Districts in the execution of their Community Action Plans (CAPs) to ensure that activities are implemented well and on schedule;
•   Monitor activities in the communities.
•   Discuss community response to project activities and re-plan to avoid community fatigue;
•   Prepare activity reports, success stories, documenting best practices and other necessary materials from implementation of activities in the communities and facilitate their dissemination to the relevant partners and beneficiaries.

Training and capacity development:

•   Provide relevant capacity development for community groups including the Community Child Protection Committees in the performance of their tasks;
•   Arrange and undertake relevant trainings on resource mobilisation, CAP monitoring, CAP assessment and review, mainstreaming CAPs into district development plans and any other relevant training that promotes the use of CAPs.

Reporting

•   Prepare monitoring reports in accordance with ICI’s reporting frameworks;
•   Make recommendations for improvement of activities in the communities, including within ICI’s other projects;
•   Support preparation of reports, brochures and other communication materials of ICI and their dissemination.

Financial management

•   Prepare financial reports from project activities;
•   Support the ICI Finance Associate to prepare financial reports using ICI’s financial reporting formats.

Collaboration and communication

Collaborate with the community and district-based stakeholders including District Assemblies for successful implementation of the project activities and achievement of the CAPs.

Applicant must have

•   Knowledge of the concepts of child protection and child labour including its causes, dimensions and effects;
•   Knowledge of international and national laws and policies on child labour;
•   A strong knowledge of the cocoa sector;
•   Knowledge of data collection and analysis;
•   Skills and proven experience in programme development and monitoring, report preparation and knowledge documentation;
•   Experience of partnership development;
•   Experience in working at community level;
•   Experience in preparing and facilitating training;
•   Very strong written and verbal communications skills in English;
•   Have good people management skills;
•   Be able to initiate action at short notice, produce high quality results and able to work independently, as well as be a good team player;
•   Be competent in Office Suites (Word, Excel, Power Point, conversant with using the internet).

Qualification Required & Experience:

Applicant must have:

•   A Bachelor’s Degree in Planning or Social Sciences.
•   At least 4 years working experience in the development or social sector.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

The position  is foreseen to be based  in Accra (possibly subject to change in the future)  and will involve extensive travel to Amenfi West, Amenfi Central, Akontombira and Sefwi Wiawso Districts in the Western Region.

LANGUAGES

•   Fluency in written and spoken English, and a Ghanaian language preferably Twi.

Indicative starting date: April, 2014. This is a one year initial contract with a possibility of renewal.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

TO APPLY FOR THE POST

•   An application letter stating the skills that you would bring to the post and your motivation
•   Your CV/résumé including names and contacts of at least two referees (no photographs, please).
•   Writing sample.

Send application documents to:-

o.dadebo@cocoainitiative.org

Closing Date: 20 March, 2014

Please send only Word documents with the titles “<your name > cover letter” and “<your name > CV”. Please put “Community Development Assistant” in the email subject line.

{Management Sciences for Health (MSH),Greater Accra Volta Western Central and Northern,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and provide organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 35 country offices and the US, our staff from more than 74 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

MSH seeks Regional Coordinators for a five-year USAID Health Systems Strengthening project that will support equitable improvement in health status in Ghana.

•   The project will be managed from Accra, and will work at national, regional and district levels, with implementation in five regions. Regional coordinators will be hired for 5 regions: Western, Central, Greater Accra, Northern, Volta.
•   Each Regional Coordinator will represent the office in the specified region.
•   S/he will be the point person to coordinate and implement activities.
•   S/he will supervise the regional office staff and oversee the administrative, financial and logistic function of the regional office.

Specific Responsibilities

•   Manage the day to day functions of the regional office (administrative, financial and logistic)
•   Work closely with the teams at the Accra office with the implementation of activities at regional level
•   Participate in the implementation of the work plan activities at regional level
•   Facilitate communication between the regional office and the Accra office
•   Represent the project during work groups at community level and with the staff at the primary health facilities
•   Act as the focal liaison person between the regional offices and the Accra office
•   Report on the activities of the regional office, in a timely manner

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Degree in relevant field, such as medicine, management or education
•   Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role, preferably on a United States Government-funded project
•   Prior experience working in the Ghanaian health system is preferred
•   Excellent planning, management and organisational skills
•   Proven leadership skills, including effective skills in developing interpersonal relationships, negotiations and conflict management
•   Proven ability to develop effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels
•   Strong verbal and written English communication skills

This position is contingent upon project award and funding.

Location: Greater Accra, Volta, Western, Central and Northern

How To Apply For The Job

Please send CV / resumes to: Mr Austine Felix:-

afelix@msh.org

Closing Date: 18 March, 2014

{Management Sciences for Health (MSH),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and provite organisations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 35 country offices and the US, our staff from more than 74 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, intergrity and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

MSH seeks a Development Communications And Community Mobilisation Advisor for a five-year USAID Health Systems Strengthening project that will support equitable improvement in health status in Ghana. The project will be managed from Accra, and will work at national, regional and district levels, with implementation in five regions.

Overall Responsibilities

•   The Development Communications And Community Mobilisation Advisor will be located in the Accra office, but will travel extensively among the regions
•   S/he provides high quality support for presentations and written communications for USAID and stakeholders at all levels
•   S/he will provide leadership and technical assistance in community mobilisation initiatives to implement better public health services to members of the served communities
•   The advisor work closely with community leaders and health service providers to promote their active partcipation at all levels in strengthening linkages with counterparts at regional and district levels of government as well as other key stakeholders on mobilization initiatives.

Specific Responsibilties

•   Work closely with the Chief of Party (COP) and Deputy Chief of Party to ensure the Systems for Health Project and its successes and lessons learned are widely visible and utilized.
•   Provide technical and management support and oversight to the project’s Regional Coordinators
•   Ensure effective and efficient channels of communication among the various levels and pieces of the project (e.g. National, Regional, District and Community)
•   Provide overall strategic communications guidance to the project and is responsible for collecting and disseminating best practices, especially in the area of successful implementation of Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) models, and facilitating this sharing for the sake of adoption and scale up at a National level and in Regions additional to USAID’s 5 focus regions
•   S/he will be responsible for designing and implementing a strategic plan for raising the awareness of and replication of evidence-based strategies and best practices among districts and regions, as well as managing important partnerships
•   At the District and Community mobilization partner and work with local leaders, District Assemblies and District Health Management Teams (DHMT), as well as community voluntees in efforts to inform community members and households about family planning, maternal, neonatal and child health, nutrition, and malaria prevention / treatment and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and their importance to their health at service sites
•   Liaise and coordinate closely with USAID’s communications platform for the production and replication of Behavioral Change Communications and Information / Education / Communication materials (IEC) materials
•   As the work for systems for Health is highly decentralized, they are expected to work closely with the COP and Deputy COP and provide high quality support for presentations and written communications with USAID and a variety of stakeholders at all levels

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Must have at least a Master’s degree in relevant discipline and at least 10 years of demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation of large-scale development programs
•   Previous experience managing a rigorous M&E system, including a strong focus on gender, is necessary
•   Knowledge of data collection protocols to ensure accurate data collection and verification is essential, as well as an ability to identify data trends and communicate this information to allow for changes in program implementation
•   Extraordinary verbal and written communication skills to manage project communications and disseminate project information are required
•   Strong written and oral presentation skills in English
•   Past experience leading and building the capacity of M&E officers, including remote, field-based staff, to meet program needs and deliverables in desired
•   Experience with USAID programs / projects strongly preferred.
•   Experience in Ghana strongly preferred
•   Willingness to travel within Ghana as needed

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please send CV / resumes to: Mr Austine Felix:-

afelix@msh.org

Closing Date: 18 March, 2014

{Management Sciences for Health (MSH),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health by helping public and provide organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 35 country offices and the US, our staff from more than 74 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity and commitment to making a lasting difference in health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

MSH seeks a Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor for a five-year USAID Health Systems Strengthening project that will support equitable improvement in health status in Ghana. The project will be managed from Accra, and will work at national, regional and district levels, with implementation in five regions.

Overall Responsibilities

•   The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will oversee the monitoring and evaluation system for reporting progress, and maintain reporting procedures and guidelines in compliance with USAID systems.
•   The Senior M&E Advisor will be expected to develop a strong monitoring and evaluation plan consistent with the USAID results framework, coordinate the collection of data including conducting field visits for data validation, monitor the quality and completeness of data sets, contribute to the development of the programme and document project performance against established outputs and indicators.
•   S/he will also be responsible for building the capacity of the government of Ghana and other stakeholders in the collection, utilisation and dissemination of data as well as ensuring that all monitoring and data collection activities are harmonised and information is shared.
•   S/he will also assist the Ministry of Health (MOH) to monitor programmes and assess the robustness of implementing organisations data collection and M&E mechanisms

Specific Responsibilities

•   Design and implement the Project’s M&E system, including the development of indicators, setting targets, monitoring project progress, ensuring timely data collection, writing quarterly and annual reports, amd liaising with the project financial team to track the budget in relation to all project results and outcomes
•   Analyse data collected to assess progress and identify areas for improvement
•   Provide regularly updated reports on the status of implementation against the project goals and objectives to the Chief of Party, USAID and other programme managers as required
•   Collaborate with the project team in identifying project activities, processes and/or outcomes that are worthy of documentation and design a system for capturing lessons learned and best practices
•   Build capacity of the Government of Ghana M&E officers including remote, field-based staff, to meet programme needs and deliverables
•   Adhere to MSH procurement integrity and institutional standards and procedures in all project management responsibilities
•   Provides technical inputs to the technical team in order to assist in developing programme goals and objectives as well as M&E tools and strategies and provides monitoring data to strategically inform the decisions on project performance and future direction to the project

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Must have at least a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline and at least 10 years of demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation of large-scale development programmes
•   Previous experience managing a rigorous M&E system, including a strong focus on gender, is necessary
•   Knowledge of data collection protocols to ensure accurate data collectin and verification is essential, as well as an ability to identify data trends and communicate this information to allow for changes in programme implementation
•   Extraordinary verbal and written communication skills to manage project communications and disseminate project information are required
•   Strong written and oral presentation skills in English
•   Past experience leading and building the capacity of M&E officers, including remote, field-based staff, to meet programme needs and deliverables is desired
•   Experience with USAID programmes / projects strongly preferred
•   Experience in Ghana strongly preferred
•   Willingness to travel within Ghana as needed

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please send CV / resumes to: Mr Austine Felix:-

afelix@msh.org

Closing Date: 18 March, 2014

{Confidential,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

Job Description

•   Under the overarching leadership of the COP and DCOP, the Senior FP/RH Advisor will provide technical leadership, guidance, supervision and support for designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the FP/RH portfolio. Specific roles and responsibilities will include:
•   Serve as lead technical advisor for FP/RH strategic planning and workplan development, including adolescent and young adult FP/RH
•   In collaboration with project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) officers, develop and monitor implementation of M&E plan for FP/RH, ensuring quality monthly, quarterly and annual reporting as required
•   In partnership with the GHS and its in-service training plans and guidelines, build-capacity of health workers at all levels to provide quality FP/RH services
•   Serve on national stakeholder working groups that address and advocate for FP/RH policy reform, funding and knowledge management
•   Support recruitment of and supervision other technical staff working on FP/RH
•   Coordinate documentation of lessons learned and best practices ; contribute to quality improvement efforts using FP/RH data for program improvement
•   Ensure understanding and compliance with established administrative processes , as well as all USAID FP/RH policies and guidelines, among staff
•   Contribute to budget exercises and expense tracking for FP/RH activities.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   7 years of experience designing, implementing and managing family planning and reproductive health projects and activities in developing or middle income countries.
•   Masters Degree in health or social sciences, or a related advanced degree relevant to the field of public health (e.g., nursing, midwifery, medicine).
•   Strong leadership skills and demonstrated experience in demand creation, and managing and improving family planning/reproductive health services.
•   Experience managing improvement interventions and technical/institutional capacity building programs primarily through a technical assistance approach.

Demonstrated experience interacting with local NGOs, Ghana Health Service (including CHPS), international donor agencies

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Qualified candidate should send their resumes to:

urcghanajobs@gmail.com

Closing Date: 21 March, 2014

{International Relief and Development (IRD),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

International Relief and Development (IRD) Inc., is a non-profit organization specializing in international development and humanitarian assistance in over 40 countries. IRD works with a wide range of partners ID design and implement programs in the areas of health, economic development, relief, infrastructure, civil society and food security.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Minimum of 5 years of experience on gender issues across the various regions of Ghana.
•   She/he will have worked to ensure community development activities acknowledge and address gender challenges.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please email your CV, clearly specifying in the subject of your email the position for which you are interested in to:-

irdghana@irdglobal.org  

Closing Date: 31 March, 2014

{International Relief and Development (IRD),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

International Relief and Development (IRD) Inc., is a non-profit organization specializing in international development and humanitarian assistance in over 40 countries. IRD works with a wide range of partners ID design and implement programs in the areas of health, economic development, relief, infrastructure, civil society and food security.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   At least 7 years of experience directing M&E activities for health projects.
•   She/he should have experience designing M&E systems, identifying appropriate indicators for programs; experience with PMPs with USAID-funded projects an asset

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please email your CV, clearly specifying in the subject of your email the position for which you are interested in to:-

irdghana@irdglobal.org  

Closing Date: 31 March, 2014

{International Relief and Development (IRD),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

International Relief and Development (IRD) Inc., is a non-profit organization specializing in international development and humanitarian assistance in over 40 countries. IRD works with a wide range of partners ID design and implement programs in the areas of health, economic development, relief, infrastructure, civil society and food security.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Minimum of ten years of experience in the WASH sector in Ghana as well experience working for international NGOs and with USAID.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please email your CV, clearly specifying in the subject of your email the position for which you are interested in to:-

irdghana@irdglobal.org  

Closing Date: 31 March, 2014

{International Relief and Development (IRD),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,31 Mar-2014};

International Relief and Development (IRD) Inc., is a non-profit organization specializing in international development and humanitarian assistance in over 40 countries. IRD works with a wide range of partners ID design and implement programs in the areas of health, economic development, relief, infrastructure, civil society and food security.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Minimum of 5 years of experience designing capacity building plans at various levels from national to community; capacity building for sustainable program activities in health is a requirement

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please email your CV, clearly specifying in the subject of your email the position for which you are interested in to:-

irdghana@irdglobal.org  

Closing Date: 31 March, 2014