{Global Communities-Ghana,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Apr-2013};

Global Communities (formerly CHF International), an international non-profit organization with offices in 23 countries, works with a wide range of organizations to develop systems, policies and practices that increase access to economic opportunities, affordable housing and community services for low income communities.

Job Summary

Our mission as Global Communities (formerly CHF International) is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low and moderate income communities around the world, helping them to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.

Global Communities-Ghana is seeking a Project Director for a USAID urban water/sanitation project in Ghana. The objective of the program will be to increase equitable access to improved water supply and basic sanitation for poor urban communities in Ghana by promoting cooperative efforts between civil society organizations, local service providers, and government. Additionally, program activities will contribute to decreasing the prevalence of water-related diseases among the urban poor and improving local governance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Project Director will provide overall leadership and direction to all project staff, working under the supervision of Global Communities – Ghana Country Director.  The Project Director will be responsible for the development and implementation of programs to support equitable access to water supply and basic sanitation for the urban poor in Ghana. Activities will include working with service providers and building creative participatory relationships with civil society groups that can mobilize slum residents, progressive municipal governments, and private sector partners including micro-credit providers. In specific terms, the Project Director will be:

•  Responsible for the overall leadership, management and reporting on Global Communities’ and USAID’s WASH partnership;
•  Serve as the lead technical expert on Global Communities’ partnership activities on water and sanitation infrastructure development, including design, technical specifications, construction or rehabilitation, testing, operation and maintenance;
•  Responsible for planning and implementing the different components (improved access to safe water, safe sanitation, community governance, hygiene and water and sanitation business businesses) of the project;
•  Responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with USAID  and as well as needed government, private sector and community  key actors needed for smooth project implementation;
•  Review documentation of  consultants and contractors  as required for all aspects of the project;
•  Set up an M&E System, supervise and monitor field implementation of all activities.
•  Work with the program  team to identify key partners important to the design and implementation of the  project  and ensure they are involved in implementation;
•  Manage partner branding needs  on the project as well as assist in effective engagement with  key stakeholders;
•  Help build practical capacities of  technical teams and project  stakeholders as specified in the project document, for sustainability;
•  Interface with Government institutional partners and other NGO’s in the implementation of program activities;
•  Prepare and implement  a safety and environmental compliance strategy for  the project;
•  Ensure use of consistent criteria for technology selection, design standards, and costing standards across activities, in compliance with guidelines as set by recognized state institutions;
•  Schedule, attend and compile reports on and take corrective measures as well as present reports to the Country Director on construction site meetings, showing the  updates on status of  works;
•  Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports and plans for the partnership; and
•  Document all processes and outputs as well as lessons learnt on all activities and interventions.

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Technical experience in water/sanitation programming combined with innovative approaches to improving water and sanitation access among the urban poor.
•  Experience working and managing development projects in complex urban environments, preferably related to municipal service delivery, urban slum upgrading, community development, and/or local economic development.
•  Minimum of 7 years working experience in the WASH sector and good understanding of industry standards and trends.
•  Demonstrated knowledge and capacity to: address gender based constraints; effectively oversee performance monitoring plans; undertake participatory planning methods.
•  Technical managerial ability to design, implement, monitor and evaluate WASH projects in accordance with USAID policies, procedures, systems and guidelines.
•  Fluency in English, both written and oral, required.
•  Ability to represent Global Communities and to develop strong relationships with donors, the host government and community stakeholders.
•  Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Hydrology, Environmental Sanitation, or related field preferred.
•  Ghana or relevant West African experience highly preferred.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

We are requesting that qualified individuals provide their CVs as well as salary history and the names and email addresses of three references, preferably direct supervisors, to:-

contact@ghana.chfinternational.org

Closing Date:  19 April, 2013

Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

{British High Commission (BHC),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Apr-2013};

The British High Commission (BHC) Accra has a vacancy for an LEIII Migration Support Assistant.

Working to the regional Migration Delivery Officer (MDO), the job-holder will have responsibility for supporting the day to day administrative activities of the migration section.

The main elements of the job include:
1) Management of administrative/office work of the Migration Section, including the managing MDO’s appointment schedules:

•  Manage MDO’s calendar and meeting schedules- arranging meeting appointments between MDO & stakeholders.
•  Write minutes of meetings with action points.
•  Drafting letters
•  Manage MDO’s Regional Travel schedules- liaising with travel implant and airlines to ensure tickets have been issued; following up with Management Section on POs
•  Support the administrative work of the Migration Section by Regularly updating stakeholder list weeding out outdated contacts and fixing in new contacts in consultation with MDO/MSO; and filing correspondence and reports in both electronic and manual formats.

2) Lead on specific RRF Project work stream:

•  Assist MDO and MSO in the design and implementation (i.e. monitoring, reviewing, evaluating and reporting) of projects at post.

3) Support Migration support officers:

•  Support migration support officers in preparation for front line operations.

4) Supply info to Country of Origin Information Service (COIS):

•  Assist with UKBA general inquiries concerning individual and generic issues that motivate asylum applications and requests for protection, by sending reports based on publicly available information to the Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) upon request within specified deadlines.
•  Follow-up with relevant stakeholders in Ghana for information on any COIS request within 48 hours of receipt of request from London.
•  Analyse and send findings to COIS within the week of receipt of the request from UKBA, using FCO Guide to providing country information to UKBA.

5) Engagement with civil society and academia on migration issues:

•  Regularly engage across a wide spectrum of migration focused academia world and civil society actors, to brainstorm on innovative ways and project designs that suits HMG’s migration agenda in- country especially on returns and intake reduction.
•  Support MSO to monitor work on AVRs and FRS – recommending ways in which services could be improved.
•  Support MSO to broaden scope of strategic engagements CSOs, academia and to maintain and sustain cordial relationships with key stakeholders through attendance to/active participation in stakeholder events, and stakeholder networking e.g. migration related conferences/meetings.

6) Lead on Migration Section’s events management and communications work:

•  Lead in the organisation of events and management of scoping visits, writing and sending out invites to stakeholders, making follow-ups on attendance, and writing briefs on events with recommendations for future events.
•  Provide media- worthy communication on Migration Section’s activities, for publication on Post’s website & local media, within a week of each event (consulting MDO or MSO before any publication).
•  Help with the design and publication of the Africa Regional Migration newsletter by collating success stories from MDOs in the region.
•  Monitor news items in the local and international media that have direct impact on our work and make press-cuttings for reference purposes.

Information for applicants:

•  This position is within the LEIII range of responsibilities. The monthly gross salary range for LEIII positions in the BHC is GHc 1314 (rising in increments of GHc 53 based on performances) to a maximum of GHc 2056. The starting salary will be Ghc1314.
•  The appointment will be offered on a 1 year contract and subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period. Thereafter, the appointment will be renewed for periods of 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance, by mutual agreement.
•  Specific training and mentoring for the role will be provided for the successful candidate.

Qualification Required & Experience

The skills/attributes of the successful applicant will include:

•  Highly organised and be able to prioritise tasks effectively
•  Read and write in French (desirable but not essential)
•  An interest in migration policy, and its delivery;
•  Good communication skills. Able to provide credible and good quality analysis;
•  Ability to respond to the unexpected;
•  Work with a considerable degree of autonomy, requiring minimal supervision
•  Resilient – able to respond well to setbacks;
•  Solution driven – can come up with or recommend courses of action when faced with difficulties.
•  Strong IT skills

The successful applicant is likely to have (one or more of):

•  A university degree;
•  Work-place experience of working in fast paced environment
•  Familiarity with UK and Francophone institutions (desirable)
•  Strong IT skills using Microsoft software

The successful applicant will need to:

•  Observe the FCO’s diversity and equality policies

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Candidates should complete an application form, which can be found on this link:  https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-high-commission-accra/about/recruitment add their CVs to the completed application form and send to the attention of:

HR Manager
British High Commission
Osu Link, off Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue
P O Box 296
Accra

with the envelope clearly marked LEIII MSA

or to this email address: Jobs.BHCAccra@fco.gov.uk

Closing Date:  20 April, 2013

•  Regrettably only those candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted. Interviews will be conducted in April, with a view to the successful applicant commencing work in May 2013.
•  The successful applicant will need to demonstrate that they meet the necessary requirements under Ghanaian law to work in Ghana, and to pass (or have passed) a BHC internal security clearance process.
•  The British High Commission Accra is an Equal Opportunities Employer
•  More information about the work of the British High Commission in Ghana can be found at http://ukinghana.fco.gov.uk/en/

{British High Commission (BHC),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Apr-2013};

The British High Commission (BHC) Accra has a vacancy for an LEII Regional Migration Support Officer. This is a high-profile position within the BHC, requiring the job-holder to engage with a wide spectrum of migration focussed government actors, civil society and other relevant stakeholders across Francophone West Africa.

Working with the regional Migration Delivery Officer (MDO), the job-holder will have responsibility for ensuring successful outcomes on returns of Foreign National Offenders and Immigration Offenders from the UK to Francophone West Africa, and in some cases, the sub region. The successful candidate will achieve this through considered, regular engagement and through first class negotiating with the relevant agencies (including at very senior level).Therefore the successful candidate will be expected to travel regularly across West Africa.

The successful candidate will also lead on all elements of the BHC’s ‘migration education’ work in Francophone West Africa, including drafting innovative project bids and leading in the work’s oversight and implementation.

The migration dossier is a UK priority. The UK wants to encourage people from West Africa who want to come to or visit the UK to do so the right way. Equally important, one of the areas at the top of the Prime Minister’s agenda is to ensure that those people who abuse or ignore immigration rules, or come to the UK and break our laws, are returned to their countries of origin. This high profile LEII job will be delivering these goals on the front line.

The main elements of the job include:

1) Project work stream

•  Design, monitor, implement and evaluate projects in the francophone countries that falls under the remit of MDO.
•  Accurate and timely submission of all project/programme reports and spend forecasts to the team in London meeting stringent deadlines.
•  Support MDO wider objectives in Francophone countries and take on responsibility that supports wider objectives.

2) Front line operations:

•  Support the Migration sections front line operations.

3) Country of Origin Information Service (COIS), in francophone countries within the remit of MDO:

•  Assist with UKBA general inquiries concerning individual and generic issues that motivate asylum applications and requests for protection, by sending reports based on publicly available information to the Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) upon request within specified deadlines.
•  Analyse and send findings to COIS, using FCO Guide to providing country information to UKBA.

4) Engagement with civil society and academia on migration issues in francophone countries within the remit of MDO:

•  Regularly engage across a wide spectrum of migration focused academia world and civil society actors, to brainstorm on innovative ways and project designs that suits HMG’s migration agenda especially on returns and intake reduction.
•  Broaden scope of strategic engagements with CSOs and academia, and   maintain/sustain cordial relationships with key stakeholders through attendance to/active participation in stakeholder events, and stakeholder networking e.g. migration related conferences/meetings.

5) Migration Section’s events management and communications work:

•  Support in the organising of events and management of scoping visits, writing and sending out invites to stakeholders, making follow-ups on attendance, and writing briefs on events with recommendations for future events.
•  Provide media- worthy communication on Migration Section’s activities, for publication on Post’s website & local media, within a week of each event (consulting MDO or MSO before any publication).
•  Help with the design and publication of the Africa Regional Migration newsletter by collating success stories from MDOs in the region.
•  Monitor news items in the local and international media that have direct impact on our work and make press-cuttings for reference purposes.

Information for applicants:

•  This position is within the LEII range of responsibilities. The monthly gross salary range for LEII positions in the BHC is GHc 1885 (rising in increments of GHc 73 based on performances) to a maximum of GHc 2907. The starting salary will be GHc1885.
•  The appointment will be offered on a 1 year contract and subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period. Thereafter, the appointment will be renewed for periods of 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance, by mutual agreement.
•  Specific training and mentoring for the role will be provided for the successful candidate.

Qualification Required & Experience

The skills/attributes of the successful applicant will include:

•  Fluent in French both in written and oral (mandatory)
•  First class networking skills. Gets good contacts, and knows how to use them;
•  An interest in migration policy, and its delivery;
•  Good communication skills. Able to provide credible and good quality analysis;
•  Ability to respond to the unexpected;
•  Work with a considerable degree of autonomy, requiring minimal supervision
•  Resilient – able to respond well to setbacks;
•  Solution driven – can come up with or recommend courses of action when faced with difficulties.

The successful applicant is likely to have (one or more of):

•  A university degree;
•  Work-place experience of  migration issues (desirable)
•  Familiarity with UK and Francophone institutions (desirable)
•  Strong IT skills using Microsoft software

The successful applicant will need to:

•  Have a willingness to travel regularly across West Africa.
•  Observe the FCO’s diversity and equality policies

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Candidates should complete an application form, which can be found on this link:  https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-high-commission-accra/about/recruitment add their CVs to the completed application form and send for the attention of:

HR Manager
British High Commission
Osu Link, off Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue
P O Box 296
Accra

with the envelope clearly marked LEII RMSO

or to this email address: Jobs.BHCAccra@fco.gov.uk

Closing Date:  12 April, 2013

•  Regrettably only those candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted. Interviews will be conducted in April, with a view to the successful applicant commencing work in May 2013.
•  The successful applicant will need to demonstrate that they meet the necessary requirements under Ghanaian law to work in Ghana, and to pass (or have passed) a BHC internal security clearance process.
•  The British High Commission Accra is an Equal Opportunities Employer
•  More information about the work of the British High Commission in Ghana can be found at http://ukinghana.fco.gov.uk/en/

{U.S. Peace Corps,Eastern Region,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Apr-2013};

The Peace Corps is a United States Federal agency that promotes international peace, friendship and sustainable development by providing trained men and women to serve in local communities. In Ghana, these trained men and women (Peace Corps Volunteers) work in the areas of Health, Education and Agriculture. The agency in Ghana is seeking to hire Language and Cross-Cultural Facilitator (LCF) during PSTs, May to August 2013 and September to December 2013, at the Kukurantumi Office in the Eastern Region.

Position: PC 13 001 – Language and Cross-Cultural Facilitator (LCF)Office: U.S. Peace Corps/Kukurantumi
Open to: All Interested candidates
Work hours: 40+ a week
Salary: Attractive
Location: Kukurantumi, Eastern Region

How To Apply For The Job

For more information on this position, please visit our website:-

http://ghana.peacecorps.gov/jobs.php

Closing Date:  16 April, 2013

{PATH Ghana,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Apr-2013};

PATH is an international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation. We take an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions, from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities. Through our work in more than 70 countries, PATH and our partners empower people to achieve their full potential. PATH is seeking to recruit for several positions as follows.

PATH/Ghana’s advocacy initiative works to improve global health by increasing awareness and support of maternal health priorities by targeted policymakers. PATH/Ghana advocates for change by working with policymakers, advocates, and other influential individuals and groups. We leverage our unique expertise as a provider of field, technology, and program solutions that are innovative, field-driven, scalable, affordable, and based on best practices to influence and inform public policy decisions.

Specifically, we work with government and civil society to advocate for the prevention of post-partum hemorrhage in the third stage of labor and the appropriate use of Oxytocin and Oxytocin in Uniject. Our work is data driven and research based.

Job Summary

Maternal Health Advocacy Advisor, Maternal & Child Health/Nutrition
Tracking Code: 5476

Job Description
To be considered for this position, applicants must have the legal authority to work and currently reside in Ghana. Relocation and work permits will not be provided.

PATH is seeking a Maternal Health Advocacy Advisor based in Accra, Ghana to support PATH’s emerging advocacy and policy initiatives in the areas of maternal health in Ghana. This position will coordinate with and receive direction from the Ghana Research Coordinator, while also reporting to the US-based Oxytocin Initiative Project Director, in PATH’s Washington DC office.

Specific responsibilities include:

•  Developing and implementing advocacy strategies and corresponding activities to advance specific policy change in support of maternal and newborn health in Ghana.
•  Advising and informing policy efforts from lessons and information learned from the Oxytocin in Uniject and misoprostol studies carried out specifically in Ghana and the sub-region. Cultivating and strengthening relationships with targeted policymakers, government and ministerial officials and staff, and key opinion leaders to promote priority policy changes.
•  Developing and producing innovative advocacy materials to effectively make the case and promote priority policy changes to key policymakers and other external audiences. Advocacy materials may include print, online, and multi-media formats.
•  Analyzing policy, understanding the situation and developing and drafting policy recommendations.
•  Liaising with and providing support to project consultants through a range of tasks, including organizing internal and external meetings, research and documentation support, and presentation and publication development.
•  Planning for, coordinating and facilitating events, including advocacy and outreach meetings, workshops, trainings, and conferences.
•  Representing PATH at national, regional and international conferences and events as necessary.
•  Contributing to the development and dissemination of cross-organization advocacy lessons learned.

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Ability to analyze and draft policy.
•  Proven ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with national government officials, NGO partners, and international organizations.
•  Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
•  Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
•  Project management experience in a project-milestone framework.
•  Some experience in budget development and financial management.
•  Ability to independently manage multiple diverse tasks by setting priorities and scheduling resources.
•  Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications.
•  Willingness to travel as necessary.
•  Fluency in English.

Required Experience

•  Masters degree in public health, public policy or related field required with eight to ten years of professional experience in developing and implementing a wide variety of advocacy and policy initiatives in the Ghana context and technical content knowledge of maternal health issues.
•  A successful candidate would bring existing, professional, high-level government and political contacts in Accra and throughout Ghana.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Click Here To Apply Online

To be considered for this position, applicants must have the legal authority to work and currently reside in Ghana. Relocation and work permits will not be provided.

Closing Date:  04 April, 2013

PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.