{Chemonics International,Tamale,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

Chemonics International, a U.S. based international development consulting firm, is seeking personnel for an anticipated USAID-funded project in Tamale, Ghana, that will promote increased food security and improved nutritional status of vulnerable populations in the Northern Region. Strong candidates will have experience working directly with the local government in Ghana, particularly the district and community

Chemonics is seeking technical specialists and program staff in the following areas:

•  Agriculture and Livelihoods
•  Management Systems
•  Nutrition & Public Health
•  Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
•  Monitoring & Evaluation
•  Local Capacity Development
•  Finance and Operations
•  Grants and Subcontracts
•  Communications, Behavior Change, and Training
•  Information and Communication Technology  and Geographic Information Systems
•  Gender

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Bachelor’s degree in international development, business, finance, agriculture, economics, public health, or related field of study (master’s degree preferred).
•  5-10 years or more of progressively responsible work experience in the technical area required (more than 10 years preferred).
•  Experience working with donor-funded programs and experience with USAID preferred.

How To Apply For The Job

Kindly send CV and cover letter to

RINGrecruit@gmail.com

Closing Date: 15 October, 2012

•  Please include the name of the position in the subject line.
•  No telephone inquiries.
•  Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and only finalists will be contacted.

{Confidential,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

An international NGO working in public health is seeking to fill a vacancy of Sr Malaria Technical Advisor.

•  This senior position provides vision, leadership and technical expertise related to malaria prevention and control activities. The Senior Malaria Technical Advisor will provide key technical inputs and oversight to guide program design, implementation and evaluation.

Qualification & Experience

•  Clinical degree with post-graduate training in public health
•  Demonstrated expertise in malaria required, with at least 10-years of mid- to senior-level malaria program experience
•  Demonstrated experience implementing public health projects of more than US$1M per year in developing countries, with emphasis on malaria projects
•  Strong leadership and technical capacity to support service delivery, especially at the community level
•  Fluent in written and spoken English

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates to submit cover letter and CV by to:

work2savelives@gmail.com

or

HR Department
PMB 18
Legon

Closing Date: 10 October, 2012

{World Bank,Nairobi-Kenya,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

Sub-Sahara Africa, with a population of around 782 million people in 47 countries is home to 36 of the world’s poorest countries. Making headway against poverty in sub-Sahara African continues to present the world with its most formidable development challenge. The Africa Region is committed to working with Africans and other development partners to make faster progress toward the MDGs, particularly cutting poverty levels in half by 2015. The Region is comprised of approximately 1750 staff members of whom over 60% are based in the Region’s 37 field offices. The strategic thrust of the Environment and Natural Resources group includes sustainable land, water, forest coastal and marine management, climate change adaptation and mitigation and related disaster risk management; environmental governance; and ensuring sound environmental design and implementation of all projects and programs in the Africa region, including addressing environmental issues in key natural resource extraction and large infrastructure projects, and protections regional and global public goods. With a population of 24 million people, and centrally located in West Africa, Ghana is one of the economically dynamic countries in the region. The International Development Agency (IDA) is the Bank’s interest-free lending arm for the poorest countries. The Ghana portfolio currently supports about twenty-five IDA projects and 2 Global Environment Facility (GEF) grants, Bank commitments are about $1.3 billion in FY10. The Bank is the largest development partner in Ghana. The strong focus on the current portfolio is the project implementation for results and on enhancing the disbursement of the portfolio. The country portfolio cuts across a range of sectors including: Infrastructure (water supply, energy/energy and transport); Human Development (health, HIV/AIDS, education and social projects), Commercial Agriculture, Public Sector Governance, and Financial and Private Sector. Recently, with the discovery of petroleum in Ghana, the Bank is also engaging in technical assistance as well as large scale infrastructure as well as environmental management in support this new sector. The World Bank is strongly engaged in the natural resources sector in Ghana. Along with four donors, the Bank supports the Government’s multi-year development policy effort through the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (NREG) Program, which focuses on forestry sector, mineral sector, and environmental protection. This program is tackling key issues related to REDD+ and support for environmental management of the new petroleum sector in the country. The World Bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies are a cornerstone of its support to sustainable poverty reduction. The objective of these policies is to prevent and mitigate undue harm to people and their environment in the development process. These policies provide guidelines for Bank and borrower staff in the identification, preparation, and implementation of programs and projects. The effectiveness and development impact of projects and programs supported by the Bank has substantially increased as a result of attention to these policies. A new disclosure policy in the World Bank also provides new opportunities to work much closer with the government, partners and civil society on environmental and social assessment. The core values guiding our work are passion for our mission of sustainable development and poverty reduction, putting needs of the client at the center of all our activities, trust and respect as a common currency, intellectual rigor and curiosity, honesty and integrity, teamwork, openness to learning and the courage to admit we do not always have the answer.

Description Of Job

Local 3 year Term Appointment, Nairobi, Kenya
Job No# 122035

The World Bank’s Loan Department (CTRLD) is seeking to hire Finance Officers (2 positions). CTRLD is the focal point within the Bank for exercising fiduciary controls over its lending operations, including responsibility for ensuring that loan funds are used for their intended purposes. In this regard it collaborates actively and maintains close working relationships with several other Bank units. CTLD has been realigned so as to be more client focused, is primarily responsible for the formulation and administration of the Bank’s financial policies and procedures relating to disbursement of funds from IBRD loans, IDA credits, the Project Preparation Facility (PPF), Institutional Development Fund (IDF) Grants, Recipient-Executed Trust Funds and other financial products of the Bank. As part of this realignment, CTRLD has opened a Regional Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The Finance Officers will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and will report to the Division Manager, CTRLA.

The Finance Officers contribute to various responsibilities, such as:

•  Provide support to task teams for pipeline projects in assigned portfolio countries; during the preparation, appraisal, negotiations and board approval stages of projects;
•  Advise the task team on disbursement related aspects of loans/credits/grants/TFs;
•  Review and clear project documents including, negotiation and board packages;
•  Ensure accuracy of loan master data for IBRD loans, and IDA credits and grants;
•  Portfolio Management;
•  E-Disbursements – work with and support the e-business team and disbursement team to manage the successful deployment of e-Disbursement in assigned portfolio countries
•  Regional and country programs – Provide timely input to regional and country level activities such as regional portfolio meetings, regional dialogue with fiduciary groups, Country Assistance Strategy
•  Support Corporate and Departmental Activities;
•  Participate, via working groups or cross support, or lead major corporate and departmental activities and initiatives;
•  Contribute to the improvement and refinement of Bank policies and procedures as they relate to disbursements

Qualification Required & Experience

The successful candidate will be holder of:

•  Professional certification (CPA, ACCA, CA, CFA or equivalent), with Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in portfolio management, project implementation, accounting, auditing and/or contract management
•  Ability to communicate effectively, in writing and orally, in English. Fluency to communicate (oral and written) in French or Portuguese, is desired
•  Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), internal controls procedures and financial management

How To Apply For The Job

For the full job description and full selection criteria, for all the positions; qualified candidates are requested to visit and submit an electronic application through the World Bank careers website: www.worldbank.org/jobs and click on Employment opportunities >professional/technical staff opportunities >current vacancies > job No. Job No# 122035. Email or paper/postal applications will not be considered.

The World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equality encouraged to apply.

Closing Date: 30 September, 2012

{Ghana Aid Effectiveness Forum,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

POSITION: Coordinator (Ghana Aid Effectiveness Forum)
REPORTING TO: Director Programmes and Advocacy
ASSOCIATES: Programme Officers, Senior Project Officer and Project Officers
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: NGOs, Research organizations and MDAs

DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPOSIBITIES

•  To ensure effective planning monitoring and evaluation of all of the Forum’s projects and activities
•  Run an analysis of all budget documents of government and Development partners that are released throughout the planning and budget cycle at all times through the year and produce documents to engage relevant national institutions, including
Parliament and the Executive
•  Ensure the Forum becomes a clearing house for all actors to acquire timely, relevant, alternative and well researched information on budgets in Ghana
•  Create materials for public promotion of budget transparency and accountability and assist Programme fundraising, ensuring that all donor contractual obligations
are met in a professional, transparent and timely manner;
•  Provide leadership and link the work of the Forum to broader national agendas and stakeholders (such as the Right to information initiative, constitutional reform,
etc.)
•  Liaise with all stakeholders to ensure optimum flows of information and maximum engagement of all forum members
•  Represent the Forum at national and international conferences / meetings
•   Ensure that the Forum is working with like-minded civil society groups and national institutions
•  Conduct coordinate training workshops on respective tools and approaches and provide on-going technical assistance to platform members and quality control of
platform analysis during the project implementation;
•  Coordinate and facilitate the research activities of members including proposal development, budget preparation, expenditure accounting
•  Ensure proper documentation and communication for forum activities
•  Work with accountant to ensure proper budgeting / financial planning and accounting for all financial resources
•  Serve as the secretary to the steering committee and during general meetings of the Forum membership
•  Ensure effective links between the national secretariat and the working committees / groups established by the Forum
•  Ensure effective working relationship with relevant government agencies and officials
•  Deliver any other tasks identified by Secretariat and supervisors necessary to ensure that projects under the Forum’s Programme are implemented successfully

Knowledge, experience and skills:

•  Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Economics, statistics or related subject
•  Minimum of three years’ work experience, with a focus on budget research and project coordination, preferably in the field of governance.
•  Sound knowledge of tools, research methods and policy issues in the social accountability, budget research, and good governance
•  Strong research and writing skills
•  Must be self-starter who requires minimum or no prompting
•  Media relationship skills
•  Excellent networking, communication and interpersonal skills
•  Experience in training/capacity-building and technical backstopping
•  Track record in fundraising an advantage
•  Working knowledge of MS Office, online communications and related applications, including Excel.

How To Apply For The Job

email: send@africaonline.com.gh
Tel: 0302716860

Closing Date: 8th October, 2012

{Indepth Network,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

Qualification Required & Experience

•  A PhD/Dsc in demography/population sciences, epidemiology, pubic health.
•  Past experience co-ordinating large-scale demographic, epidemiological studies
•  Experience working in population and health research environment.
•  Experience in data management amd analysis involving large data sets (especially HDSS data)
•  A track record of peer-review scientific publication in international journals (At least 10 for the senior programme manager and at least 5 for the programme manager)

Requirements

•  Willingness to undertake extensive travel
•  Applications must be sent by email only and must have the following two attachments (PDFs only):
•  Covering letter and CV

How To Apply For The Job

Please note that the quality of both documents will be considered in the shortlisting of candidates to be selected for interview.

Any email application without the two documents attached will be deleted

Please send applications to:
sixtus.apaliyah@indepth-network.org,  
samuelina.arthur@indepth-network.org

For enquires please contact the Executive Director Osman Sankoh (osman.sankoh@indepth-network.org) or the Principal Research Scientist Steve Tollman (Stephen.tollman@wits.ac.za).

Closing Date: 01 November, 2012

{Chemonics International,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

We are seeking specialist in the following areas

•  Agricultural finance (debt and equity)
•  Investment promotion and facilitation
•  Business development services to enhance enterprise performance
•  Value chain strengthening
•  Market linkages for staple crops
•  Transport

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Advanced degree in agriculture or business-related field preferred
•  Proven track record in successful delivery of technical assistance
•  Prior experience with USAID projects highly preferred
•  Experience working collaboratively with the Government of Ghana
•  At least 6 years experience achieving results in relevant technical field
•  Fluency in English is required

How To Apply For The Job

Send CV and cover letter to ghana.ag.recruit@gmail.com , indicate area of technical speciality in subject line of email.

Closing Date: 28th September, 2012

{Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to creating, evaluating, and replicating innovative solutions to poverty and policy problems worldwide. IPA specializes in using randomized impact evaluation to assess the effectiveness of development programs.

Description Of Job

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI) Operations Manager (OM). The TCAI is a project conducted in collaboration with the Ghana Education Services (GES), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Youth Employment Program (NYEP) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to improve the quality of education in Ghana by providing teachers in P1-P3 with assistants who will be in charge of teaching the basic skills to the lowest performing students, and will be trained specifically for this purpose.  The impact of this project is going to be rigorously evaluated by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and Innovations for Poverty Action (www.povertyactionlab.org and www.poverty-action.org).

The Operations Manager will be based in Accra and assist the TCAI National Coordinator in managing all aspects of the project, particularly events planning, financial planning and management, and grant reporting. The OM will be expected to travel at least 50% of the time to help oversee the TCAI activities across Ghana.

Specific responsibilities include:
Program Management:

•  Support the TCAI team to plan, organize, staff and ensure implementation of all core components of the TCAI design across the selected districts in Ghana
•  Assist the National coordinator in developing working plans for the TCAI Regional Coordinators
•  Ensure timely delivery of high quality program outputs such as education materials, training manuals and instructional materials for Teacher Community Assistants
•  Work closely with the National Coordinator and Regional Coordinators in ensuring program implementation is proceeding according to plans agreed with the TCAI Steering Committee and in compliance with rules and regulations for the program
•  Lead the process of producing narrative and financial reports for donors
•  Budget Management and Financial Planning
•  Manage fiscal operations of the TCAI program including budget development and authorization of expenditures
•  Ensure compliance with IPA Ghana’s financial systems and procedures; communicate regularly with IPA Ghana country management team regarding project finance
•  Coordinate with IPA Ghana’s in-country financial staff and IPA’s US staff to review accounts of all program activities, including monitoring actual expenses in the field and in the US, and forecasting expected expenditures on a monthly basis

Strategic Planning for Outreach:

•  Work with the Project stakeholders, TCAI National Coordinator, IPA Ghana Country Director, PIs and TCAI Evaluation team to design and execute a communications and outreach strategy.
•  Assist the TCAI evaluation team to prepare policy briefs and materials for distribution to practitioners and support dissemination of program findings to key policy makers in collaboration
•  Support relationships and partnerships between TCAI and other external actors in the education sector in Ghana including large-scale bilateral and multilateral development actors such as USAID, DFID, UNICEF, World Bank, JICA etc.

The commitment sought for this position is a minimum of one year. The position will start in October 2012. There will be a probation period of three months.

Qualification Required & Experience

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

•  Demonstrated interest and experience in international development, and in particular, the education sector
•  At least five years work experience in a project management or management position
•  Experience with financial management and budgeting
•  Experience with grant management and donor reporting
•  Exceptional analytical and organizational skills, and attention to detail
•  Flexible, self?motivated, and an ability to manage multiple tasks.
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•  Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross?cultural environments
•  Experience in developing country
•  Knowledge of issues relevant to development intervention and project evaluation
•  Masters Degree in International Development, Management, Public Policy, Economics, or related field preferred
•  Knowledge of / experience with randomized evaluations of social programs preferred

How To Apply For The Job

Interested Applicants should send their cv, cover letter and references to:

jobs-ghana@poverty-action.org

Subject line – ATTN: TCAI Operations Manager – IPA Ghana

Closing Date: 04 October, 2012

{World University Service of Canada (WUSC),Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

WUSC is a Canadian registered international development nongovernmental organization with a field presence in Ghana since 1997. WUSC Ghana has been contributing towards the national development goals through partnerships with the government of Ghana, civil society, district assemblies, communities and key development actors.

Description Of Job

The Volunteer Cooperation Programme – Uniterra 2009-2014 – contributes through national approaches to poverty reduction and sustainable development in 13 developing countries including Ghana. To this end, Uniterra will rely on the previous programme’s achievements (2004-2009) and successful strategies by continuing to strengthen the capacities of partner organisations by further developing partnerships and by fostering an increase in their potential to influence sector policies. The sectors of interventions are: Promoting Good Governance, Supporting Private Sector Development, Improving Health Outcomes, and Strengthening Basic Education; and as cross-cutting themes: Equality between Women and Men, and Environmental Sustainability.

This five year programme is jointly implemented by World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI), and financially supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with an annual budget of about CA $12 millions. It allows the mobilization of about 400 volunteers every year from Canada, developing countries as well as from Canadian and southern organizations and networks.

In Ghana, Uniterra is implemented by WUSC and focused on the Strengthening Basic Education sector. About 44 persons will be recruited every year for assignment between two weeks to two years to support five or six partner organizations of the sector.

Mandate:
Under the supervision of the Country Coordinator for Uniterra in Ghana, the Sector Programme Officer will support the partners and the volunteers working in Basic Education in Ghana to help achieve the results intended for the Programme. The incumbent will be responsible for enacting a participatory management process centered on results (planning, follow up activities and reporting results) and will furnish technical assistance to different interveners of the Programme. The incumbent will co-ordinate the responsibilities related to the implementation of the Programme.

Responsibilities:

•  Provide insight into sectoral planning strategies. Make sure priorities are geared towards the involvement of partners and volunteers during different stages depending on the methodologies established in the Management Manual
•  Facilitate the implementation of support the consolidation of the sectoral committee and favour collaboration and synergy between programme partners, particularly in relation to political discussions
•  Manage partner agreements between the Programme and the partners from the South and from Canada
•  In strict collaboration with the sectoral committee, monitor delays over the year at the same time respecting the directives given in the Management Manual for the Programme
•  Support partners and volunteers in the elaboration and management of the projects in order to identify and achieve attainable results and ensure the reporting of country/sector Programme results
•  Assist partners in identifying where support is needed and help them to identify these needs as realistic needs for the volunteers
•  In close collaboration with the recruitment officer in Canada, specify the mandate and the profile required from volunteers according to the potential Canadians offer
•  Assist the Uniterra Country Coordinator with the recruitment process of national and Southern volunteers
•  Using an information technology system, document the recruitment process; do follow ups on progress and overall status of the volunteer’s assignment
•  Assist the volunteers during their assignment and help them attain the mandate that was set forth
•  Support partners South-North and South-South in order to maximize their contribution towards the programme’s development and public engagement results
•  Furnish technical sectoral support to the partners and volunteers (training, follow-ups, etc)
•  In collaboration with the Knowledge Management Unit, contribute and gather content rich material from staff, volunteers and Programme partners
•  Encourage the development and use of best practice methods and techniques recognized for that sector and, in collaboration with the knowledge. Management Unit based in Canada, contribute and gather content rich material from staff, volunteers and Programme partners
•  With the support of the Gender Equality Specialist based in Canada, integrate or ensure the integration of gender equality in all programme activities and, if necessary, organize training
•  Integrate the Programme’s gender equality strategy and ensure follow-up evaluations on gender equality results
•  Support partners and volunteers in their efforts to secure financial resources to ensure the sustainability of the projects and activities implemented in the field
•  If necessary, in conjunction with the partners, perform an environmental analysis in accordance with the rules set forth by CIDA and the country of assignment and according to the directives of the Programme
•  Contribute to WUSC Ghana programme development initiatives

Terms and Conditions:
Employment: One year contract – renewable to until march 2014
Preferred Start date: October 1, 2012
Location: Based in Accra, Ghana and  employed by WUSC
Travel: Yes, in country and some travel in the region
Salary and Benefits: In accordance with current terms at WUSC

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Graduate Degree in a related discipline or relevant experience
•  Minimum five years experience in a related field
•  Relevant knowledge of the education sector in Ghana
•  Experience developing partnerships and networks
•  Experience in needs analysis, capacity building and training
•  Relevant experience in managing budgets
•  Knowledge of national strategies for poverty reduction of poverty and national politics in the basic education sector
•  Excellent knowledge of information technology and data processing software (particularly Word and Excel)
•  Written and oral proficiency in English. Additional knowledge of French and/or Spanish is an asset
•  Good knowledge of Results Based Management and the principles of international volunteerism
•  Experience with international volunteers overseas in an added advantage
•  Experience in Program Development

How To Apply For The Job

Interested persons should send application letters and their curriculum vitae (CV) to:

wuscghanaoffice@wusc.ca

Closing Date: 30 September, 2012

WUSC – Education Changes the World

{Challenging Heights,Winneba,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Oct-2012};

Terms of Reference

for a Baseline Survey on the Effects of Lack of Parental Care on Children

in Coastal Areas of Ghana
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Background and Need for Study

Challenging Heights recognizes that child labour and child trafficking are real threats to the wellbeing and education attainment of children in Ghana.  Therefore the organization is constantly seeking out new and innovative means of addressing and reducing the incidence of child labour and trafficking in Ghana, as well as improving school enrollment and achievement.  In order to design relevant and meaningful programs for children and communities, there is a need for accurate and current data on the status and reasons for children to be engaged in work.

For this study, Challenging Heights will look at the incidence of children without parental care or at risk of losing parental care in 6 districts in southern Ghana and how this lack of care relates to the incidence of child labour, trafficking, and lack of schooling.  Additionally, this study will investigate pro – poor interventions in these districts and how impactful these have been at preventing at risk children from losing their parental care or protecting those children who have already lost parental care.  Challenging Heights has a current project to support children at risk of losing parental support and their parents.  This study will inform the methodology of that program, as well as prepare baseline data to monitor project progress, for project expansion, and for use as evidence for advocacy activities.

Study Goals and Methodology

Goal of the study: To gain baseline information on the status and number of girls and boys without parental care or at risk of losing parental care in six districts in southern Ghana in order to plan relevant interventions to assist these children, including gender specific responses.  Additionally, this study will give information on the situation of the 40 children who are currently project beneficiaries.

This baseline study will take place in six districts in southern Ghana, namely Awutu Senya, Effutu Municipal, Agona West, Mfantseman, and Kasoa District Assemblies, and the Kaneshie area of the Greater Accra Region.  Information from District Assembly Secretariats (informed by district officials of the Ghana Education Service, Department of Social Welfare, Ghana Police Service, and the Commission on Human Rights and Justice), as well as district reports, indicate that these districts have high levels of parental neglect and children living without parental care.  Challenging Heights has also worked in most of these districts to some extent.

The final methodologies for this research will be designed by the researcher in collaboration with Challenging Heights staff.  However, it is likely that the research will include a quantitative questionnaire with approximately 60 children (half girls, half boys) in each of the six districts and in depth, qualitative surveys with 10 girls and 10 boys in each district (these 20 children drawn from the sample of 60 children in each district) who have lost their parental care.  The quantitative questionnaire will be conducted with the 40 current project beneficiaries and 20 of these children (half girls, half boys) will also be given the qualitative survey.

Additional surveys will need to be carried out with parents in each district, as well as potentially some government officials in the Education Service, Department of Social Welfare, and/or police.  Other research methods might include observation and focus groups.  Forty children (20 girls, 20 boys) from the sample of 60 in the district that the project is currently operating in will be randomly selected to serve as a control group to compare against the project beneficiaries.

The researcher will design and conduct a study to determine in each district, aggregated by gender:

Quantitative

•  Demographics including:
a) Age
b) Gender
c) Are their parents living? Marital status?
d) Education of parents
e) Education of children
f) Family size
g) Region, district origin of children
h) Religion of parents/child
i) health issues of child and parents
j) family income and modes of income generation
k) Are children living with their grandparents or other relatives?
l) Are there child mothers?
m) Are there children headed households?
•  the number of children in the district living without parental care or at risk of losing their parental care
•  the status of children in such situations (What are they doing? Are they in school? Are they engaged in child labour? Were they trafficked? What problems do they face? Where are they living? How much are they getting paid?)
•  similarities/differences between the situations of girls vs. boys and different ages
•  How many minutes/hours per day do children have for playing?

Qualitative

•  can the children mention dangers they face (as many as possible)?
•  can the children mention ways they can protect themselves? Can they mention places that they can access help?
•  How to children visualize a safe, loving home? Do they feel that this describes their family?
•  the effects of loss of care on the children
•  the causes of children being in these situations (why did they lose care?)
•  the risk factors for children to lose their parental care
•  potential remedies for children without parental care or to mitigate the risk of children losing their parental care  (what do the children think will help them or their peers facing similar situations?)
•  the current pro-poor interventions that are targeting such children in these districts
•  questions to examine any outcomes of LEEP on poor families/children in the districts where this program is running
•  can adult family members (parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, adult brothers/sisters) mention the rights of children? Can adult family members name dangers associated with trafficking? Have adult family members ever referred a case of child trafficking to authorities?
•  How are family conflicts resolved in their family? (question to children and parents)

The researcher will generate baseline data and work with Challenging Heights staff to identify evidence based recommendations on strategies to address the needs of children without parental care, as well as strategies to mitigate the risk of children to lose their parental care.  These recommendations will be used to inform community, national and international level advocacy efforts and interventions.

Tasks of the Consultant

•  Develop baseline survey design in consultation with Challenging Heights (CH) staff, including development of survey methods/tools/questionnaires
•  Form a gender-balanced research team
•  Design appropriate ethical considerations into the study
•  Implement baseline survey
•  Analyze data collected
•  Write a final report on research findings
•  Work with Challenging Heights staff to provide feedback on the research to the participating communities.

Deliverables:

•  Final report
•  Summary report on the project beneficiaries and their control group
•  Hard data collected during the research

Qualification Required & Experience

•  Minimum of Masters degree in social science, child psychology, or related discipline
•  Willingness to be police-checked to assess eligibility to work with children
•  Experience designing and conducting similar research in Ghana
•  Strong analytical skills

Remuneration negotiable based on qualifications, proposed research plan, and project budget.

Challenging Heights will provide:

•  Desk space for the analysis phase, if necessary
•  Key contacts within communities
•  Access to project beneficiaries

The consultant will provide their own computer/laptop and include all expenses relating to the project within their budget proposal. All expenses will have to be accompanied by a receipt or payment voucher.

How To Apply For The Job

Email the following to:

infoCHghana@gmail.com

Closing Date: 01 October, 2012

•  CV including 2 professional references
•  One page draft research methodology proposal for this study plus proposed budget including all research costs and consultant fee
•  An example of your work (Please provide a copy of an evaluation or piece of analysis you have authored – this will be treated in confidence)