{African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC),Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

Objectives

The African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) is an entity of the African Development Bank established in 2013 to deliver capacity building programs to Regional Member States (RMCs) in natural resources management. The scope combines renewable (water, forestry, land and fishery) and non-renewable (oil, gas and minerals) resources. The mandate of the Center is to assist the RMCs maximize development outcomes derived from Africa’s natural resources by boosting their capacity of the RMCs to achieve inclusive and sustained growth from natural resources. Internally, the role of the Center is to collaborate with all entities of the Bank to build knowledge and support RMCs improve development outcomes. Though this cross-cutting role of the Center the aim is to bring cohesion to the Bank’s Natural Resources Management (NRM) initiatives, enhance the value of natural resources, position the region strategically on the global arena and provide expertise in the Center’s focus areas.

Duties and responsibilities

The primary purpose of this job is to coordinate the provision of advisory services to RMCs on policies on local content, value addition, negotiations and state investments in renewable and non-renewable resources development projects. The scope of the job will also extend to the provision of advisory services institutional arrangements for enforcing contracts and the commercial arrangements between the RMCs and investors in natural resources projects. It will include advocacy work to assist RMCs increase the impact of resources development on national economies through domestic linkages and cross border resources development. The incumbent will be the focal point in managing relations with the private sector organizations, departments of the Bank, consultants and institutional partners. The incumbent will coordinate knowledge building and dissemination initiatives in areas of responsibility.

The incumbent will achieve this by:

•   Advising the Lead Expert Policy Analysis on support programs, knowledge tools and  for advisory services as relates core areas of responsibilities,
•   Supporting programs to build capacity of RMCs to design and implement local content policies,
•   Coordinating advocacy and knowledge seminars to inform value addition policies,
•   Designing and implementing programs of advice on cross border resources development,
•   Working with consultants to develop strategic guidelines for contracts negotiation to promote domestic linkages,
•   Supporting development of policy tools for managing national resources companies,
•   Coordinating the work of consultants advising RMCs on agreements with investors,
•   Coordinating partnerships with EADI and others to design and deliver training programs on areas of responsibility,
•   Working with consultants to develop tools to evaluate options for State investments in natural resources projects,
•   Keeping abreast of global and regional conventions which reflect global trade practices,
•   Recommending additional areas of support to RMCs to the Lead Expert Policy Analysis,
•   Being liaison on relevant issues between the Center OPSM, OITC, ONEC and ALSF,
•   Representing the Lead Expert Policy Analysis on internal and external fora in areas of responsibility,
•   Managing all resources allocated to the function.

Qualification Required & Experience

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

The incumbent must demonstrate competencies in the following:

•   Hold a Master’s degree in economics, business management, industrial development and trade policy,
•   Have at least seven (7) years relevant work experience in private sector projects and/or industrial and trade policy formulation,
•   General knowledge of relevant policy, legal and institutional frameworks,
•   Capacity building program design, implementation and oversight,
•   Supervision of the work of multiple of consultants,
•   Coordinating donor support and managing relations thereof,
•   Conducting analytical studies and produce reports,
•   Representing development organizations,
•   Ability to work independently
•   Negotiation commercial arrangements on behalf of or with governments,
•   Designing local content policy frameworks.
•   Excellent written and verbal communication in English or French with a working knowledge of the other language ,
•   Competence in the use of standard Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint).

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Closing Date: 01 September, 2015

Only applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online application, and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

{African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC),Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

Objectives

The African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) is an entity of the African Development Bank established in 2013 to deliver capacity building programs to Regional Member States (RMCs) in natural resources management. The scope combines renewable (water, forestry, land and fishery) and non-renewable (oil, gas and minerals) resources. The mandate of the Center is to assist the RMCs maximize development outcomes derived from Africa’s natural resources by boosting their capacity of the RMCs to achieve inclusive and sustained growth from natural resources. Internally, the role of the Center is to collaborate with all entities of the Bank to build knowledge and support RMCs improve development outcomes. Though this cross-cutting role of the Center the aim is to bring cohesion to the Bank’s Natural Resources Management (NRM) initiatives, enhance the value of natural resources, position the region strategically on the global arena and provide expertise in the Center’s focus areas.

Duties and responsibilities

The primary purpose of this job is to provide strategic advice to the director and operational leadership to policy experts and consultants responsible for producing policy briefs, conduct periodic country sector studies and designing toolkits to generate the knowledge necessary to support country capacity programs of advice to regional member states. He / she must have a balance of public and private sector knowledge in the relevant areas of the Center’s work. He or she will coordinate programs of advice to RMCs on policy, legal and institutional reforms as relates to policy analysis, design and implementation. The incumbent will be the Center’s focal point in managing relations with consultants and institutional partners as well as relations with relevant arms of the Bank, regional governments and private sector entities. The incumbent will also oversee advocacy initiatives and coordinate knowledge-building programs implemented by experts in the stated areas of focus.

The incumbent will achieve this by:

•   Overseeing implementation of the Center’s Strategy and work-plans as relates to analysis, reports and knowledge management,
•   Providing strategic and programmatic advise to the Director on all matters relating to policy analysis, knowledge management and advocacy work,
•   Leading a team of experts, consultants, overseeing programs and managing resources as relates to the Center’s work in knowledge management,
•   Coordinating advocacy programs and policy dialogue,
•   Overseeing the provision of strategic advice through knowledge management to support negotiations between RMCs and investors,
•   Identifying internal and external knowledge gaps and recommending appropriate responses,
•   Designing and supervising agreed work program delivered by consultants and experts providing specialist support,
•   Collaborating with peers to benchmark policy formulation in order to assist RMCs build institutional know-how,
•   Leading identification of capacity gaps and overseeing the design and implementation of solutions,
•   Identifying and forging partnerships with internal and external peers in the RMCs, RECs, industry and think-tanks,
•   Coordinating the mobilization of resources for relevant programs,
•   Keeping abreast of international and regional conventions,
•   Advising the Director on relevant issues,
•   Managing all resources allocated to specific role.

Qualification Required & Experience

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

The incumbent must demonstrate competencies in the following:

•   Hold  a minimum of a Master’s  degree in the policy, analysis design or resources management and related disciplines,
•   Have at least ten (10) years’ work experience in the following sectors, international organizations, regulatory environment or a Think-Tank with a focus in the relevant sector and or function.
•   Be a change agent and an experienced researcher with a track record in research project design, execution and publishing for internal and external audiences,
•   Knowledge and hands on experience of sector regulatory environment, regional initiatives in the sector, AU development programs and relevant protocols,
•   Extensive experience in knowledge management and oversight of advocacy programs,
•   Experience designing and implementing programs of advice and capacity building,
•   Knowledge of the region and DFI environment,
•   Knowledge of principles of good governance as pertaining to natural resources policy,
•   Extensive report writing and editorial skills,
•   Ability to supervise teams,
•   Knowledge of influencers of public policy,
•   Capacity and ability to work independently with senior executives at regional and international level,
•   Excellent written and verbal communication in English or French with a working knowledge of the other language,
•   Competence in the use of standard Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint).

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Closing Date: 01 September, 2015

Only applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online application, and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

{Farm Radio International,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

Farm Radio International (FRI) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to support broadcasters in developing countries to strengthen small scale farming and rural communities. For detail information’s please visit our web site; www.farmradio.org.

Job Summary

•   Position title: Programs Coordinator
•   Position location:  Tamale and Accra
•   Report to: Country Director
•   Coordinates with: All Filed staff’s, Finance and admin department and the necessary head office staff’s and other Program Officer,
•   Duration: One year- possibility of Renewal
•   Application Dead Line: September 4, 2015
•   Start date: November 1, 2015

NATURE AND SCOPE:

Reporting to the Country Director, the Programs Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that all programs in are implemented and all relevant implementing partners are engage to support FRI activities. The Programs Coordinator will maintain daily contact with all Project Leads to support and oversee implementation of the project in Ghana. The Programs Coordinator will work closely with the Country Director and Finance Manager to ensure all planned project activities are implemented to a high standard, that partnerships are formalized and well managed, and that planned results are produced and reports completed and submitted on schedule. www.farmradio.org

RESPONSIBILITIES

In consultation and approval from Country Director develop sub-grants and partnerships for the implementation of impact programming in the Northern Region:

•   Identify prospective sub-grant and partnership possibilities
•   Develop and pitch concepts
•   Represent FRI in the region and net working
•   Manage implementation of impact programs:
•   Oversee and provide support for activities carried out by Program Officers on the various projects
•   Set up project implementation plan, and Budgets
•   Identify and engage radio partners
•   Facilitate planning and design of radio strategies
•   Coordinate monitoring and evaluation and reporting on strategies
•   Monitor and follow up on all projects in the region including fund disbursements to the projects
•   Regularly report and document lessons learnt and ensure that funds are used for the intended purpose
•   Manage local implementation of training strategies
•   Facilitate the needs assessment for all In-station Programs in the Northern Regions
•   Facilitate the identification of stations for training
•   Coordinate implementation of whole station training
•   Plan and oversee research initiatives, including:
•   Coordinate all preproduction research and evaluation of project
•   Supervise the report from studies in the region
•   Represent Farm Radio International in the Region
•   Attend meetings, conferences in the region
•   Organize meetings, symposia to showcase FRI’s works
•   Support Farm Radio International’s Broadcaster Partnership Program
•   Promote local participation in on-line rural radio community
•   Assist with the identification and development of new services for broadcaster partners.
•   Directly in charge of coordinating all Projects:
•   To develop the capacity of radio stations in  Ghana to research, plan, produce and broadcast “impact driven” farm radio programming;
•   To provide  small-scale farming women and men with regular radio access to reliable extension information about an agricultural value chain of relevance to them;
•   To ensure that radio strategies and programs attract and are of high relevance to female small-scale farmers;
•   To assemble and enable a group of partners, including radio stations, departments of agriculture, farmers’ organizations and NGOs, to produce and broadcast participatory radio campaigns (PRCs) that raise the knowledge and skills of farmers in selected value chain
•   To work with radio stations and market access organizations to design, develop and broadcast market information (“Radio Market Place”) services.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A Master’s degree in a related field (development communication, development studies, agricultural development, ) or equivalent experience

Experience, Skills and Abilities

•   At least 5 years  relevant experience in project management in Ghana, including human resource, financial, and administrative management
•   Very strong background  and  experience in development communication
•   At least some knowledge with radio and other ICTs
•   Strong capacity for facilitating participatory, multi-stakeholder initiatives
•   Experience in coordinating the delivery of broadcaster training and other capacity development services
•   Experience in monitoring and evaluating the outcomes of communication strategies
•   Exceptional communication abilities
•   Successful experience in and capacity for program development, including identifying and developing relations with funding partners, developing concept notes and proposals, negotiating contributions and grant agreements
•   Willingness to travel
•   Very strong writing, presentation, and communications abilities

Location: Accra and Tamale

How To Apply For The Job

Applications and CV s and scanned certificates sent by e-mail should be directed to:

office@farmradiogh.org

Closing Date: 07 September, 2015

•   FRI is an equal opportunity employer.
•   Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
•   No telephone calls please

{Palladium Group,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

The Palladium Group develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence based solutions to improve the health and well being of people around the world. Since 1971,we have assisted governmental and non-governments agencies foundations, and the private sector designing implementing and evaluating programmes in HIV, reproductive health, population and family planning, maternal and child health, infection diseases,and gender.The Palladium Group possesses deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information, health market and private sector engagement, modelling and economic analysis, patient, monitoring and management, Health Management Information Systems, strategic consulting, and programme management.

Job Description

The Palladium Group with funding from DFID request for application from qualified individuals to fill vacant position on the Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health (GHARH) Project.

Position Summary:

•   The Training Coordinator (TC) on the Adolescent Reproductive Health (GHARH) Project in Ghana will be based in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo.
•   The TC is to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of training events for all partners.
•   The TC will coordinate the management design, and delivery of large/ small scale training programmes.
•   The PC will work with the Capacity Building Adviser to map out and schedule
•   all capacity related trainings for partners in line with DFID and the Palladium Group policies and processes.

Key Responsibilities:

This is full-time position and will report directly to the Capacity Building Adviser on key capacity building technical issues.There will be a secondary reporting line between the Training Coordinator and
GHARH Regional Representative for all administrative responsibilities within the region

•   Assist with the mapping out of training plans for all partners,
•   Support to conduct organisation wide needs assessment and identify skills or knowledge gaps that need to be addressed
•   Support the design and development at training programmes (outsourced or in-house)
•   Ensure appropriate training methods are employed for each case (simulations, mentoring, on the job training, professional development classes)
•   Follow up on training programmes and document the changes and expected impact
•   Assess instructional effectiveness and summarise evaluation, reports, determining the impact of training on partner employee skills and how it affects Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
•   Partner with internal stakeholders and liaise with subject matter experts regarding instructional design
•   Manage and maintain in-house training facilities and equipment
•   Ensure that trainings are not one-off, but instead followed up with regular refresher training and supervision as appropriate.
•   Ensure training materials are updated regularly as required
•   Maintain training calendar and other relevant training records
•   Contribute to quarterly and annual project reporting
•   Other tasks as determined by Team Leader and LTTA for Capacity Building.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   University bachelor’s degree in a related field
•   At least three years work experience in a training coordination role
•   Experience with instruction or training
•   Knowledge of adult instructional and learning theory and principles
•   Knowledge of instructional design and training methodologies
•   Ability to liaise effectively with a range of stakeholders, including project partners, donors, private sector, NGOs, and government departments/ district assemblies
•   Strong results orientation and commitment to accountability and value for money
•   Strong personal qualities, including integrity, commitment to excellence, equality, openness, inclusiveness, and collegiality
•   Excellent written and spoken English is a must; local languages are an advantage
•   Effective planning and organisational skills
•   Strong communication skills
•   Strong analytical and data collection skills
•   Problem analysis and problem solving skills
•   Presentation and facilitation skills
•   Coaching and mentoring skills
•   Good judgment and adaptability
•   High computer proficiency, particularly in the Microsoft Office suite.
•   Experience and understanding of DFID financial rules and regulation
•   Experience of working on a major donor funded project (DFID,USAID)  or public service agency.

Location: Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region

How To Apply For The Job

Send your applications and CVs by email to:

gharhproject@gmail.com  

or address it to:

The Human Resources & Administrative Officer
The Palladium Group (GHARH Project)
National Population Council
P. O. Box M666, Ministries – Accra

Closing Date: 21 August, 2015

{Palladium Group,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

The Palladium Group develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence based solutions to improve the health and well being of people around the world. Since 1971,we have assisted governmental and non-governments agencies foundations, and the private sector designing implementing and evaluating programmes in HIV, reproductive health, population and family planning, maternal and child health, infection diseases,and gender.The Palladium Group possesses deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information, health market and private sector engagement, modelling and economic analysis, patient, monitoring and management, Health Management Information Systems, strategic consulting, and programme management.

Job Description

The Palladium Group with funding from DFID request for application from qualified individuals to fill vacant position on the Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health (GHARH) Project.

Context for the Officer:

The GHARH Project has begun disbursing grant funds to beneficiary District Assemblies in Brong Ahafo Region based on an agreed workplan. A major component of the project support is to conduct
operational research whose findings will guide the design of additional intervention under the GHARH project. In order to track project performance and reporting based on agreed logframe a project monitoring and evaluation plan has been developed. The M&E officers will support the M&E Coordinator to implement the plan. These are full time positions and will be based in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo region.

Position Summary:

The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will coordinate and conduct monitoring & evaluation activities that provides quality data to support and enhance decision-making, strategic planning, outcomes assessment and internal and external reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation. Coordinator, the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

•   Contribute to quarterly and annual reporting
•   Provide input to research and knowledge management related activities.
•   Ensure reports are of appropriate quality, prior to finalisation
•   Support the implementation of the M&E plan
•   Liaise closely with the M&E Coordinator to conduct routine and comprehensive data quality assessment as well as research activities when the need arises
•   Maintain the quality of information, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, standardisation and completeness
•   Ensure faulty data is brought to the attention of the M&E
•   Coordinator, corrected and the concerned parties notified.
•   Serve as a resource person in areas of data collection, management and reporting, as well as performing special projects and other duties as assigned.
•   Analyse and report data to internal and external constituencies:
•   Develop and implement processes for linking and analysing data from a variety of sources: apply statistical techniques to analyse trends.
•   Prepare data for annual reviews, programm specifics reviews, and the project completion report
•   Support the M&E  Coordinator, Regional, Representative and team
•   Leader to work closely with the independent evaluation team, providing data as required and ensuring finding from the process evaluation are incorporated into programme activities and policies as appropriate
•   Provide technical support to project partners for the use of M&E data and information
•   Contribute to evaluation research on the effectiveness and/or cost-effectiveness of programmes including secondary analysis of existing data
•   Support M&E Coordinator to provide capacity development of relevant counterparts conduct trainings for other personnel as needed to fully educate on efficient, effective monitoring and evaluation systems, as well as policy and procedure awareness and compliance.

Period of Engagement:

•   This is a full time positions which takes effect from September 2015
•   Maximum period to end of March 2017 with annual contract renewals based on performance

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in statistics, economics, mathematics and other related fields
•   At least five years working experience as an M&E Officer for major donor funded project (DFID, USAID) or public service agency,
•   Experience of adolescent reproductive health policies and planning initiatives
•   Experience working in local government/ decentralised system
•   Good knowledge of Ghanaian culture and traditional systems.
•   Ability to liaise effectively a range stakeholders, including project partners, donors, private sector. NGOs, and government departments/district assemblies
•   Strong results orientation and commitment to accountability and value for money
•   Strong personal qualities, including integrity, commitment to excellence, equality, openness, inclusiveness and collegiality
•   Excellent written and spoken English is a must; local language are an advantage
•   Strong analytical skills
•   Knowledge of data gathering methodology and data management, networking, and analysis is very relevant
•   Knowledge of description statistics, STATA, SPSS statistical software, excel and other reporting tools and Microsoft Office suite of programms( preffered)
•   Ability to understand the data needs of users and procedure reports

Location: Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region

How To Apply For The Job

Send your applications and CVs by email to:

gharhproject@gmail.com  

or address it to:

The Human Resources & Administrative Officer
The Palladium Group (GHARH Project)
National Population Council
P. O. Box M666, Ministries – Accra

Closing Date: 21 August, 2015

{Christian Aid,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

Christian Aid is an international non-governmental organisation that works with partners to end poverty.  At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty and empowering them to have a brighter future.

Christian Aid in Ghana is working for transformational change that significantly improves the lives of poor and marginalised men and women and brings about a fair and just society. We work with different local partners and support them with varying resources to enable them deliver on programmes that enable active citizenship and social mobilisation, economic empowerment and participation in policy making and monitoring in Ghana.

We deliver our programmes through three key strategic objectives namely:

•   Strengthened democratic governance: Citizens are empowered to participate effectively in decision making and demand accountability from increasingly responsive duty bearers
•   Market Access for the poor: Poor farmers are empowered and can access the services, assets and markets they need for a resilient livelihood
•   Equal development for all: Issues of women and other marginalised groups are effectively integrated into governance and economic policies

Job Summary

•   Christian Aid Ghana is looking for a highly qualified project officer who will assist the Programme Coordinator for a DFID funded FP2020 programme.
•   The role will provide Programme and business systems support to enable the effective and efficient delivery of the FP2020 programme commitments in a devolved context.  The function will play a key role within a small dedicated support team and the post holder will work closely with programme and support staff across 10 countries under FP2020. The role is line managed by the Programme Coordinator (FP2020).
•   The role will be required to provide monitoring, reporting and technical support and ensure the logistical functioning of the Family Planning platforms.  The role will also serve as M&E focal point in-country, with 30% of the role dedicated to results.  The role will require you to support partner capacity, manage partner compliance functions and may change according to country Programme needs.
•   You will have Familiarity with programme cycle management approaches and tools including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   The successful candidate will have strong analytical skills and a good understanding of a range of methods for monitoring, evaluation and assessment to promote evidence-based learning.
•   You will be well organized and able to learn complex systems and result based monitoring and documentation. This role will have direct links with partners on routine basis as the primary focus, building strong links with external and internal stakeholders and colleagues at all levels ensuring effective support is provided to the overall FP2020 programme.
•   You will travel to the field 50 % of your time.
•   You are also required to have a degree in statistics or a related field and an NGO experience will be a plus. •   Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation as well as a sound knowledge of family planning issues and it’s; related advocacy and government accountability issues is desirable.
•   Detailed knowledge of office programmes including MS Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and Excel.
•   Strong IT skills with programme cycle management approaches and tools – including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation.
•   The successful candidate will have competencies in building partnerships, realising potential, stewardship over resources

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

To apply for this post, please visit www.christianaid.org.uk/jobs  to apply online and upload your CV.  If you have any queries regarding this advert, please contact:-

sfiagbedzi@christian-aid.org

Closing Date: 15 September, 2015

Please note only short listed candidates will be contacted.