{"id":1747,"date":"2015-07-24T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T10:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sendwest.wwwnl1-ss18.a2hosted.com\/nu\/gh\/2015\/07\/24\/send-ghana-is-looking-for-senior-project-officer-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-24T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T10:23:47","slug":"send-ghana-is-looking-for-senior-project-officer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/send-ghana-is-looking-for-senior-project-officer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SEND-GHANA is looking for Senior Project Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job Title: Senior Project Officer<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
Duty Station: Tamale (Northern Region)<\/span>
Reporting to: Director of Policy Advocacy Programme<\/span>
Responsibility: Grassroot Economic Literacy and Advocacy Programme (GELAP)<\/span>
Associates: Programme Officers<\/span>
External Relations: NGO Leaders, Government Agencies, SEND \u2013GHANA Professional Associates\/Consultants and Media<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Objectives of Position:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>To help contribute towards SEND\u2019s integrated Grassroot Economic Literacy and Advocacy Programme (GELAP) in targeted regions and communities<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act as Administrative Head of the Regional PM&E Network for Upper East Region<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plan and undertake policy and budget research activities<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plan and lead advocacy activities at district and regional level in the Upper East Region<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Supervise, mentor and provide support to FNGOs, DCMCs, Field Officers and interns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ensure effective working relationship with relevant government agencies and officials<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide capacity building support to members of the Regional Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation (PM&E) Network.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide support to programme development and fundraising activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Work with the Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator to track project outputs, outcomes and impact.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Prepare progress, annual and end of project reports for donors<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide regular update to the Director of Policy Advocacy Programmes on all programming issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In collaboration with Regional PM & E Chairperson, plan and organize quarterly Regional PM & E Meetings.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Knowledge, experience and skills:<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master\u2019s degree or equivalent experience in relevant Social Sciences (e.g. Economics, Statistics or Development Studies etc)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Minimum of three years\u2019 work experience, with a focus on budget research and project coordination, preferably in the field of governance.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sound knowledge of tools, research methods and policy issues in social accountability, budget research, and good governance promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strong research and writing skills<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Must be a self-starter who requires minimum or no prompting<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Possess good media relationship skills<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excellent networking, communication and interpersonal skills<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strong organizational and time management skills<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Experience in training\/capacity-building and technical backstopping\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Track record in fundraising is an advantage<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Working knowledge of MS Office, online communications and related applications, including Excel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Experience in leading a team<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Must have a valid driver\u2019s license<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Must be willing to live and work in remote areas<\/span><\/p>\n

Interested applicants should submit CV and cover letter to the HR Manager, A 28 Regimanuel Estates, Nungua Barrier, Sakumono,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0career@sendwestafrica.org<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Kindly use the Job Title as the \u2018Subject\u2019 of the e-mail.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SEND is an equal opportunity employer and women are particularly encouraged to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deadline for Submission: 3rd August, 2015<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Job Title: Senior Project Officer\u00a0 Duty Station: Tamale (Northern Region) Reporting to: Director of Policy Advocacy Programme Responsibility: Grassroot Economic Literacy and Advocacy Programme (GELAP) Associates: Programme Officers External Relations: NGO Leaders, Government Agencies, SEND \u2013GHANA Professional Associates\/Consultants and Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vacancies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}