
Job Vacancy For Employment Promotion Advisor
- Accra
- Permanent
- Full-time
Reports to: PSED Head of Programme
Assignment Period: Two-year contract with a possibility of an extensionTasks
- Assist and monitor the development and implementation of programme plans and activities in close consultation with counterparts
- Contribute to preparing and implementing the coordination process, joint programme activities and work at the regional level
- Responsible for the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events on issues connected with the programme's area of activity
- Develop and organise quality assurance measures and suggest necessary changes, improvement and initiative
- Support cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners, assists with PR work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organisations, private sector, non-governmental agencies and individuals in the programme environment and with other projects tc improve and maintain good working relationships.
- Representing PSED in migration- and employment-related meetings and events
- Collaboration at technical level with partner organisations such as MELR, NBSSI,NVTI, British Council and Ghanaian German Centre.
- Communicate local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing of ideas and information for the benefit of the programme.
- Ensure knowledge transfer to programme information
- Develop ready-to-use strategies and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures
- Prepare reports and presentation documents, including monitoring & evaluation, success stories and best practice examples.
- Prepare appropriate input for various programme reports including annual reports and contributes to the other reports required by the Hou, the programme manager and GIZ Head Office.
- Assist with general project/intervention planning and develop project/intervention concepts including preparation, organisation and moderation of planning exercises and coordination of their implementation, management, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation for all three target regions
- Coordinating the monitoring of the implementation of substantial Grant and Financing, Agreements in all three target regions, reporting back to the HOU.
- Coordinate relevant project activities/interventions at local consultation with the manager and in cooperation With the partners regarding implementation and organizational aspects
- Compiles the relevant information for joint activities and assignments.
- Handle other task on behalf of GIZ (e.g. impact monitoring, project progress review, reporting)
- Masters/MSc or equivalent in an area that is related to employment promotion
- At least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position
- Professional experience in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Professional experiences in the fields of (self-)employment promotion, TVET, financial system development, entrepreneurship/SME promotion and/or migration are additional assets,
- Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
- Diligent, goal oriented, open minded and innovative
- Team player and ability to perform task without supervision
- Proficient in spoken and written English; a working knowledge of German is an asset.
- Strong interpersonal skills, work experience in an intercultural environment is an asset
- Strong managerial, organisational and social competence
- Capacity development experience, especially organisational development
- Very strong communication skills and ability to engage stakeholders and facilitate networking
- Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed - corresponding measures are agreed with management
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