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International
Description
POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: Senior Technical Advisor
LOCATION: Tamale, Ghana
UNIT: Forestry and Natural Resource Management Group
REPORTS TO: Chief of Party (COP)
PROGRAM SUMMARY
Winrock International (WI) is currently recruiting for the position of a full-time Senior Technical Advisor in its Tamale project office to support the five-year, USAID-funded Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project (USAID AgNRM). The USAID AgNRM project seeks to provide a scalable, integrated landscape approach that will support sustainable economic development and rural livelihoods, increase nutrition and climate change adaptation, and strengthen northern Ghana’s natural resources.
1) Increased Incomes from NaturaThe AgNRM project activities are implemented under four project outcomesl Resource Products;
2) Improved Food and Nutritional Security;
3) Increased Farmer and Community Security/Access to Land and Natural Resources; and
4) Strengthened Environmental Stewardship.
All interested candidates shall submit their applications (maximum 5 pages including resume, two references and one-page cover letter) in English via www.winrock.org, indicating ‘Senior Technical Advisor’. The deadline for submission of the applications is August 30, 2017. Qualified applicants will be invited for an in person interview.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senior Technical Advisor will work with the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), and other Operations and Technical staff to provide support to areas with cross cutting implications for the program as a whole. This position will have exposure to and participation in a wide range of technical activities and project management elements of the Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management project.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead knowledge management in support of the project’s learning agenda: lead CLA process, document learnings and share with project staff and stakeholders;
- Follow up on critical management and planning needs on behalf of technical and administrative project leads;
- Support review and finalization of project documents, technical reports and donor deliverables;
- Help track workplan progress and resource planning using the Teamwork software;
- Participate in and help plan project meetings, workshops and seminars;
- Provide writing inputs for project communications and reports;
- Complete other tasks as assigned by supervisor(s).
QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND
Education
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
Work Experience
- Ten years of relevant experience in project implementation and/or administration.
- Demonstrated skills in effectively working and/or collaborating with local government structures, government officials, civil society actors, other donors and US government projects.
- Demonstrated leadership, management, decision-making and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills, including reporting to donor in English and Spanish required.
- Demonstrated and proven record to work in a multidisciplinary team.
Skills
- Ability to be flexible, responsive, and confident in interfacing with various internal and external individuals to accomplish tasks.
- Strong organizational skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
- Problem solving capabilities and sense of responsibility in seeing issues through to completion.
- Computer literacy, specifically in Microsoft Word and Excel, is required.
- Strong work ethic, positive attitude, problem solver, positive team player
EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, caste, tribe, age (40 or older), disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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