Job Description

Title: Programme Coordinator Ghana

Reports to: World Child Cancer UK Operations Manager (Africa)

Supervised by: Local Project Lead, Prof Lorna Renner

Based at: Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana/home-based

Hours: Full-time

Job purpose:

To manage the development of a network of Paediatric Oncology units across Ghana in accordance with an agreed plan funded by World Child Cancer through the UK Government.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Coordinate and manage the activities involved in a UK Government funded healthcare project in Ghana.
• Keep receipts of all expenditure and record monthly spend against transferred grant. Report project expenditure to WCC.
• Collect receipts and actual expenditure information from satellite centres where grant disbursement has occurred. Report satellite expenditure to WCC along with hub hospital expenditure.
• Assist the implementation of the project as designed.
• Assist in the development of strategies to achieve project aims.
• Organise workshop logistics for medical & nursing staff within the network.
• Schedule meetings with government ministers and policy makers for the Project Lead.
• Assist in monitoring & evaluation of activities and contribute in writing relevant project reports (biannual reports, case studies, etc.).
• Communicate progress with healthcare professionals and administrative staff within the network.
• Maintain and develop accurate schedules of activities and databases of contacts and donors.
• Identify and develop partnerships with local supporters of the project.
• Carry out research into local corporate social responsibility programmes.
• Facilitate the communication between local fundrasing groups and WCC head office  
• Maintain a presence on social media platforms to communicate with a wider audience.
• Attend training and develop relevant knowledge and skills.

Required Skills or Experience

Qualifications: Masters Degree in any discipline, preferably in Public Health, Development Studies or any other relative disalpine.

• Relevant experience in NGO sector, preferably in health.

Personality: Self-driven with a positive outlook. A clear focus on high quality work. A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance. Reliable, tolerant, and determined. Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view. Sufficiently mobile and flexible to travel up to a few days a month within Ghana. Keen for new experience, responsibility and accountability. Able to get on with others and be a team-player.

Computer skills: Must be adept in use of MS Office 2000 or later, particularly Excel and Word, and internet and email.

Literacy and numeracy: Fluent in English. Must be a very competent writer of business letters and reports. Able to understand basic business finance, including cash-flow.