Job Description

The GCAP, financed by the World Bank and USAID, is Ghana's flagship agricultural project.The project is currently being restructured including the following  revised Project Development Objective:
To improve agricultural  productivity of both smallholder and nucleus farms in selected project  intervention areas through increased access to reliable water, land,  finance, agricultural inputs, and output markets.
The restructured GCAP will consist of the following seven components:

(i) Strengthening investment promotion infrastructure and facilitating secure access to land;
(ii) Securing PPPs and smallholder linkages in  the Accra Plains; (Hi) Securing PPPs and small-holder linkages in the  SADA Zone;
(iv) Project Management including M&E and impact analysis;
(v) Investments in physical rehabilitation and modernization of existing  public irrigation and drainage infrastructure;
(vi) Support to the  restructuring of irrigation and drainage institutions of the Government  of Ghana; and
(vii) Support for the development of Water Users'  Associations and new scheme management institutions.

Organizational Reporting: Reports to the Project Coordinator/Operations Manager of GCAP.
GCAP is looking for a dynamic and energetic Human Resources Specialist (to be located in Accra)  to oversee the work of the relevant consultants and GIDA management on behalf of the Project  Director to ensure timely achievement of the GIDA/ICOUR restructuring targets related to component (vi)of the restructured project.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Overall:

• Oversee the actions taken by GIDA/ICOUR management in restructuring their organizations in line with the approved revised organograms for the two organizations and the relevant Cabinet
• Decisions and World Bank requirements,

Specific:

• Ensure the downsizing of GIDA/ICOUR follows the timelines agreed to by the Government
• and the Bank
• Advise the Project Director and Operations Manager of any bottlenecks and remedial actions to betaken if required.
• Review the work of the HR consultants employed under a separate contract for developing the job descriptions, wage and benefit structure, progress towards technical and managerial upgrading of skills and progress towards procurement of goods and services including office space for the restructured institutions.
• Review the work of the Counselling consultants (financial and psychological) assigned to manage the retrenchment process in a professional and socially responsible manner
• Liaise with GIDA/ICOUR on a day-to-day basis until their restructuring is completed.

Required Skills or Experience

Essential:

• Master's degree in Human Resources Management or related field.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in institutional restructuring including Business Process Re-engineering(BPR).
• Sound knowledge of public sector reform administration procedures  of Ghana.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Desirable:

• Demonstrated experience in implementation of BPR in subvented implementing agencies of the Government of Ghana.