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Early Warning Officer

JOB SUMMARY

Company West Africa N...
Industry NGO/IGO/INGO
Category Journalism/Co...
Location Tamale
Job Status Fixed term (R...
Salary Negotiable
Education Bachelor̵...
Experience 3 years
Job Expires Sep 27, 2018
Contact ...
 

Company Profile

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Ghana (WANEP-Ghana) is a non-profit making peacebuilding Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It is a civil society institution meant to prevent, resolve, and transform violent conflicts through collective and coordinated efforts of NGOs, local and national state institutions as well as individuals actively engaged in peacebuilding practice in Ghana in order to avoid the duplication of efforts and maximize resources for more effective responses to conflict situations. The organization seeks to facilitate the creation of a sustainable culture of non-violence, justice, peace and social reconciliation in Ghanaian communities.

 

Job Description

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Early Warning Officer to manage our National Early Warning System (NEWS) and support in the implementation of other projects in the country

Working under the direct supervision of the Programmes Manager (PM) and in close collaboration with the WANEP Regional Peace Monitoring Centre (PMC), the NEWS Officer is expected to perform the following functions;

  • Coordinates monitoring, analysis and response activities related to NEWS at national level in collaboration with the PM and WANEP PMC.
  • He/she will liaise with all the NEWS Community Monitors to ensure the smooth day to day functioning of NEWS. 
  • Monitors and regularly submits human security early warning data onto the WANEP’s NEWS in Ghana, ECOWAS Early Warning and Response Network (ECOWARN), and the African Union Continental Early Warning System (AU-CEWS) 
  • Ensures regular and timely submission of quality data by Community Monitoring Team (CMT) members on NEWS and other WANEP-Ghana’s projects’ platforms.
  • Provides early Warning data, information and analysis when requested. 
  • Provide early warning information, analyse the national vulnerability to security situation and initiate the production of early warning reports including monthly bulletins, policy briefs, quick updates, situation tracking, weekly highlights, and other reports when needed/requested on weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. 
  • Fosters collaborative relationships with/between CMTs, civil society and State institutions and national early warning structures, conflict prevention, peacebuilding, disaster management and emergency management organisations. 
  • Coordinates the development of training modules for Early Warning and strategic responses; training and retraining of the National Early warning actors including the Community Monitors 
  • Liaises with the M and E Coordinator and using a predetermined template, collate all results/impact directly or indirectly attributed to NEWS. 
  • Leads the generation and development of country-specific indicators on monitoring threats and violence. 
  • Disseminate early warning products in line with WANEP-Ghana’s communication guidelines.
  • Supports various programs or other initiatives at the secretariat as may be directed.

Required Skills or Experience

  •  A Bachelor's degree is required in Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Science or Governance, Social Statistics, and Communication; professional certificate in the above and related subjects  will be a plus. 
  • A minimum of three years of experience in conflict management, analysis of trends and dynamics of peacebuilding, governance and development, Research and reporting form the essential elements of the experience required. 
  • Strong skills in data analysis and discussion, and statistical data presentation and reporting 
  • Strong understanding of election dispute trends and dynamics and past election dispute management practice; 
  • Strong understanding of natural resource governance threats and past monitoring experience
  • Ability to pay strict attention to detail; 
  • Working knowledge of database queries and application of indicators; 
  • Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints; capacity to take forward advocacy on NEWS whilst supporting programme departments is an added value. 
  • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with strong flair for report writing; 
  • Ability to incur overtime in order to perform the essential duties of the position which may require irregular hours;
  • Advanced skills and speed in the use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access at the minimum). 
  • Must be good team player, open to criticism and be results oriented.
  • Note: In line with WANEP gender policy, consideration will be given to qualified female applicants. 

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