Company Profile

Christian Aid is a UK based organisation partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. With a diversity of contexts, cultures and practices, combined with a highly varied portfolio of programmes spread over is countries, the Africa Division offers an enriching opportunity for an HR professional to contribute their expertise to eradicating poverty and fighting social injustice.

Job Description

Christian Aid Ghana is looking for a highly qualified project officer who will assist the Programme Coordinator for a DFID funded FP2020 programme.

The role will provide Programme and business systems support to enable the effective and efficient delivery of the FP2020 programme commitments in a devolved context.  The function will play a key role within a small dedicated support team and the post holder will work closely with programme and support staff across 10 countries under FP2020. The role is line managed by the Programme Coordinator (FP2020).

The role will be required to provide monitoring, reporting and technical support and ensure the logistical functioning of the Family Planning platforms.  The role will also serve as M&E focal point in-country, with 30% of the role dedicated to results.  The role will require you to support partner capacity, manage partner compliance functions and may change according to country Programme needs.  You will have Familiarity with programme cycle management approaches and tools including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Required Skills or Experience

The successful candidate will have strong analytical skills and a good understanding of a range of methods for monitoring, evaluation and assessment to promote evidence-based learning. You will be well organized and able to learn complex systems and result based monitoring and documentation. This role will have direct links with partners on routine basis as the primary focus, building strong links with external and internal stakeholders and colleagues at all levels ensuring effective support is provided to the overall FP2020 programme. You will travel to the field 50 % of your time.

You are also required to have a degree in statistics or a related field and an NGO experience will be a plus. Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation as well as a sound knowledge of family planning issues and it’s; related advocacy and government accountability issues is desirable. Detailed knowledge of office programmes including MS Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and Excel.  Strong IT skills with programme cycle management approaches and tools – including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation. The successful candidate will have competencies in building partnerships, realising potential, stewardship over resources