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Senior Field Officer

JOB SUMMARY

Company Innovations f...
Industry NGO/IGO/INGO
Category International...
Location Ashanti Regio...
Job Status Fixed term (R...
Salary GHS
Education Bachelor̵...
Experience 1 year
Job Expires Jun 21, 2018
Contact ...
 

Company Profile

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to discovering, and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA designs, rigorously evaluate and refines these solutions and their applications together with decision-makers to ensure that the evidence created is used to  improve opportunities for the world’s poor.

Job Description

  • Senior Field Officer, Escaping Poverty project
  • Reports to: Senior Field Manager
  • Office Base: Tamale, Northern Region
  • Project Location: Ashanti Region
  • Length of Commitment: 22 months
  • Desired start date: 1st July 2018
  • Job Code: SFO-EP-16052018

 

Summary
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Senior Field Officer (SFO) to work on the Escaping Poverty project in Ashanti region. The candidate will be expected to work in four districts: Sekyere South, Afigya Kwabre, Offinso North and Offinso Municipal.
The Senior Field Officer will support the Senior Field Manager or Implementation Coordinator in implementation activities in the assigned region or district.

Position Summary
The Senior Field Officer will perform the following responsibilities:

  • Support the roll-out of various components of project implementation activities 
  • Participate in workshops, training, and other technical support for partner organization staff 
  • Carry out informed accompaniments with Field Agents and other implementation staff to witness community/HHs level visit 
  • Carry out back checking of Field Agents to confirm HHs receiving regular visits 
  • Support all implementation activities; Assets transfer, Training etc. 
  • Develop weekly work plan and submit weekly and monthly monitoring reports to SFM 
  • Report to Senior Field Manager/Implementation Coordinator 
  • Relate very well with EP Partners and other stakeholders 
  • Troubleshoot implementation challenges on different project components 
  • Communicate all logistics needs and challenges facing implementation to SFM or IC 
  • Perform other work-related duties that may be assigned. 

Required Skills or Experience

  • Must have a minimum of  HND, Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a reputable institution with at least one year Implementation/data collection experience;
  • Should be fluent in English
  • Should be fluent and able to translate responses in Twi.  Fluency in any of the Northern Languages is a plus.

Preferred Location of Applicant
The applicant should be a resident in one of the following project districts: Sekyere South, Afigya Kwabre, Offinso North or Municipal, or be willing to move to any of these districts at his/her own cost, and stay there for the entire duration of employment.

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