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Sightsavers is looking for a Programme Officer to support our Economic Empowerment project and manage activities and relationships with key stakeholders. The Programme Officer will ensure that the project is planned, implemented, coordinated, monitored, evaluated, and adapted to the highest possible quality standards.

Job title: Programme Officer – Economic Empowerment Project

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply

Location: Accra, Ghana

Contract: 2 year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Full time

About the role

The Programme Officer will be a key member in the Ghana country office responsible for delivering our innovative Economic Empowerment project, as well as part of a global team, contributing to growth and expansion of the portfolio.

The Programme Officer will work with the Country Project Management team and other funding/resources partners to coordinate implementation of activities and share lessons learned. They will manage all aspects of the project cycle with the partners, including effective planning, start-up, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and asset management, reporting, documentation and closeout.

Further responsibilities include;

• Liaising and working with the Global Technical Leads (Disability Inclusive Economic Empowerment) and other internal experts.
• Support tool development/adaption e.g., participant database, tracking entrepreneurs, ILO tool, Three Circles Tool, informed consent forms, surveys, feedback forms, participant registration forms.
• Support learning and adaptation through developing and implementing tools, events and processes e.g., learning logs, action learning groups, qualitative and quantitative data collection tools, analysis and dissemination of performance data.
• Document learning and adaptation to feedback into project design, implementation, evaluation, and ToC reviews; and to project team, global teams including MEL team and GTLs and to external stakeholders such as partners and participants.
• Identify partner organizations with whom Sightsavers can work to achieve the project and organization’s strategic objective of ensuring that people with disabilities have equal rights and opportunities through both service delivery and advocacy.
• Build effective partner relationships and support longer-term relationships that go beyond the duration of the project by disseminating information and advocating for the project’s goals.
• Support project partners in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor expenditure of project financial resources in liaison with the Finance Support Services Officer and the Country Director.
• Be proactive in providing good quality information on case studies and interesting news stories relating to the project to support preparation of fundraising materials and advocacy materials.
• Act as the first point of contact for any safeguarding incidents or concerns.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Skills and Experience

As the successful candidate you will have experience with labour market issues, including labour market assessments, skills training/development, internships, employer engagement, disability inclusion, job placements and job fairs.

Further requirements include;

• Experience within, or a tertiary qualification (Bachelors or above) in social sciences, education, development studies, public health or other related field.
• Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, human rights and employment.
• Significant experience implementing projects, including experience of the disability sector and gender mainstreaming.
• Experience in project monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects.
• Experience providing technical assistance to other organizations.
• Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and employment is desirable.
• Experience of working within an IGNO/NGO.

Closing date: 18 June 2023

Next Steps

Interviews will take place in our Ghana office during the week commencing 26 June onwards and the evaluation process will include a task and an oral interview.

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please apply via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.