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Job description
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a service enterprise for development cooperation with international operations and global experience. Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, the organisation operates as a private-sector enterprise with a development policy mandate: to make sustainable improvements to the living conditions of people in the countries we operate in. The organisation’s business area – GIZ International Services – is the vehicle for offering GIZ’s services to international clients.
GIZ International Services is shortlisted for an EU – funded project: Technical Assistance to the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, in support of the decentralisation process in Ghana.
The overall objective of the programme of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
To build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels for sustainable development through the implementation of the Ghana National Decentralisation Policy Framework (NDPF).
The purpose of this contract is as follows:
To support the institutions in charge of decentralisation reforms, particularly the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation and its members, through technical assistance focusing on skills transfer and capacity development in the planning and implementation of the National Decentralisation Policy Framework (NDPF) and National Decentralisation Action Plan (NDAP) in a participatory manner.
Your tasks
The Team Leader is responsible for the management of the Technical Assistance Team i.e. Key Experts and Non–Key Experts and for ensuring the ownership of the project by the Government of Ghana through the IMCC.
The Team leader is responsible for the alignment and coordination of all the actions under the present contract.
The Team Leader will ensure that the Technical Assistance Team contributes to the implementation of the Decentralisation Policy (NDPF) and Action Plan (NDAP). The Technical Assistance Team will provide technical assistance to the IMCC to achieve the overall objective, the purpose and results of the Programme.
Your profile
Qualifications and skills
Minimum requirements:
- Post-Graduate Degree in Public Administration or in Development Studies or Local Economic Development or Law or in Economics or equivalent and professional experience of at least twelve (12) years.
- Proficiency in English.
General professional experience
Minimum requirements:
- At least ten (10) years professional working experience in assisting, advising or implementing policy-based reforms and public administration.
Preferred requirements:
- Similar experience in other African countries.
Specific professional experience
Minimum requirements:
- Six (6) years professional working experience in supporting institutional decentralisation reforms.
- At least three (3) years professional working experience as team leader.
Preferred requirements:
- Working experience in supporting all aspects of decentralisation (Political, Administrative, Fiscal).
- Working experience in Public Finance Management and/or popular participation.
Location information
Accra will be the operational base for the Technical Assistance. Experts will be required to travel across the country as and when the need arises.
The intended start date is September 2018 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 26 months from this date.
About us
We create prospects for people and with people. As GIZ has an international mandate, we offer a multicultural working environment. We are committed service providers and dedicated professionals, even under difficult circumstances. We take pride in enabling our employees to develop their professional and personal skills. There are plenty of reasons to join our motivated team – ranging from the diverse challenges you will face on a daily basis in one of our 130 partner countries, to the broad scope you will have for shaping your work.
Notes
Please note that we basically can only receive and process applications sent via our e-recruiting system. Should you not be able to do so, please contact the person named in the job advertisement.
GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
Please send us an updated CV in EU format in English.
To apply, please make sure to use our online – application facility under: https://jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=36900
Please apply by May 8, 2018.
