Position Title:                      Livelihoods Specialist, Winrock WA-WASH Ghana
Reports to:                           Winrock WA-WASH Ghana MUS Director
Location:                               Ghana, Upper West Region
Duration:                              1 year
Start Date:                            Jan 1, 2014

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the direct supervision of the Project Director, the Livelihoods Specialist for the WA-WASH Ghana Multiple-Use Water Services program will assist in all aspects of project execution: field activities, budgets, staff management, and results, with an emphasis on livelihoods and income generation activities.  The Livelihoods Specialist will coordinate these activities with the WASH Specialist and all staff on the project.

Multiple-Use Services (MUS) is a consumer-oriented approach to water service delivery that takes people’s multiple domestic and productive water needs as the starting point for planning, financing, and managing integrated water services. Existing approaches to water service delivery typically focus on providing water for a single use – for example, drinking or irrigation. MUS has significant advantages over single-use services: it generates greater income, health, and other benefits and enhances sustainability.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Livelihoods Specialist will assist clients in using their new access to productive use water to expand existing livelihood activities or engage in new livelihood activities dependent on water.  The Livelihoods Specialist will:

•   Plan and coordinate support activities in horticulture and/ or livestock raising
•   Assist in the identification and selection of intervention communities
•   Contribute to developing a technology and livelihood activity promotion plan
•   Provide technical training to team members
•   Promote cash crops through training and technical monitoring of farmers
•   Conduct market research for horticultural products
•   Create links between farmers, buyers, and microfinance structures
•   Organize and support farmer or gardener cooperatives
•   Assist in promoting pumps and other drilling and production technologies
•   Contribution to the development of an entrepreneurial vision of development (promotion of services and facilities) within the team
•   Perform any other duties assigned by the project manager

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Bachelor’s Degree in horticulture, livestock, or related discipline
•   Minimum of four (4) years of experience in horticulture or livestock in Ghana.
•   Experience promoting horticulture crops and techniques through the private sector
•   Experience creating links between producers and buyers
•   Experience in horticulture in northern Ghana
•   Experience in other income generation activities

Skills/Knowledge: 

•   Demonstrated ability to communicate with and train farmers in rural areas
•   Ability to adapt to different environments and work with a range of partners
•   Demonstrated teamwork and interpersonal communication skills
•   Strong ethical code and ability to creatively solve problems
•   Ability to write high quality reports
•   Good computer skills in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
•   Fluency in English, and some knowledge of French
•   Fluency in local languages of the Upper West Region

Location: Upper West Region

How To Apply For The Job

Interested persons should submit a cover letter and resume by e-mail to:-

mus.Ghana@gmail.com

Closing Date: 03 December, 2013

In the Subject Line, please indicate:  MUS Ghana – Livelihoods Specialist.  The position will be open until filled; applications will be reviewed upon receipt.  For highest consideration, please submit a detailed resume and cover letter by December 1, 2013.

Winrock would like to graciously thank all applicants for their responses and interest in this posting.  However, only applicants who meet listed criteria and are short listed will be contacted.  No phone calls please.