Agronomist with the Programme "Promoting Integrated Climate Risk Management and Transfer Approaches (ProCliMaT)"

Main Responsibilities and Tasks:
The advisor is responsible for

•   Managing the areas of Agricultural Climate Risk Management Approaches (prevention and mitigation measures) as well as agricultural insurance in the context of droughts and/ or floods that form part of the program objectives and outputs (I), (II) and (III), team agreements and/or agreements with the superior
•   Assisting programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of program partners
•   Assuring a gender-sensitive implementation of the programme activities
•   Innovation and knowledge management The advisor performs the following tasks

Advising the partner institution(s)

•   Assists and monitors the development and implementation of program plans and activities in close consultation with his/her superior, partners and counterparts on national as well as sub-national levels
•   Contributes to preparing and implementing the coordination process, joint programme activities and work at the national and sub-national levels
•   Deals with the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events on issues connected with the programme's area of activity
•   Develops and organises quality assurance measures and suggests necessary changes, improvements and initiatives

Networking and cooperation

•   Supports cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners, assists with PR work and cooperates with national and local government institutions, communities, relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies and individuals in the programme environment and with other programmes to improve and maintain good working relationships
•   Communicates local interests and efforts, for wards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the programme

Knowledge management

•   Ensures knowledge transfer to programme information
•   Develops ready-to-use strategies and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures
•   Draws up reports and presentation documents
•   Prepares appropriate input for various programme reports including annual re ports, and contributes to the other reports required by the
•   programme manager and GIZ Head Office
•   Assists with research activities and studies on political issues which benefit joint programmes

Coordination tasks

•   Assists with general programme planning and develops project concepts including preparation, organisation and moderation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation
•   Coordinates relevant programme activities at local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organisational aspects
•   Handles order management on behalf of GIZ (e.g. offer preparation, impact monitoring, programme progress review, reporting)
•   Assisting the programme bureau in other tasks to be discussed in the individual case

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Masters/MSc in the areas relevant for Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Production, which are related to the program objective, with a focus on drought/flood risks
•   At least 5 years' professional experience in the area of financing agricultural production
•   Profound experience in the area of prevention and mitigation of climate change related weather risks
•   Profound experience in the area of agricultural insurance - especially in market analysis, product design, product testing and development of operational guidelines
•   Work experience on national and sub-national coordination mechanisms in Ghana to deal with climate change, disaster prevention and/or disaster mitigation
•   Experience in conducting social and scientific studies and analyses
•   Profound expertise in the management of national and international external experts/ consulting companies
Other knowledge, additional competences
•   Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
•   Fluent in written and oral knowledge of the European language widely used in the country
•   working knowledge of German is a strong asset
•   Willingness to develop skills as required by the tasks to be performed - corresponding measures are agreed with management
•   Willingness to temporarily relocate the work place to a northern hub in Ghana (e.g.Tamale)
•   Willingness to travel frequently within and beyond Ghana

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

•   Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their applications with a detailed Curriculum Vitae and a half to one-page letter addressing the applicant's motivation by email to:-

hr-ghana@giz.de

Closing Date: 31 May, 2015

•   Kindly note that only short-listed applicants  would be contacted.
•   If you do not hear from us 2 weeks after the deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful.