Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to discovering what works to help the world’s poor. IPA uses randomized control trial (RCT) evaluations because they provide the highest quality and most reliable answers to what works and what does not.

IPA specializes in using the randomized controlled trial methodology to evaluate the impact of development programs.

Job Summary

IPA Ghana seeks an Administrative Assistant who will backstop office operations and fieldwork logistics of the Disseminating Innovative Resources and Technologies to Smallholders (DIRTS) study including: marketing agricultural input technology packages and providing community-based mobile extension services and rainfall indexed insurance. Lead Principal Investigators on the DIRTS study are Dean Karlan and Christopher Udry of Yale University.

The study’s interventions are implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the Ghana Insurers Association and several other partners. Evaluation of the project occurs via a series of electronic and paper surveys with randomly selected respondent households.

This position will be based in Tamale, with required travel across the Northern Region.

The Administrative Assistant will report to the DIRTS Implementation Project Coordinator. The Administrative Assistant, working closely with the implementation team, Project Coordinator, and Evaluation Coordinator, will manage and help coordinate the following:

•   Project logistics
•   Inventory management, checking the status/quality of inventoried equipment
•   Event organization and preparation for fieldwork
•   Provision of the community-based mobile extension services to ~1600 farmers
•   Other tasks as needed/assigned

The positions will involve carrying out administrative and organizational support functions which could include developing and maintaining files and systems, conducting research, processing invoices and monitoring expenses, managing travel arrangements and responding to general questions on behalf of the project.  The Administrative Assistant also handles details and follow-ups which are often not secretarial.

Qualification Required & Experience

It is required that candidates have:

•   Fluency in English (required) and Dagbani (preferred)
•   Excellent management, communication and organizational skills
•   Education in management, accounting or related field, Bachelor degree is required
•   Prior background in agriculture/natural resource management is preferred
•   Logistics, inventory management and data entry experience
•   Prior knowledge of or experience with the organization is a plus
•   Experience working in Northern Ghana is a plus

Location: Tamale

How To Apply For The Job

Please submit the following by email to:-

jobs-ghana@poverty-action.org

•   CV, including contact information
•   Cover letter/Letter of Intent
•   Three employment references

The subject line of the email should read; DIRTS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Closing Date: 08 August, 2014

•   Deadline for submission of all applications is Friday, August 8, 2014:.
•   All documents should be submitted as attachments, and the file names should include the name of the applicant.
•   The documents may be submitted in MS Word or PDF format.
•   Applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted by email or phone.
•   Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview.