The Government of Ghana was declared eligible for a poverty reduction grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation ("MCC"), a United States Government Agency. In connection therewith, the Government submitted Concept Papers to MCC, and after a successful outcome of due diligence, and the availability of funds, has resulted in a Compact between the Government and MCC pursuant to which MCC would provide a five-year, multimiHion dollar poverty reduction grant to the Government of Ghana (a "Compact"). The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) will be responsible for the management of the implementation of the Compact. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Compact, related agreements, and the availability of funds, the Government intends to use a portion of the funds provided through the Compact to procure professional personnel in MiDA to assist the Government with the management and implementation of the Compact programme in a transparent, timely, effective, efficient, results-oriented and fiscally sound manner.

Reports to: M&E and Economics Director

Roles and Responsibilities:

•   Assist in the management, implementation, and update of the Compact M&E Plan in collaboration with the M&E Director and MCC M&E Leads
•   Assist in setting up and managing the MiDA Management Information System (MIS), including all related activities such as data collection, data entry, data analysis, and reporting.
•   Assist in the management of M&E data collection, which includes but is not limited to designing surveys, implementing data quality protocols, auditing data collection by MiDA contractors, managing data entry, and monitoring sample validity
•   Serve as a liaison to Implementing Entities to gather information and train them on the Compact M&E plan.
•   Regularly review M&E data with appropriate decision makers to ensure that projects are reaching their targets and objectives and, if necessary, that timely corrective actions are implemented.
•   Participate in the monitoring of the Project components through site visits, review of Project reports and review of secondary data. Participate in the planning and execution of annual project reviews.
•   Work with the MCC and stakeholders to implement independent evaluations, and develop additional qualitative and quantitative evaluations
•   Collaborate with MiDA counterparts, including the ESP Director, Social and Gender Assessment Director and others, to ensure that appropriate considerations are incorporated into M&E and economics activities, including the appropriate level of disaggregation for indicators in the Compact M&E plan,
•   Assist in disseminating relevant information to GOG, civil society, the private sector and the donor community.
•   Assist in the preparation and publication of periodic reports including, but not limited to, monitoring and evaluation reports, budgets, implementation reports from project managers and implementing entities, procurement reports, and others as defined in the implementation procedures.
•   Develop terms of reference for procurement of surveys and other studies related to the M&E process.
•   Provide inputs to organize training in M&E for MiDA and implementing entity staff, local organizations and primary stakeholders with view of developing local M&E capacity.
•   Perform all other duties and exercise all other powers as are assigned by the M&E Director

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A university degree in Economics, Statistics or a related field.
•   Approximately five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience managing data collection or conducting analysis of projects.
•   Excellent organizational skills related to data and document management.
•   Ability to work in teams, with multiple stakeholders under competing time pressures.
•   An understanding of economic development in Ghana.
•   Experienced user of statistical software (such as STATA or SPSS), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
•   Experience managing small-to-medium sized enterprise surveys in Ghana strongly preferred.
•   Experience managing surveys with electronic data collection strongly preferred.
•   Demonstrated ability to provide independent analysis and interpretation of performance data using methods in economics, policy analysis, and/or statistics preferred.
•   Experience monitoring Energy projects preferred.
•   Expenence in M&E system design and management preferred.
•   Experience with GIS software, such as ArcGIS, preferred.
•   Experience preparing Terms of Reference and/or managing contracts preferred.
•   Experience preparing reports preferred.
•   Experience in  business administration, finance and management preferred.
•   Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and local languages

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Applications should be sent by e-mail addressed to:-

jobcode450315@mida.gov.gh

Citizens from any country will be considered, however, preference will be given to applicants with extensive working experience, knowledge of and/or living in Ghana. Knowledge of the Ghanaian economy, financial systems, development plans, priorities, interventions and programmes is highly valued. To receive consideration, applicants must include

i. their curriculum Vitae of not more than (four) 4 pages stating their qualifications and experience, providing three professional references, contact phone number(s) and e-mail address(es) by which they can easily be reached,
ii.   a cover note (one page maximum) explaining what the applicant envisions as the challenges of the position applied for and how their experience and education would allow them to meet those challenges.

For further details on the roles and duties of the post, especially with regard to the principal accountabilities, applicants are advised to look at the MiDA website at www.mida.gov.gh/compact2

Applications must be sent by e-mail addressed to the job code shown against each post and must be received by MiDA no later than midnight on Monday, 4th. May, 2015.

Closing Date: 04 May, 2015

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Telephone and fax enquiries on submitted applications will not be entertained. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
Shortlisted applicants may be required to attend a number of screening interviews