CARE works in 87 countries around the world to support over 900 poverty-fighting development and emergency projects.

Our Mission
To serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world

Our Vision
We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.

Job Summary

CARE Ghana seeks a Senior Advisor - Behavior Change/Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) to support an upcoming bid to the USAID/WASH for Health Project (W4H), which aims to increase access to water and sanitation at the community level. The project will work with local communities, non-governmental organizations, and government agencies to improve and expand access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, including facilitating private sector investment, establishing community-managed systems, promoting hygiene behavior change, and empowering women to take on leadership roles.

Project staff will operate in target districts that complement USAID/Ghana’s other health investments; staff activities will focus on six project components

•   Component 1: Increase use of improved household sanitation;
•   Component 2: Improve community water supply services;
•   Component 3: Improve sector governance and policies;
•   Component 4: Expand key hygiene behaviors;
•   Component 5: Leverage public/private partnerships to magnify the impact of USG investments; and
•   Component 6: Improve water supply and sanitation infrastructure for health facilities

USAID/Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for Health Project (USAID/W4H) is one of numerous activities designed to work together under USAID/Ghana’s Health System Strengthening (HSS) Project to achieve equitable improvement in health in Ghana. Other USAID-funded projects are People for Health, Innovate for Health, Evaluate for Health, Communicate for Health, Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING), Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING), and USAID/DELIVER.

The Senior Advisor will be responsible for the development of evidence based communication strategies to address Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions. The individual will conduct formative research to identify the WASH needs of the target audience, manage all field CLTS approaches to community pre-triggering, triggering and declaration of Open Defecation Free (ODF) communities.

Responsibilities:

•   Overseeing the completion of all technical requirements, including project results and deliverables, in accordance with the project workplan;
•   Guiding team members to fulfill the project’s strategic goals and objectives;
•   Reporting against the project’s baseline targets;
•   Managing the project’s operational, financial, and administrative priorities;
•   Building partnerships among national- and community-level actors;
•   Functioning as the primary liaison between all project stakeholders;
•   Creating management systems in line with CARE’s standard operating procedures, ensuring consistency with project needs;
•   Designing and overseeing an annual project cycle in accordance with that of USAID;
•   With staff and partners, translating project goals and objectives into implementable strategies and plans;
•   Directing the planning and budgeting processes;
•   Preparing quarterly and annual project activity reports, as specified in the contract;
•   Maintaining internal control;
•   Supervising the performance of all long- and short-term advisors, consultants, and staff;
•   Clarifying roles, delegating responsibilities to senior staff, and clearly communicating expectations for staff contribution to project activities;
•   Supervising project staff and partners in identifying the project’s technical assistance needs, developing suitable scopes of work, recruiting consultants, and executing technical assistance contracts; and
•   Maintaining productive working relationships with USAID clients, project partners, and key counterparts

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A bachelor’s degree relevant to environmental health, public health, communications, and behavioral research;
•   Seven years of work experience in behavior change communication, specifically related to current Ghanaian hygiene and sanitation context and CLTS (desirable);
•   Proven experience in undertaking activities aimed at empowering poor communities and individuals, including organizing civil society groups or community based organizations for improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene;
•   Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English;
•   Strong interpersonal skills; and
•   Working experience in developing countries or work experience in Ghana (latter desirable).

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please refer to the following link for the complete solicitation; http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=263308

Interested candidates should submit their applications and detailed CVs to the HR Officer, CARE International in Ghana or electronically to:-

hr.ghana@co.care.org

Closing Date: 19 September, 2014

•   PLEASE INDICATE CLEARLY IN THE SUBJECT LINE THE POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
•   Closing date for submission of applications is Friday, 19th September, 2014.
•   Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
•   CARE encourages Ghanaian nationals and international candidates to apply.

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