Our client, an international organization which creates innovative solutions for sustainable development around the world, is seeking for an experienced and versatile person to serve as a Part Time Technical Advisor for their secretariat in Ghana. This is a 2 year contract. The successful applicant will work for a maximum of 4 days a week

Part Time Technical Advisor

Duties & Responsibilities:

The Technical Advisor's amin responsibility will be to support the Farmer Based Organization (FBO) secretariat in the management  of the FBO's capacity Development Project and ensure effective financial management of the project funds. He/She will work directly with the FBO's secretariat person assigned with coordination of the FBO's capacity Development Program (CDP), and (also with other FBO secretariat staff. He/She would be responsible for the following:

Management

. Support the FBO secretariat in the effective implementation of all components of the FBO capacity development project and be responsible for the financial management of the AusAID funding to the FBO-CDP

. Liaise with Australia-Africa partnerships facility (AAPF) on a regular basis on progress of the project, and support the FBO-Secretariat in providing annual and quarterly work plans, budgets and procurement plans to AAPF

. Support the FBO-Secretariat in providing quarterly and annual progress and monthly financial reports to AAPF

Specific implementation task

Support the FBO-Secretariat in:

. The project set-up during the inception phase and facilitating an inception workshop for the planning of the first annual work plan.

. Finalizing the Terms of References (TORS) for the various short term consultancies envisaged in the project, as well as coordinating and ensuring quality control of the contracted short term consultancies

. Liaison with and contracting of external support from Australia with support from AAPF

. Supervise the development and implementation of a comprehensive training / capacity development programme for directorate of Agricultural Extension services (DAES) staff, whiles providing support to them in the development and implementation of a capacity FBO strengthening activity plans.

Capacity Development

. Provide capacity developing support to FBO Secretarial in organizational and institutional development, result based monitoring and mainstreaming issues.

. Support in the development of data management systems and analysis of information for effective management of FBO strengthening activities.

. Support the effective use of monitoring data in planning exercises

. Advise on systems and capacity development for financial management.

Minimum Qualification & Requirements:

. A University degree in agriculture economics, agribusiness or a relevant, directly related discipline
. Proven experience in institutional and organizational development
. Excellent and communicator, able to work in complex organizational and institutional settings
. Good reporting and presentation skills
. A high level of computing skills, including the ability to use applications in word processing (MS Word), financial spreadsheet (MS Excel) and project management (MS Project).

He/She Should:

. Posses at least 5 years of professional experience in program management, including financial management with considerable knowledge of the project management cycle and in advisory work related to the value chain approach in agricultural development and extension in sub-saharan Africa

. Demonstrate experience as Technical Advisor or Coordinator and in financial management of donor funded projects of at least $1 million.

. Have significant experience in capacity development of public sector institutions in Ghana is an asset

. Have a good understanding of Farmer based organizations, farming as a Business and value chain approaches, (Previous experience in Ghana or the region considered an advantage).

Duty Station: Accra, Ghana

Interested candidates should express their interest in writing to:

Deloitte Executive Search & Recruitment, 4 Liberation Road, P.O. BOX GP 453, Accra.

Or

Electronically to:  executivesearch@deloitte-gh.com

Or

Deliver by hand to our offices, opposite Netherlands embassy, around ako-adjei interchange, Accra.

Closing Date for submission is 11th June, 2012