ActionAid is a global movement of people working together to further human rights for all and end poverty.

ActionAid Ghana (AAG), an Affiliate of ActionAid is looking to employ experienced and self- motivated individual to fill the following position:

  1. General Programme Officer

Duty Station: Upper East Local Rights Programme (Zebilla)

Role Overview:

Reporting to the Programme Manager, the role is responsible for supporting rights holders and partners to effectively engage and challenge rights violations and to gather information on these rights violations to build AAG’s perspectives for national policy advocacy. It is also responsible for developing and testing AAG alternatives prior to proposing to Government for replication.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development and operationalization of strategy papers, concept papers and policy briefs for both AAG and the AAI federation
  • Support to strengthen rights holder organizations to engage government and local authorities on the key priorities of the Local Rights Programme
  • Support partners to build skills of rights holders in policy analysis, advocacy, lobbying and influencing.
  • Identify key issues affecting mission objectives in the Local Rights Programme for fundraising
  • Act to sustain partnership and networking relationships with key stakeholders to influence policies and practices
  • Gather information on critical policy issues for AAG’s action at the national level
  • Act to ensure timely reporting and documentation to improve relationships and accountabilities to donors and communities
  • Support to design monitoring and evaluation indicators for assessment of LRP strategy

Job Circumstances:

This is a three (3) year renewable contract employment on national terms and conditions. The role involves travel within and outside Ghana especially to programme communities as well as to other AAG communities.

Academic Qualification:

1st Degree in Social Sciences or relevant field with two (2) years’ relevant experience

Essential Knowledge/Experience:

Must have good knowledge of the Human Rights Based Approach programming

Must have good knowledge and experience in Monitoring & Evaluation and Child Sponsorship work

Must be computer literate with effective verbal and written communication skills

Competencies:

Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills, presentation and negotiation skills, self-motivated and with an innovative mind-set, high learning ability, gender and child sensitivity, stress tolerance and good judgment.

Ability to speak the local languages is an added advantage.

Basic Salary: GHS 1,024.41 (Band 3: Step 1)

Application Forms MUST be downloaded from the AAG website: and submitted as below

Curriculum Vitae (CVs) are NOT acceptable.

Completed Application Forms should be emailed to or

The Human Resource Manager

P. O. Box AN 19083,

Accra-North.

Tel: 0244 316 392 / 028 910 9560

Closing date for receiving applications is Friday, 26th April, 2013.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted and invited for assessment by the first week of May, 2013.

“ActionAid Ghana is an equal opportunities employer. Whilst all applicants will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.”