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Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) works with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Governments and the Private Sector to promote an equitable, accountable and responsive education system that assures quality and equal opportunities for all. In Ghana, Eduwatch works with Education Sector Institutions (ESIs) to strengthen system responsiveness for policy accountability.
Job Description
- Position: USAID/Ghana SAGES Project Management Specialist
- Position location: Accra, Ghana (with in-country Travel)
- Reports to: Executive Director, Africa Education Watch
- Duration: 3 years (Subject to funding availability)
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Eduwatch is a sub awardee of the Strengthening Accountability in Ghana's Education System (SAGES) Systems Strengthening Activity being implemented by CARE with support from USAID.
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The Activity is a five-year program that aims to improve the accountability of the education system in Ghana, with focus on improving the performance of education system actors, improving education management, and increasing citizen engagement. The purpose of the SAGES Systems Strengthening Activity is to improve primary education service delivery through institutionalizing accountability in the Ghanaian primary education system.
Expected Outcomes
- Enabling environment for accountability established through effective implementation of activities.
- Performance and interactions of all key actors improved through increased institutional capacity to implement systems for accountability at the Ministry of Education (MoE) and its agencies.
- Data management systems for accountability enhanced in MOE and its agencies.
- Data dissemination and utilization to enhance accountability.
Eduwatch is therefore seeking the services of a Project Management Specialist based in Accra to support its implementation of the SAGES Systems Strengthening Activity. The Project Management Specialist will lead and coordinate Eduwatch’s implementation of the SAGES Systems Strengthening Activity.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the delivery of Organisational Development, capacity building, and institutional strengthening activities for ESIs.
- Facilitate activity planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
- Ensure quality assurance in activity implementation.
- Liaise with key education sector stakeholders towards achieving Activity outcomes.
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Required Skills or Experience
Experience
- Minimum of 6 to 10 years of management-level experience on Donor Funded Projects, preferably in the education sector
- Experience working on USAID Projects is an added advantage
- Experience in multi-level stakeholder engagement.
- Strong planning, coordination and project management skills.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills.
Qualification
- Master’s level education in Development Studies, Public Policy, Human Resource Development or related field, with at least 5 year post-master’s experience.
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