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ABOUT SPARK MICROGRANTS
Spark MicroGrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Spark has worked in 1350+ villages in 7 countries and has pioneered a community-driven development model in sub-Saharan Africa. Spark works with NGO and Government partners to scale the model's adoption and impact on rural communities - on their own terms. Our model combines facilitated community meetings with a small, discretionary grant to catalyse local action and institution building. Read more about our Approach, Impact and Values on our website.
We are hiring a District Coordinator to be based in Osino, Ghana
OUR WORK
The foundation of our approach is the Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP), where rural communities are led through regular facilitated meetings to organise, conceptualise and implement local development projects, which are supported by a microgrant to fund them. The FCAP has been designed to improve local livelihoods, enhance social cohesion, and improve citizen engagement.
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Our operating model is based on an international team of functional advisers (e.g. finance team, training team, design team, MEL team) who support country teams. Country teams co-design the FCAP with local partners and government, train partners, and support quality monitoring and oversight. The size and scope of country teams depend on the needs of our partners.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Under the overall supervision of the Ghana Country Director, the District Coordinator is in charge of driving government relations and partner coordination for Spark Microgrants in Fanteakwa North, Abuakwa North, Nkoranza, Abuakwa South, Suhum Municipality, and Atiwa East District.
RESPONSIBILITIES - all for the assigned Districts:
- Cultivate and maintain district-level relationships, representing Spark Microgrants
- Provide support and oversight to the FCAP national implementing partner, to deliver the program in a timely manner and in line with the set quality parameters
- Lead partner coordination on behalf of Spark Microgrants
- Support the FCAP national implementing partner to identify and mitigate program risk and foreseeable future challenges
- Input into FCAP design with a specific focus on the operating context in the area
- Support the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team in their data collection activities
- Ensure global and national level learnings are actioned to improve FCAP
- Organize and host key stakeholders whilst visiting the FCAP
- Provide inputs into donor proposals and reporting
Job Requirements - Qualifications Required & Experience
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Public Administration, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in community development, NGO programming, or rural development
- Experience successfully cultivating and maintaining District-level government relationships
- Experience working on multi-stakeholder projects in a coordination role
- Experience working with community-driven development models is an advantage
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Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent writing and reporting skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- The ability to speak Twi is an advantage
Other
- Willingness to travel frequently to Accra, to project sites, and occasionally internationally
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