MSI Ghana Jobs 2017

MSI is working with USAID to strengthen its M&E program, contributing to more effective program design and ultimately health service delivery.

USAID’s health portfolio in Ghana targets a diverse array of issues, including maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, nutrition, and malaria. Successful programs require timely data collection and analysis and well-designed evaluations to enhance performance and share learning.

MSI is implementing the Evaluate for Health (E4H) project, helping USAID to strengthen its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) program.

Job Description

Job Title:  Communication Specialist, USAID/Ghana

Evaluation, and Adapting Activity (PELA), Ghana

Proposal Summary: MSI is preparing to bid on the USAID/West Africa’s Peace through Learning, Evaluation, and Adapting Activity. The project will strengthen USAID/West Africa’s effectiveness implementing its projects; coordinating its activities; learning from its experiences; and serving as an information, communication, and thought-leader regarding peace promotion and countering violent extremism (CVE) in the West Africa region.

This position is contingent upon continued donor funding

Position Summary:

MSI is seeking a long-term Communication Specialist to manage communications activities under the project, including the dissemination of evaluation and research findings, best practices, and other lessons learned from CVE activities in the region. S/he will work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning specialist to support the project’s mission to serve as an information, communication, and thought-leader in West African peace promotion and CVE activities. This position will be based in Accra.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, review, and edit news releases, newsletters, research summaries, reports, and publications and ensure that they comply with USAID branding requirements.
• Develop and implement dissemination plans for study, evaluation and assessment findings.
• Coordinate the translation of documents in English, French or local languages.
• Collaborate with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist to gather data for performance monitoring reports, evaluations, and studies, and assist in writing reports when needed.
• Perform other related activities as requested by the COP.

Qualifications:

• Significant experience in communications, journalism, media relations or a related field, particularly in West Africa.
• Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to develop communications plans and outreach strategies with a diverse array of stakeholders, including USAID, national and local governments, civil society groups, and public institutions, including universities and research institutes.
• Experience writing press releases and success stories and use of social media preferred.
• Familiarity with CVE and peace promotion strongly preferred.
• Expert skills in Microsoft Word for report and document preparation. Skills in publication software preferred.
• Proven skills in PowerPoint and other presentation software.
• Fluency in English and French.