250 million people in Africa, farmers and their families, suffer hunger and malnutrition, struggling in extreme rural poverty without enough food; left behind by rising economic growth.<\/p>\n
Self Help Africa is a leading international development charity with an expertise in small-scale farming and growing family-farm businesses. We are motivated by injustice, by our expertise in small-scale agriculture and family-farm business, and the opportunity we have to help small farmers change the lives of their families.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Country Coordinator <\/strong><\/p>\n Responsible To:<\/strong> West Africa Regional Director (Ouagadougou)<\/p>\n Start Date:<\/strong> As soon as possible<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Self Help Africa, West Africa Programme, is seeking to recruit a Country Coordinator to support and coordinate the West Africa programme’s activities in Ghana. Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The Country Coordinator is responsible for the overall management and development of SHA’s programme in Ghana and for ensuring that Self Help Africa’s work contributes effectively and efficiently towards meeting the needs of small holder farmers and the goals of the organisation. This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available and SHA reserves the right to make necessary changes.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong> Tamale<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Applications must include the following:<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A duly filled in application form to be downloaded from our web site at: https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/category\/careers\/ Recruitment procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Application procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Electronic copies of the application should be sent by ernail to:-<\/p>\n infowafo@selfhelpafrica.org<\/strong> and marc.kabore@selfhelpafrica.net <\/strong><\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong> 15 July, 2016<\/p>\n Composition of application:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Please ensure that you have fully read the terms of reference for the post, which can be downloaded from https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/category\/careers\/<\/p>\n Self Help Africa is committed to equal employment opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 250 million people in Africa, farmers and their families, suffer hunger and malnutrition, struggling in extreme rural poverty without enough food; left behind by rising economic growth. Self Help Africa…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-3RZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 This is a two (02) year employment contract on national terms and conditions; renewal will be dependent on the level of performance and availability of funding.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 He\/She will have the key responsibility to take forward, strengthen and develop programme links with donors and local partners and to strengthen our position and programmes in Ghana.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 He\/She will report directly to the Regional Director of the Self Help Africa West Africa Programme.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Electronic copies of Ghanaian or other ECOWAS country, national id card, certificate of nationality or passport, or proof of right to work in Ghana
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A letter of motivation to addressed to the West Africa Regional Director;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A curriculum vitae of no more than 3 pages, dated and signed by the candidate, outlining his\/her experiences and competencies;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Electronic photocopies of relevant diplomas, work certificates, school and training certificates<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The interview will consist of an oral interview and a practical test.<\/p>\n