UCLGA-WARO exists as the West Africa regional office of United Cities and Local Government of Africa (UCLG AFRICA) with the mandate to champion and defend the interests of local government associations and their member local government units in West Africa.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Project Officer \u2013 Covenant Of Mayors for Sub-Saharan Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n Reporting to:<\/strong> Senior Project Coordinator\/Regional Director, WARO UCLGA<\/p>\n Reference:<\/strong> WARO\/04<\/p>\n Job purpose and description:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Project Officer will be based at the UCLG Africa premises in Accra, Ghana. The person will be selected by UCLG Africa and CEMR to work on the Covenant of Mayors Office for Sub-Saharan Africa (CoMO SSA). She\/he is expected travel in the region and Europe (Brussels project office).<\/p>\n Under the coordination of the Senior Project Officer (based in the Project Office in Brussels) and the direct supervision of the Regional Director of UCLG Africa, and previous appropriate training, the appointed person is expected to perform following tasks:<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Act as a focal information point (\u2018central helpdesk\u2019) on matters related to CoMO SSA\u2019s activities and to the overall Covenant of Mayors initiative; Main terms and conditions of employment:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 This is a full time fixed-term contract until 30 November 2019 Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The position is open to African candidates holding a Master Degree in Environment, Energy or another relevant subject. Aptitudes, Skills and Knowledge:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Computer literate in main current software applications Language:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Bilingual English \u2013 French (oral and written) Location:<\/strong> Accra<\/p>\n How to Apply For the Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested candidates are invited to send us, writing one of the mentioned documents in English and the other one in French:<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A cover letter of maximum two pages, explaining why you would like to work as Project officer on the CoMO SSA project, why you are the ideal candidate for this position and which is your expected salary, and These should be addressed to uclgawestafrica@yahoo.com<\/strong> by 12\/08\/2016 midnight GMT time, clearly indicating \u201cProject Officer CoMO SSA in Accra\u201d in the subject line.\u00a0\u00a0 Or by post to the following address:<\/p>\n United Cities And Local Governments of Africa<\/strong> Selected candidates will be asked to come in for an interview in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong> 12 August, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UCLGA-WARO exists as the West Africa regional office of United Cities and Local Government of Africa (UCLG AFRICA) with the mandate to champion and defend the interests of local government…..<\/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":[29],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-3Ya","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15262"}],"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=15262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Act as a \u201cfirst-line help desk\u201d, providing daily technical assistance on the ground and be available to answer any technical question regarding the promotion and the implementation of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa initiative. If more specific information is requested, the project officer will liaise with the consortium partners and the Project Office as \u201csecond-line helpdesk\u201d who will be in a position to provide a more tailored support;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Assist with the organisation of meetings taking place in Africa;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Take charge of the management of the Help Desk Office in Accra and liaise with the Project Office in Brussels for planning, organising and reporting on the help desk activities and financial and administrative issues;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Liaise with the UCLG Africa colleagues in charge of the promotion of the CoM SSA initiative with the African local authorities.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Date of entry in service: 1 September 2016
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The annual gross salary for the position will be according to experience and qualifications of the successful candidate.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Travel is expected to various African countries and\/or within Europe. Flexibility in working hours will be required.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The full terms and conditions will be set out in a contract with UCLG Africa made on the basis of the Ghanaian law with the successful candidate.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 5 years of work experience in project management;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 working in an African member-based organisation, and in dealing directly with its members is an asset<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Mastering of Internet, websites, social networks, and current editing software tools
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Excellent oral and written communication skills
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Sense of initiative and responsibility
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Accountability and strict ethical behavior
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Networking skills
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Good sense of organization
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Be able to learn fast
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Ready to travel frequently
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Experience of working in an intercultural and multinational environment
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Ability to work autonomously and to work in and with teams
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Knowledge of the Covenant of Mayors initiative is an asset.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Knowledge of Portuguese is a valuable asset<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A curriculum vitae, including family situation, employment history (with salary), education, professional qualifications, language skills and the contact details of two references.<\/p>\n
\nWest Africa Regional Office<\/strong>
\nPMB CT 510 Cantonment, Accra, Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n