The Government of Ghana has received a grant from the European Union (EU) and the Department for International Development (DFID) to support the implementation of the Ghana Statistical Service Institution Reform. The fund is being managed by the World Bank (WB) under the Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) for Statistical Development Project. The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) intends to apply part of the funds under the project to engage Individual Consultants.<\/p>\n
Develop an IT Strategic Plan for GSS
\nSet up a Network Operating Centre (NOC) at GSS head office
\nDesign, costing and set up an enterprise network that will link GSS head office to all GSS regional offices for both data and voice, internet connectivity, document and reports distribution and sharing, announcements and notices, etc
\nSet up and implement business applications to facilitate work eg. stores and vehicle management system, work flow, etc
\nDevelop the following IT Policies and Plans; Use Policy, Maintenance and Replacement Policy, Security Policy, Change Management Plan, Processes Plan, Auditing Plan, Disaster Prevention & Recovery Plan, Business Continuity Plan
\nSet up a secured and reliable Data Backup system
\nDesign and set up appropriate central database and statistical analysis systems, including appropriate work procedures that will enable GSS to produce relevant statistics in a timely manner
\nRe-structure the IT Division to make it more effective, responsive, focused and capable of managing and supporting IT infrastructure and applications to meet the IT needs of stakeholders
\nSupport the improvement of MDA statistical IT systems
\nIdentify and provide continuous IT training and upgrading of skills of staff to effectively manage and use IT
\nDuration: One year renewable<\/p>\n
Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Minimum first degree in Computer Science or related field How To Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ghana Statistical Service now invites eligible Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services.<\/p>\n Interested consultants must provide information indicating they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, general qualification\/academic background; and knowledge of local conditions, such as local language, culture, administrative systems and government organisations). Interested Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 hours GMT, Mondays to Fridays. Expression of Interest must be delivered in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Expression of Interest”. The position should be clearly written on the envelope and delivered by 10:00 hours GMT to the address below:<\/p>\n The Head of Procurement Detailed Terms of Reference for position can be found at the GSS website: (www.statsghana.gov.gh<\/strong>) and UN Development Business online (UNDB online) (www.devbusiness.com)<\/p>\n Offer valid till: 12 Jan, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Government of Ghana has received a grant from the European Union (EU) and the Department for International Development (DFID) to support the implementation of the Ghana Statistical Service Institution…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19],"tags":[9,1313],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-sL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUnderstanding of statistical production and dissemination procedures and processes
\nAbility to mentor staff and facilitate learning by doing
\nExperience in Public Service or Donor Funded Projects is an advantage
\nProven track record in working effectively within multidisciplinary teams
\nComputer proficiency in standard office applications (Spread sheets, word processing, Internet Explorer
\nKnowledge of statistical applications and databases
\nStrong leadership and inter-personal skills, including excellent communication and facilitation skills<\/p>\n
\nConsultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (revised May, 2010)<\/p>\n
\nGhana Statistical Serivce
\n(2nd Floor, Room 241)
\nP. O. Box GP 1098
\nAccra<\/p>\n