International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, economic growth, education, environment, and global health.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Communications Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n Department\/Location: Accra, Ghana<\/p>\n Reports To: Research Director<\/p>\n Type: Regular Full-Time<\/p>\n Overview: IBTCI seeks a Communications Advisor for USAID\u2019s Peace through Evaluation, Learning and Adapting Activity (PELA) in Ghana. The purpose of this activity is to support USAID\/West Africa to be a more effective, efficient and adaptable operating unit in achieving the development objective of strengthening systems of non-violent conflict management in West Africa. The activity will strengthen USAID\u2019s 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 based in Accra, Ghana with a period of performance of 51 months. Ghanaian nationals are encouraged to apply for this position.<\/p>\n This position is contingent upon award.<\/p>\n Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Essential Duties\/Tasks and Responsibilities: Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Working Environment: Work is typically performed in an office environment.<\/p>\n Physical Requirements: This is largely a sedentary position that requires the ability to speak, hear, see, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs. Travel: Travel to other countries in the West Africa region is required.<\/p>\n No phone calls please. All candidates will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.<\/p>\n IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.<\/p>\n Working Conditions: Work is performed in a typical corporate office environment.<\/p>\n Physical Requirements: Ability to lift up to twenty five pounds.<\/p>\n No phone calls please. Applications will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.<\/p>\n We are an equal opportunity employer. Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination of race, creed, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. We are an E-verify employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and implemented over two hundred projects……<\/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":[97],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-75n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27241"}],"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=27241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nResponsible for the presentation of all activity data, research and learning to a diverse range of audiences;
\nReview and edit all research products as well as communications products produced by the activity, ensuring that products are of publishable quality and tailored to the appropriate audiences;
\nAdvise on dissemination methods for products to ensure that information reaches the appropriate audiences most effectively;
\nExplore and develop means of effectively communicating complex information, whether generated by the activity or other partners, and making it easily understood;
\nResponsible for directing and managing the activity in the absence of the Research Director, with the equivalent status of Deputy Chief of Party.<\/p>\n
\nExcellent skills and demonstrated experience in communications and graphic design, preferably in international development;
\nAbility to work effectively in a multi-country and multi-cultural setting as demonstrated by past experience;
\nAbility to manage day to day operations of the activity and familiarity with internal control functions;
\nExperience with countering violent extremism or peace promotion preferred.
\nMinimum Requirements:
\nAt least 5 years of experience in communications, graphic design, or analytical research;
\nFamiliarity with programming development assistance, preferably in the areas of CVE, peace promotion and\/or monitoring and evaluation;
\nExcellent oral and written communication skills in English, including experience preparing high quality reports and presentations;
\nFluency speaking, reading and writing in French.
\nEducation: Bachelor\u2019s degree in communications, graphic design, public administration, political science, international relations, conflict resolution and peacebuilding or related field required. Master\u2019s degree preferred.<\/p>\n
\nSupervisory Responsibility: This position does have supervisory responsibilities.<\/p>\n