The Head of Programs (HoP) oversees and directs the country program operations of the Literacy Bridge Ghana (LBG), including the proposal development, program management, program reports development, and monitoring and evaluation. Advises Country Director on long-range strategic programs development planning, affiliation on monitoring and evaluation, and program development.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Head Of Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n Literacy Bridge Ghana Position Summary:<\/strong> Key Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n The primary responsibilities of the HoP will be 1. focus on administering contracts and driving the implementation of Talking Book Programs, ensuring wellcoordinated, timely delivery of high quality programs in line with approved workplans and funding agreements and 2. Grants proposal writing.<\/p>\n Other Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Proposal Writing:<\/strong><\/p>\n Develop funding proposals for the program to ensure the continuous delivery of services. Desired Qualifications, Skills & Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n Master\u2019s Degree in International Development, Public Health, Agriculture, or related field; Managing programs within the global development sector; experience in public health or agriculture education and\/or behavior change communication programs is considered a plus; How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Please send your resume and cover letter to joseph@literacybridge.org The Head of Programs (HoP) oversees and directs the country program operations of the Literacy Bridge Ghana (LBG), including the proposal development, program management, program reports development, and monitoring and…..<\/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":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-7pn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28481"}],"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=28481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHead of Program
\nTitle: Head of Programs
\nReports to: Country Director
\nLocation: Wa, UWR<\/p>\n
\nThe Head of Programs (HoP) oversees and directs the country program operations of the Literacy Bridge Ghana (LBG), including the proposal development, program management, program reports development, and monitoring and evaluation. Advises Country Director on long-range strategic programs development planning, affiliation on monitoring and evaluation, and program development.<\/p>\n
\nWriting proposals and supporting documents in response to proposal and grants applications solicitations
\nSubmission of grant proposals to potential donors
\nResearches and identifies donors, corporates, foundations, and private funding prospects
\nMaintains and implements funding calendar activities
\nInnovation & Strategic Direction:
\nEnsure program strategy focuses on continued improvements and innovations derived from internal program insights, third-party research and best practices among similar organizations
\nLeadership:
\nServe on the Senior Management team, participating in strategic planning and problem solving
\nDevelop and implement strategies to align program direction with organization goals
\nProgram Management:
\nOversee execution of all program activities
\nDevelop pilot projects to test new approaches to increase efficiency and impact
\nLiaise with Partners Managers to ensure the effective and efficient projects outputs delivery
\nLiaise with other managers to ensure the effective and efficient program delivery
\nManage program management, and monitoring and evaluation personnel
\nCoordinate with CD and other management team to ensure free flow of programs information
\nCoordinate with Snr. Accountant to develop an annual budget and operating plan to support the country programs.
\nStaff Management & Development:
\nWork with cross-cultural staff in a growing organization
\nDevelop performance measurements across program areas, to ensure consistent, high-quality evaluation and goal setting for all program employees
\nRecruit, hire, and oversee training and orientation of program staff members
\nCollaborate with leadership team to develop and improve organizational human resource policies and tools
\nBudget Management:
\nOversee program budget and tracking individual project budgets
\nRelationship Management:
\nManage relationships with senior staff of key program partners
\nOversee relationship management of partnerships carried out by program staff
\nManage relationship with Literacy Bridge-US\/Amplio Director of Partnerships
\nM&E & Content Strategy:
\nGuide development of a cohesive content strategy and related M&E
\nOversee M&E for organization, including managing M&E staff person and program management team in developing and operationalizing M&E strategy<\/p>\n
\nEight (8) years of relevant experience, with three (3) years in a senior program management role; and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in writing
\nwinnable proposals, managing USAID or other donor-funded international development projects or programs. Long-term resident experience working in Ghana or developing countries preferred;<\/p>\n
\nMust have an in-depth knowledge of proposal development and writing, program design and development, and monitoring and evaluation;
\nMust have a strong knowledge of program personnel management, financial management;
\nExperience developing program reports, work plans, and program budgets tracking;
\nAbility to interact effectively with all levels of internal and external clients;<\/p>\n
\nInclude the job title and your name in the subject line of the email<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"