The Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) is a Government of Ghana (GoG) programme designed to provide a framework for a long-term financing arrangement for private sector-led, pro-poor agricultural value chain development in Ghana. Financiers are International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Ghana (GoG). The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is the implementing ministry<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Policy, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n The Programme has three components.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Component 1<\/strong>\u00a0(Value Chain Development) is central to ensuring strong business linkages among actors in the entire value chains of commodities, to ensure they meet market or consumer and industry demands. It has three sub-components: (i) Agribusiness linkage development; (ii) Rural financial services and (iii) Climate Change Resilience\u2014which is mainstreamed into value chain interventions to reduce risks, enhance profitability and sustainable production systems. Line Management:<\/strong>\u00a0Reports to the National Programme Coordinator (NPC) and have close working relationships with all officers on the Programme.<\/p>\n The Policy and Monitoring and Evaluation Manager (PMEM) will be responsible for (a) policy support (b) monitoring and evaluation and (c) knowledge management. (S)he is responsible for guiding the overall M&E strategy and implementation of related activities within the programme as well as providing timely and relevant information to the NPC and programme stakeholders including field staff and consultants of external M&E-related missions.<\/p>\n Duties and Responsibilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Agricultural Policy Development and management involving coordination of and participation in policy studies, advocacy and dissemination of such studies; Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Essential<\/p>\n \u2022 At least a Masters\u2019 degree in Agriculture, Project Management, Agricultural Economics, Social Science or other related fields; Desirable<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Good level of proficiency in Microsoft Applications including MS Project; Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The position will be on a contract basis for two (2) years with the possibility of extension depending on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your application, click on the link below and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.<\/p>\n Closing Date: 21 November 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) is a Government of Ghana (GoG) programme designed to provide a framework for a long-term financing arrangement for private sector-led, pro-poor agricultural value…..<\/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":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-8W0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34348"}],"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=34348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\u00a0Component 2<\/strong>\u00a0(Rural Value Chain Infrastructure) is aimed at providing the enabling infrastructure to catalyse value chain development. It has two sub-components: (i) Productive Infrastructure and Facilities\u2014aimed at encouraging investments in commercial infrastructure and facilities for the selected value chains; and (ii) Enabling Public Infrastructure\u2014 aimed to finance enabling public infrastructure for the growth and viability of selected value chains.
\n\u2022\u00a0Component 3<\/strong>\u00a0(Knowledge Management, Policy Support and Coordination) aimed at harnessing successful lessons for replication and providing an enabling environment for optimization of programme opportunities and benefits.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 M&E System Development and Management in close collaboration with MoFA M&E Division and Zonal M&E officers;
\n\u2022 Establishment of a functional knowledge management system that involves analysis, documentation and dissemination of information and lessons learned;
\n\u2022 Facilitating the development of the Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB), ensuring alignment with programme strategy, agreement on annual targets;
\n\u2022 Facilitating external supervision and evaluation missions;
\n\u2022 Assessing M&E capacity of the programme, implementing partner staff and primary stakeholders and ensure that required capacity is in place;
\n\u2022 Critically assess achievement of outcomes and results, gather and analyze data to enhance management\u2019s efforts towards effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the programme;
\n\u2022 Identifies policy gaps and opportunities to create a favorable environment for value chain development in Ghana. Identify the opportunities to improve the delivery of the services provided by GASIP in collaboration with the component managers;
\n\u2022 Prepares timely and appropriate reports on progress and problems of program implementation including quarterly and annual operational and financial progress reports on GASIP activities;
\n\u2022 Mainstream gender and youth into GASIP program. Ensure that the targeting strategy of GASIP is up to date. Lead the required update of the targeting strategy of GASIP when deemed necessary; and
\n\u2022 Undertakes any other responsibility that will ensure smooth and effective implementation of the Programme or as may be directed by the National Programme Coordinator.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 At least 10 years of relevant work experience in policy design and implementation, planning and design and implementation of M&E systems in the agricultural sector;
\n\u2022 Possess excellent understanding of rural and agricultural development issues related to markets, private sector development, decentralization and participation of the poor;
\n\u2022 Ability to use M&E methods and approaches including quantitative and participatory approaches in surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations;
\n\u2022 Possess high managerial experience and knowledge of strategic planning approaches;
\n\u2022 A solid understanding of public policies, development approaches with a focus on participatory processes, market economy management, and gender issues; and
\n\u2022 Ability to produce high-quality briefs and reports<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others;
\n\u2022 Experienced in electronic data processing and analysis and data base development; and
\n\u2022 Strong analytical and market-oriented skills.<\/p>\n