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:\u00a0Monitoring and Evaluation Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n The Programme has three components.<\/strong><\/p>\n Component 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 Policy and Monitoring & Evaluation Manager (PMEM).<\/p>\n The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer has the responsibility of assisting to ensure that M& E functions are fully integrated within programme activities.<\/p>\n Duties and Responsibilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Review and management of M&E within the programme to ensure proper flow of information to and from the operational level to the Programme Management Unit and especially the provision of timely and adequate information for decision making by Programme Management; Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Essential<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 At least a Masters\u2019 degree in Social Science, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration or other academic field relevant to the tasks to be carried out; Desirable<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Must be familiar with IFAD\u2019s Framework for a Results and Impact Management System (RIMS); 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","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":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-93v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813"}],"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=34813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nComponent 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.
\nComponent 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 Ensure that appropriate M&E procedures are prepared, established and implemented so as to provide sufficient basis for review of programming progress and for recommendation for changes in the emphasis which may be found to be necessary;
\n\u2022 Review on regular basis the status of Programme implementation with a view of adopting corrective measures and bringing to the attention of the PMEM any problems\/issues arising thereof which may impede the implementation of the Programme;
\n\u2022 Assist in the preparation of the AWPB with the support and inputs from other technical specialists and programme implementing partners;
\n\u2022 Harmonize the Programme\u2019s M&E with MOFA\u2019s M & E framework taking into consideration the requirements of the Head office as well as the decentralized units;
\n\u2022 Prepare quarterly Monitoring Reports on all aspects of Programme implementation and progress including services in the areas of training, strengthening of producer organisations, marketing, financial services, technology promotion and policy consultation;
\n\u2022 Undertake field surveys and give technical backstopping to Programme implementers;
\n\u2022 Coordinate and consolidate periodical reports from the Facilitating Agencies on the implementation of their activities as well as Implementation Partners\/ Technical Service Providers;
\n\u2022 Assist in the timely preparation of Annual Reports which will contain evaluation of Programme progress in relation to the Programme objectives;
\n\u2022 Assist in organising Programme Annual Review Workshops and other such relevant activities aimed at assessing Programme progress; and
\n\u2022 Undertake any other responsibility that will ensure smooth and effective implementation of the programme.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 At least 7 years practical experience in the design and implementation of M&E systems for development partner-funded programme, preferably within the agriculture sector in Ghana; and
\n\u2022 Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Computer Literacy and ability to develop, install and manage databases; and
\n\u2022 Excellent writing and presentation skills.<\/p>\n