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Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Technical officer for Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Designing a marketing strategy for OBAASIMA in alignment with the Steering and Operational Committees of the project, and building upon learning from the earlier phase of the project Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n Strategy design, management and coordination<\/p>\n \u2022 Developing a framework for all B2B and B2C marketing activities to be implemented within the Obaasima project in line with project objectives, inputs from consultations with the Steering and Operational Committees of the project and also lessons learned from the earlier phase of the project Professional advisory services<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Providing technical assistance on marketing to participating manufacturing companies on the Obaasima seal as necessary<\/p>\n Communication and networking<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Develops and maintains contact with all important and relevant stakeholders Other duties\/additional tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management<\/p>\n Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of a Master\u2019s Degree in Marketing\/MBA with marketing specialization or similar qualification of a relevant field Other knowledge, additional competences<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Strong can-do attitude and willingness to create results under pressure Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their applications with a detailed Curriculum Vitae and a half to one page letter addressing the applicant\u2019s motivation by email to:\u00a0hr-ghana@giz.de<\/strong><\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a029 December, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH draws on the wealth of regional and technical expertise as well as tried and tested management know-how. As a federal enterprise, we…..<\/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":[27],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-98n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35115"}],"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=35115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Set and achieve strategic goals related to marketing initiatives and channels (ex: social media metrics, television & radio advertising) aligned with the business development team to guarantee impact of marketing investment on the program\u2019s goals
\n\u2022 Executing on marketing activities and projects in the context of the above-mentioned strategy and goals through a combination of in-house execution and contracted marketing agencies
\n\u2022 Processing technical aspects and further developing the area of responsibility in accordance with the quality standards as specified in the marketing strategy
\n\u2022 Assisting project initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of stakeholders
\n\u2022 Supporting innovation and knowledge management activities within the program<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Developing detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) and Bill of Quantities (BoQ) for the tendering process for subcontracting a marketing agency to implement the marketing activities of the project
\n\u2022 Providing a quality check on technical and financial offers submitted by tendering marketing agencies as well as providing a comprehensive evaluation and recommendation for the selection process
\n\u2022 Conducting project activities and carrying out other activities required for executing the marketing strategy for the Project
\n\u2022 Facilitating preparatory meetings with the contracted\/assigned marketing agency reporting to superior and all other relevant entities in case of any irregularities or inability of the contractor to meet quality criteria needed for the preparation and roll-out of the marketing strategy
\n\u2022 Supervising the contracted marketing agency through regular consultations (including on-site visits) to ensure the following;
\n\u2022 Progress of implementation of the marketing framework and plan
\n\u2022 Quality standards and control of subcontracted agencies and materials used
\n\u2022 Compliance with objectives and goals established for the Obaasima project in general and stakeholders\u2019 interests in particular
\n\u2022 Burn rate of funds by the marketing agency in compliance with contract terms
\n\u2022 Finalization and guarantee of proper final hand-over from the contractor
\n\u2022 Regularly consulting with the GIZ officer responsible for the contract and cooperation on all project activities
\n\u2022 Regularly reporting on marketing activities of the project according to agreed schedules to relevant stakeholders<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Provides technical assistance to local and international experts
\n\u2022 Assists in ensuring knowledge management by collecting, processing and distributing relevant marketing information, monitoring communication and interaction between all stakeholders<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 At least 8 years professional experience in a comparable position
\n\u2022 Advanced functional skills and proven experience working in the following areas; market research, brand marketing, advertising and promotions, digital marketing etc.
\n\u2022 Experience working on marketing campaigns for multinational companies
\n\u2022 Proven experience in working within multi-stakeholder frameworks (public and private)
\n\u2022 Proven ability to deliver results by executing on plans that meet organizational goals and metrics
\n\u2022 Strong skills in stakeholder management<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, email, internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
\n\u2022 Willingness to travel regularly in accordance with project requirements
\n\u2022 Excellent command (written and spoken) of the English language
\n\u2022 Good team player with excellent interpersonal skills
\n\u2022 Willingness to up-skill as required by the tasks to be performed \u2013 corresponding measures are agreed with management.<\/p>\n