{"id":3772,"date":"2011-06-01T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2016-11-21T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T14:39:24","slug":"project-manager-vacancy-by-undp-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/project-manager-vacancy-by-undp-ghana.html","title":{"rendered":"Project Manager Vacancy by UNDP Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration of Initial Contract:<\/strong> 1 year (One year renewable)<\/p>\n<p>UNDP is providing assistance to the Government of Ghana to implement a project titled &#8220;Integrating climate change into the management of priority health risks in Ghana:. The Proposed project will develop systems and response mechanisms to strengthen the integration of climate change risks into the health sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duties:<br \/>\n<\/strong>The incumbent will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan the activities of the project and monitor progress against the initial quality criteria<\/li>\n<li>Technical oversight for all project activities, ensuring activities and their outputs are technically robust, both in terms of climate change and health issues<\/li>\n<li>Act as a focal point for issues relating to the relationship between climate change and health, thereby ensuring that the project deliverables are cutting edge<\/li>\n<li>Mobilize goods and services to initiative activities including drafting TORs and work specifications;<\/li>\n<li>Working experience at district level especially in the health sector is an advantage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remuneration: <\/strong>In accordance with UN Guidelines<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Advanced degree in, environmental\/social\/health science or relevant field with at least 7 years of proven professional experience. Excellent knowledge of climate change and adaptation and experience of working at the policy level<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated track record of project management; Excellent skills in standard software (Word processing, spreadsheets) Experience in the development\/implementation of donor funded projects is an asset and knowledge and experience of the health sector would be advantageous<\/li>\n<li>Fluency in both oral and written English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Competencies:<br \/>\n<\/strong>The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the following competencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge and experience in working in policy development and capacity building<\/li>\n<li>Strong knowledge\/experience in results based management and results oriented approach to project implementation<\/li>\n<li>Strong interpersonal, networking and team building skills<\/li>\n<li>Excellent oral and written communication skills, with analytic capacity and the ability to synthesise project outcomes and relevant findings into quality papers and reports, intended for a range of different audiences;<\/li>\n<li>Shares knowledge and experience actively, mentors project staff<\/li>\n<li>Capacity to produce high quality communication and outreach materials to inform stakeholders and project partners;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>How To Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Qualified candidates are requested to send their application marked\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Project Manager&#8221; <\/strong>respectively with supporting resume including telephone numbers and email address to the address below:<\/p>\n<div><strong>The Human Resource Unit<br \/>\nU.N.D.P Office<br \/>\n(Next to the Ghana National Fires Service Hqtrs)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. Detailed Job descriptions for both positions are available on request at the UNDP Security Gate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Offer valid till:\u00a015 Jun, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Description Duration of Initial Contract: 1 year (One year renewable) UNDP is providing assistance to the Government of Ghana to implement a project titled &#8220;Integrating climate change into the&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[204,598],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-YQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}