Orcas Global is an indigenous business organization established to provide innovative and environmentally friendly business products and services that address very unique socio-economic and environmental challenges in Ghana and Africa at large. We provide products and services in the agriculture, and Entrepreneurial Development.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n POSITION TITLE:\u00a0Village Savings and Loans Officer (VSLA)<\/strong><\/p>\n REPORTS TO:<\/strong>\u00a0Project Coordinator JOB DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n The VSLA Officer will have overall responsibility in the facilitating and implementation of all VSLA and pre urban related activities including SME and vocational skills. He\/she will ensurethat all proposed objectives and targets are achieved concerning VSLA and pre urban activities including guidance to successful formation of VSLAs, Rapid Appraisal of Income Generating activities(RAIGA), beneficiary training on business\/entrepreneurial skills. The officer will ensure regular field visits to monitor activities and conduct timely weekly and monthly reporting.<\/p>\n Core Responsibilities will include but not limited to the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.Facilitate the planning, organization, and management of VSLA and IGA related activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Conduct awareness \/sensitization on VSLA and IGA activities among communities and local leaders. 2.Key technical tasks.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Identify technical capacity and challenges of beneficiaries and village agent face and skills\/knowledge they have in VSLA, Business development, Income generating activities (IGAs), etc. 3.Monitoring, Evaluation, Documentation and Reporting.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Conduct regular follow-up visits to VSLAs, IGAs groups and VST graduates to see if they are applying the technologies\/practices and provide technical assistance where there are gaps. 4.Coordination.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Represent Orcas Global in the field meetings relevant to VSLA and pre urban activities, meetings with government, INGOs, Local NGOs and other players in the district. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Requirements<\/p>\n \u2022 Diploma\/Degree in Business Administration, Banking and Finance, Accounting, Community development, sociology, and any other relevant experience in microfinance, livelihoods, IGA and VSLA methodology Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Northern Ghana: Tamale<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Apply by sending your CV, Cover Letter, Certificates and other relevant documents to:\u00a0orcasglobaljobs2020@gmail.com<\/strong>\u00a0Kindly indicate the position you are applying for on the Subject of the email you are sending.<\/p>\n Closing Date: 1<\/strong>0 January, 2020<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Only Shortlisted Applicants will be contacted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Orcas Global is an indigenous business organization established to provide innovative and environmentally friendly business products and services that address very unique socio-economic and environmental challenges in Ghana and Africa…..<\/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":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-bbj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42985"}],"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=42985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nACCOUNTABLE TO:<\/strong>\u00a0The Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Facilitate community vulnerability process in target communities to assess community gaps and provide basis for planning.
\n\u2022 Develop work plans (Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly) to ensure effective implementation of VSLA related activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan.
\n\u2022 Facilitate the identification and\/or formation and mobilization of local structures such as VSLA groups, IGA groups, financial institutions and marketing groups in the villages and district.
\n\u2022 Facilitate beneficiary identification in consultation with communities and local leaders using set criteria.
\n\u2022 Facilitate the identification of village level VSLA agents to enhance community awareness and ownership\/sustainability of VSLA approach.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Facilitate and ensure the establishment of village savings and loans association groups, IGA groups, and VST among the target communities.
\n\u2022 Oversee and regularly monitor when the VSLA groups are conducting the share purchase, social contributions, and borrowing and repayment of loans to ensure proper documentation\/recording of VSLA field cash box.
\n\u2022 Train beneficiaries and village agents skills on VSLA methodology, BDS, RAIGA groups\/cooperatives and marketing.
\n\u2022 Train economic development groups\/associations\/committees on governance, leadership, VSLA, BDS.
\n\u2022 Coach, supervise and mentor the village agents for effective facilitation and support of VSLA and Income generating activities.
\n\u2022 Strengthen the capacity of partners.
\n\u2022 Facilitate and organize exposure or exchange visits and any other events for the beneficiaries to foster learning and experience sharing.
\n\u2022 Ensure timely procurement of and delivery of right quality and quantity of VSLA kits\/tools required by the beneficiaries and ensure these are used appropriately.
\n\u2022 Ensure sorting out any misunderstanding that may arise within VSLA group members to ensure smooth running of the process and prevent drop out.
\n\u2022 Identify high capacity vocational skills training center for the youth to learn different skills as per market demand\/market survey results in order to equip skills for self-employment.
\n\u2022 Facilitate and conduct market assessments in order to establish skills gaps, guiding the training of youths in VST.
\n\u2022 Facilitate in depth value chain analysis and meeting with actors throughout the market chain to gather critical market information.
\n\u2022 Ensure linkage\/integration economic development activities with Agro pastoral and pastoral activities to foster synergies under the drought recovery project.
\n\u2022 Ensure that VSLAs social funds are available to those members who face acute stress to serve as emergency resources and ensure timely availability of project matching funds.
\n\u2022 Ensure best Vocational skilled youth graduates selected from VSLA groups are provided with complete starter up kits or have access to grants.
\n\u2022 Based on their business plans through a competitive fair and inclusive process(based on business plans)ensure that individual VSLA members are linked with microfinance institutions to borrow loans for business startup\/investment on proposed business plans
\n\u2022 Facilitate training of VSLA members on life skills such as on basic literacy and numeracy skills, household financial affairs, risk management and planning etc.
\n\u2022 Making sure of balanced gender (Men, Women and Youth) in the representation and participation of the project.
\n\u2022 Liaise with the Program Manager for all decisions related to VSLAs and pre urban livelihoods and carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the Line supervisor.
\n\u2022 Work closely in teamwork with partners\u2019 team as well as other program teams Logistics, finance and Health etc.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Track progress of the savings groups, VSLAs, and IGA activities to see if targets set in the annual work plan are achieved.
\n\u2022 Facilitate data collection from savings groups and manage\/supervise the MIS information flow to Program Manager.
\n\u2022 Monitoring and supervision of Village Agents performance in the villages.
\n\u2022 Consolidate\/compile monthly, quarterly and annual activity reports on special events showing achievements, lessons, constraints and recommendations which should be submitted to the relevant authority at the agreed time
\n\u2022 Assist IGA Entrepreneurs to assess their local economy and find markets for their products and services.
\n\u2022 Carry out quarterly\/annual review meetings to assess performance of activities against set targets at the community and program levels.
\n\u2022 Conduct ED assessments and document benefits from these and write success stories.
\n\u2022 Monitor and facilitate the use of the Community Early Action information (collect & dissemination) to strengthen beneficiary\u2019s preparedness towards any potential shocks (drought, floods, conflicts etc.) at community and district levels.
\n\u2022 Participate in field level assessment and or evaluation of project performance\/activities.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Build relationship and coordinate with stakeholders (local leaders, district authorities, microfinance institutions, etc.), relevant government Ministries\/departments.
\n\u2022 Participate in field level coordination meeting with local government authorities and other agencies.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 At least 2 years\u2019 experience on community development\/food security agriculture and pastoral livelihoods.
\n\u2022 Experienced facilitator \/trainer
\n\u2022 Working experience in resilience initiatives or programs is highly preferred.
\n\u2022 Familiarity with principles and practice of savings-led microfinance and with strong awareness of challenges faced by traditional methodologies. .
\n\u2022 Willingness to travel to all project locations on regular basis.
\n\u2022 Experience in working with Non-Governmental organizations, UN agencies and local communities, local authorities and Local NGOs.
\n\u2022 Strong computer skills and ability to use standard computing packages such as word, excel, power point, spreadsheets and database software programs.
\n\u2022 Strong communication and report writing skills.<\/p>\n