{"id":7266,"date":"2012-03-23T08:20:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T08:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2013-12-24T20:28:02","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T20:28:02","slug":"innovations-for-poverty-action-country-director-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/innovations-for-poverty-action-country-director-ghana.html","title":{"rendered":"Innovations for Poverty Action: Country Director (Ghana)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)<\/strong> is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to creating, evaluating, and replicating innovative solutions to poverty and policy problems worldwide. IPA specializes in using randomized impact evaluation to assess the effectiveness of development programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a US based, non-profit research organization, seeks a Ghana Country Director to oversee one of its large country offices.<\/p>\n The Ghana Country Director provides a unique opportunity to oversee and direct cutting-edge research and to work with academics from top universities, including University of Ghana, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, MIT and UCLA. The Ghana Country Director will oversee multiple impact evaluations that use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) approach in a range of sectors, including agriculture, rural finance and savings, small and medium size enterprises, health, education and others.<\/p>\n The Ghana Country director will also manage a team of more than 40 local and international staff, oversee all country office operations, lead strategic planning and project development for the country office, oversee capacity building of local staff and partners, and lead the dissemination of results to local practitioners and policy makers.<\/p>\n The position provides the opportunity to guide the research program in Ghana, spend significant time in the field, direct in-county operations and manage relationships with key players in development organizations, donors, academia, and governments.<\/p>\n The Country Director will also contribute to IPA\u2019s continued expansion by initiating new partnerships and projects in Ghana.<\/p>\n The position requires close interaction with academic researchers, donors, local government agencies, and other NGOs.<\/p>\n The Ghana Country Director also provides ongoing oversight of all project and office operations, including finance and human resource systems, data collection, in-house data entry, and a short-term staff payroll of up to 250 individuals at any given time.<\/p>\n Description:<\/strong> Develop and implement a country office vision and strategic plan, in line with IPA\u2019s mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n Manage external relations<\/strong><\/p>\n Oversee and initiate high-quality research<\/strong><\/p>\n Ensure sound operation of the IPA Ghana office<\/strong><\/p>\n Manages in-house data entry team, with Senior Management within IPA Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n Oversee finances for the IPA Ghana office<\/strong><\/p>\n Mitigate and manage risks<\/strong><\/p>\n Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n How To Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n How to Apply:<\/strong> Please do not include any text besides the position line(s) in the body of the e-mail. Adding extra text will interfere with the processing of your application.<\/p>\n If you are applying to multiple positions, you can put multiple positions lines in the same email. And you may send multiple such emails. However, please do not do this for more than 10 positions per every 6 month period. So, if you put 10 position lines in one email, then that counts as ten. Or if you put 4 in one email, and 6 in another, that also counts as ten.<\/p>\n J-PAL and IPA work closely together to conduct rigorous impact evaluations to test and improve the effectiveness of poverty reduction programs. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.<\/p>\n Offer valid till:\u00a015 Apr, 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to creating, evaluating, and replicating innovative solutions to poverty and policy problems worldwide. 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\nThe Ghana Country Director will oversee the research activities of the IPA Ghana field office in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n
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