Established in 2006, Marie Stopes Ghana (MSG) is an affiliate of MSI Reproductive Choices and is one of the largest specialized Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) organisations in Ghana. MSG complements the Ministry of Health and Child Care in the provision of quality and affordable general health and SRH services in all provinces of Ghana.<\/p>\n
MSG is seeking qualified personnel for an anticipated 5-year USAID-funded family planning activity in Ghana. The goal of the activity is to contribute to the reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity through increased access to comprehensive, voluntary family planning (FP) services to poor and underserved populations in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Technical Director<\/strong><\/p>\n The Role<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The Technical Director will be responsible for the overall technical oversight of the project, including leading technical teams, work planning and reporting. Key Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n The successful candidate will be responsible for the following among other duties:<\/p>\n \u2022 Support the Chief of Party to provide technical direction and supervision for all program activities and interventions to ensure integration, coordination, and collaboration across all result areas. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n To succeed in this role, you must have:<\/p>\n \u2022 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degrees (MBChB) Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your application, click on the link below and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.<\/p>\n Click Below To Apply Online<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 This application is open only to Ghanaian nationals or permanent residents with work permits. Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a011 November, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Established in 2006, Marie Stopes Ghana (MSG) is an affiliate of MSI Reproductive Choices and is one of the largest specialized Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) organisations in Ghana. MSG…..<\/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-jQ6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76266"}],"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=76266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 The Technical Director reports directly to the COP and will take a leadership role in ensuring technical implementation of high impact, proven interventions and ensuring the project meets stated goals.
\n\u2022 They will assume the responsibilities of the COP in the absence of the COP.
\n\u2022 They will coordinate among USAID and key stakeholders and other implementing partners and will interact with numerous Government of Ghana institutions and representatives.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ensure that project objectives, outcomes, and deliverables are met and that reporting requirements of the donor are followed.
\n\u2022 Ensure quality activity implementation and employ use of project M&E tools and ensure compliance with donor requirements.
\n\u2022 Promote sustainability of project activities through effective networking, linkages to other programs, capacity building of project staff, and institutional strengthening of partners.
\n\u2022 Provide operational, technical, programmatic, financial and management guidance and support for project activities; identify, consider and resolve issues or problems.
\n\u2022 Oversee and ensure efficient monitoring of subcontracts and grant partners.
\n\u2022 In the absence of the COP, represent the projects to USAID, the government of Ghana, project partners and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 A Master\u2019s degree of higher in public health, medicine, management or social sciences or related field.
\n\u2022 Seven (7) years\u2019 experience managing at a similar level or similar or senior technical advisor level in donor funded programs of similar scope in Ghana or a developing country. Demonstrated capacity to provide management oversight to large complex programs.
\n\u2022 At least 10 years\u2019 experience working in family planning and sexual and reproductive health, including recent experience and in-depth understanding of the major issues affecting FP in Ghana.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated knowledge and experience of USAID or other donor planning and reporting systems, operations, programming, structure, and sub-award compliance.
\n\u2022 A proven track record of building teams and fostering collaboration in order to achieve goals, meet milestones and produce high quality project deliverables on time and on budget.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated expertise in developing partnership with local government, donors, multilateral organizations, academia, private sector and local community, preferably in Ghana.
\n\u2022 Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 All positions are contingent upon funding to MSG and approval by USAID.
\n\u2022 Early applications are encouraged as shortlisting and interviews will be on rolling basis.
\n\u2022 Submission deadline is Close of Business 11th November 2022.
\n\u2022 Please take note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.<\/p>\n