{"id":8657,"date":"2012-08-02T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T10:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2012-08-02T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T10:50:12","slug":"dfid-ghana-recruits-health-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/dfid-ghana-recruits-health-advisor.html","title":{"rendered":"DFID Ghana Recruits Health Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The UK is one of Ghana&#8217;s largest donors, supportng the Government of Ghana and other partners to reduce poverty, support growth and achieve high quality outcomes in health and education. Following an extensive review at the begining of 2011, the UK Government department responsible for the aid programme &#8211; the Department for Internatiobak Develooment (DFID) &#8211; launched a new Operational Plan. As part of this plan. As part of this plan, DFID Ghana is now looking to recruit a number of\u00a0key posts, to help\u00a0the enlarged office manage a substantial annual budget\u00a0and\u00a0to deliver significant results that improve the lives of some of the poorest people in the country, whilst creating the jobs and economic\u00a0growth needed to sustain further development in years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DFID Ghana is inviting applications for the following post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Responsibilities:<br \/>\n<\/strong>DFID Ghana would like to recruit a dynamic health professional with good knowledge of the Ghanaian Health Sector to help manage and deliver results for DFID&#8217; s significant and growing investment in the health sector in Ghana.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Health\u00a0Adviser&#8217;s main responsibilities will be working with the Senior health Adviser to design, advise on and monitor DFID&#8217;s health programmes which focus on health sector support\/health systems strengthening, maternal and reproductive health, and malaria.<\/li>\n<li>The successful candidate will report to the Senior Health Adviser and work closely with programme managers, as well as contribute to the efficient and effective operation of the Human Development and Social Protection team to deliver the overall results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The successful applicant will possess a Master&#8217;s degree in Public Health or similar in addition to at least 3 years relevant working experience in the health sector in Ghana<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of international development, the ability to work in a team and good planning, delivery and influencing skills are required. A full job description and terms of reference are available on request<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DFID Core Competencies for above position:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Planning &amp;\u00a0Delivery of Work:<\/strong>\u00a0Plans and organises work to meet individual, team and departmental objectives whilst achieving quality and value for money<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analysis &amp;\u00a0Use of Information:<\/strong>\u00a0Assesses and interprets information in order to identify issues or problems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working with Others:<\/strong>\u00a0Takes responsibility to build and maintain positive relationships and values the options of others<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decision Making:<\/strong>\u00a0Considers the information that is available, identifies options and makes timely decisions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influencing:<\/strong>\u00a0Positively influences others, creating acceptance and support for ideas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>How To Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants should email their CV and a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one page cover<\/span>\u00a0letter to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dfidghana-2recruitment@dfid.gov.uk\">dfidghana-2recruitment@dfid.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Request for the full job description and terms of reference from:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:n-abossey@dfid.gov.uk\">n-abossey@dfid.gov.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 Applications sent through the email above will be acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>Offer valid till:\u00a010 Aug, 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is one of Ghana&#8217;s largest donors, supportng the Government of Ghana and other partners to reduce poverty, support growth and achieve high quality outcomes in health and education&#8230;&#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":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-2fD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657"}],"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=8657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}