Job Recruitment at Creative Associates International 

Job Recruitment at Creative Associates International

ROLE: Program Development Officer 

Creative Associates International Inc. is a fast-growing professional services organization that focuses on education, democratic transitions, and post-conflict stabilization. From Washington, DC, the firm has a field presence in 30 countries with a robust and broad portfolio that includes global contracts with USAID, the State Department, and the Defense Department. Competitors and partners respect the firm’s global client and purpose reputation.

Programme Description

The Littorals Regional Initiative (LRI) program from USAID/OTI helps local partners in Ghana, Togo, and Benin fight violent extremist organizations (VEOs). It does this by addressing unstable factors such as localized conflict, racial and religious exclusion, a lack of understanding of VEOs, local complaints about government structures, and weak social cohesion. LRI enhances USAID’s regional presence by offering short-term, focused programming that reduces VEO expansion windows and helps national governments and local communities strengthen prevention capabilities.

Position Summary

The Program Development Officer (PDO) develops and implements a portfolio of activities. The PDO will collaborate with Senior Management (including USAID/OTI) and other stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and design community development activities to further LRI program goals. To communicate with government officials, civil society organizations, and community actors, the PDO must be a strong leader and representative. The PDO and a small interdisciplinary team will manage project activities to ensure they are accomplished within the time and budget limitations set during project design. Daily reports and direction from Senior Management are required.

Reporting/supervision: The PDO reports to the Deputy Chief of the Party Program.

Applicants must be willing to work in Tamale, northern Ghana.

Responsibilities

MAIN DUTY

• Project Oversight, Activity Development and implementation, Stakeholder Engagement, and Reporting and compliance are the Program Development Officer’s core duties.

Overseeing Project:

• Oversee a portfolio of project operations, mostly in northern Ghana, as the geography of targeted areas and programming change.
• Monitoring activity implementation ensures timely completion and budget compliance.
• Track grant activity implementation to guarantee strategic program alignment and propose and implement corrective actions and remedies.

Develop and Implement Activities:

• Work with top management to plan new project activities, including finding local partners and participants.
• Create an activity-level Theory of Change (TOC) that explains how each action supports the program goal.
• With M&E and Grants teams, help local partners co-create activities by setting targets, timetables, expected results, and monitoring and evaluation plans.
• Procurement staff helps provide program and budget information for grant development.

Engage and Represent Stakeholders:

• Maintain positive relationships with grantees, government officials, civil society actors, donors, and target community participants, including all key stakeholders.
• For minor project execution, train local partners on Creative and USAID rules, processes, and methods.
• Meet with Ghana, US, USAID, and donors to represent LRI. Give powerful briefings.
• Learn from focus groups and program discussions to shape future project initiatives.
• Site visits to generate grant ideas with grantees, evaluate activity implementation, and analyze impact.

Compliance, reporting:

• Provide frequent political and security updates in the target area to aid program learning.
• Promote all Creative and USAID/OTI guidelines and procedures, such as the Activity Management Guide, Activity Cycle Flowchart, Field Procurement Guide, and Operational Communications, Emergency, Information, and Physical Security Plans.
• Add notes about activity development, implementation, and outcomes to the activity database.
• Other duties allocated by the Deputy Chief of Party-Program.

Qualifications

Skills and qualifications needed:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferable) in social sciences or similar subjects.
• At least 6 years of general work experience and 4 years of relevant experience of designing, implementing, and managing community development initiatives, ideally in urban Ghanaian nonprofits.
• Need 3 years of managerial experience.
• We need experience in community mobilization and participation, conflict mitigation and resolution, civil society strengthening, youth engagement, etc.
• Experience with international donors and NGOs.
• Prior research methodology and project evaluation experience.
• Spoken and written English proficiency is required.
• Knowledge of northern Ghanaian languages is desired.
• Must have Ghanaian work authorization.
• Must have northern Ghana employment experience and be prepared to live and go there.

Ability and Skills

• Managing a diverse portfolio of operations with oversight requires initiative.
• Ability to collaborate on ideas or grants.
• Strong organizational skills and staff/implementing partner interactions.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, patience, and a desire to spend time translating community needs into great development programs.
• Ability to analyze national, regional, and local political settings and create grants accordingly.
• Skills to meet tight deadlines and multitask.
• Detail and teamwork skills

How to Apply for this Job Recruitment at Creative Associates International

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Closing Date: January 22, 2024

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