National Post: Project Officer, Peace Building Fund

The Position:

UNFPA Ghana contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2025 and works in partnership with the Government and people of Ghana for sustainable economic and social development, peace, and human rights. 

As part of its work to end conflict related gender-based violence and harmful practices and enhance the voices of young people in local governance, UNFPA in partnership with UNDP is implementing a peace-building project entitled Enhancing social cohesion and social contract, through empowerment of women and youth in three northern regions of Ghana. The project aims to prevent and address the root causes of localized and spillover conflicts and vulnerabilities to violent extremism in Northern Ghana. Specifically, the project will empower local governance institutions, actors, and customary governance structures to ensure more inclusive, responsive, and accountable governance, economic development and quality service delivery, as a peace dividend in these marginalized regions. 

 

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

 

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

 

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

 

Job Purpose:

To provide monitoring, analytical, reporting, and programmatic support to the Peace Building Fund (PBF) Project, contribute to the implementation of activities and track results as outlined in the PBF Programme Document for Ghana.

 

You would be responsible for:

• Support short (quarterly, annual) and medium term (2 years) planning for implementation of the project.
• Coordinate within UNFPA, with UNDP and other partners, including implementing partners for smooth project planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. 
• Plan and implement project M&E system, including database, and facilitate UNFPA specific and joint field monitoring visits to project sites and activities. 
• Lead the preparation of quality project related reports for review by management. 
• Prepare and provide appropriate technical support for quality project planning, implementation and reporting, research and best practice documentation. 
• Engage and network with partners for the purpose of promoting the project objectives and overall goal of peace and security. 
• Support project proposal development for promoting peace and security in Ghana. 

 

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in programme monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting.
   

Education:  

Master’s degree in Social Sciences such as Demography, Sociology, International Development or Statistics. Proven work experience in Project Management and/or Monitoring and Evaluation, Governance, Gender and Youth Development is a requirement. 

 

Knowledge and Experience: 

Excellent knowledge of peace building, governance, gender, youth, population, and development dynamics. 

• Research-related experience in issues and policies on cross border conflicts, peace and security, gender, and social norms as well as humanitarian, peace, and development nexus in Ghana.
• Experience in planning processes and good group facilitation skills
• At least one-year work experience with an international organization in peace security, governance, gender and social norms, population issues, data, and development. 
• Knowledge/skills in the development/update of digital data platforms to facilitate programme implementation.
• Excellent communication/presentation, report writing and documentation skills. 
• Experience in the development of manuals, protocols and training materials and tools.
• Good human relations skills and ability to work with diverse groups with different backgrounds.
• Good knowledge of global and national information on conflict resolution and development dynamics in Ghana.
• Good knowledge of the UN system and the development sector is an added advantage.

Languages: 

English

Required Competencies: 

Values:

Exemplifying integrity, 

Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 

Embracing cultural diversity, 

Embracing change

 

Core Competencies: 

Achieving results,

Being accountable,

Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,

Thinking analytically and strategically,

Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

 

Functional Competencies:

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Managerial Competencies (if applicable):

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Compensation and Benefits:

 

This position offers an attractive fee.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

 

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.