Job offer: Senior Organizational Development and Partnerships (ODP) Specialist

Announced

19/12/20243 days ago

Job Status

Full Time

Job Type

Temporary / Contract

Expiration Date

06/01/2025 15 days left

Job Location

Tamale

Job Title

Senior Organizational Development and Partnerships (ODP) Specialist

Job Presentation

Company Profile

CARE began operations in Ghana in 1994 by working to educate mining areas about sexual health and the prevention of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. CARE Ghana now works with more than 40 partner organizations to implement a portfolio of projects worth about US$9 million annually in 150 districts across the country, from our main office in Accra and sub-offices in Kumasi, Sunyani and Tamale. For 30 years, CARE has been working in Ghana to improve livelihoods and achieve social justice through interventions that address the underlying causes of poverty. Our programming focuses on food and nutrition security and social and economic empowerment, with women and youth as our impact group.

CARE Ghana is excited to invite your applications for new job openings in our programs and operations. Not only do we offer exceptional opportunities for career growth for Ghanaians especially women and young people, but we are also proud to welcome talented people such as yourself into the global CARE community where our core values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality and Excellence are the benchmarks against which we measure ourselves as leaders and employees

If you share these values and our passion for saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice, then CARE Ghana is the place for you. We hire and nurture great people from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and identities, striving every day and at all levels to build and sustain an inclusive workplace and a sense of belonging for our teams. Your wellbeing and satisfaction with your job in CARE Ghana matter as much to us as your performance. Our compensation and benefits package are generous, and we offer flexible working conditions to enable you to enjoy life outside of work, and as part of our commitment to equity.

At CARE, we recognize that skills and expertise can come from a range of experiences from work and life, in addition to education or past job titles. As such, we welcome applications from dynamic, curious, and creative Ghanaians with a passion for learning and problem-solving.

Interested? If yes, please see details of the job opening below:

Job Title: Senior Organizational Development and Partnerships (ODP) Specialist Duty station: Tamale, Northern Region

The Senior Organizational Development and Partnerships (ODP) Specialist is the lead on all partner, both state and non-state capacity strengthening activities. S/he will develop the capacity of national sub awardee partners to have improved organization, financial and administrative systems so they are well structured and can sustain themselves. On the state partner area, the Senior ODP Specialist will provide mentoring support to address specific capacity gaps of Ministry of Education agencies so as to design and implement key activities of the SAGES Activity.

The Senior Organizational Development and Partnerships (ODP) Specialist will report directly to the Senior Technical Advisor for the SAGES Activity and will be stationed in Tamale, Northern Region.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
Lead the organizational development of CSO partners

Conduct organizational assessments of Partners to identify areas where the organization could improve its performance, culture, or structure.

Develop and implement training programs to enhance Partner skills and knowledge.

Facilitate change management efforts, including communications and training.

Design and implement performance management programs to ensure that partners are meeting performance standards and goals.

Coach Partner managers and employees on leadership and teamwork.

Analyse data and create reports to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.

Design and implement performance management programs to ensure that partners are meeting performance standards and goals.

Promote a culture of continuous improvement within the partner organization and help partners adapt to changes in the market and industry.

Lead the organizational development of Government partners including MoE and target Agencies partners

Promoting a culture of continuous improvement within the MoE agency

Support MoE Agency to develop and implement the G2G workplans

Support the Agencies with budgeting for annual workplans

Support the Agencies to identify key measures of success and measure those on quarterly and annual basis and also work on how to address challenges.

Provide TA to Agencies so they coordinate activities based on their key mandates.

Manage relationships between CARE and sub awardee partners

Undertake regular review of compliance with provisions of the Partner Grant Agreements

Undertake regular due diligence of partners to ensure the maintenance of standards throughout the life of the SAGES Activity.

Propose and implement training programmes for partners to ensure compliance with Partner Grant Agreements.

Ensure the operationalization of Standard Operating Procedures between CARE and sub-awardee partners

Networking and partnership building

Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with colleagues, implementing partners, relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders, donors, and academia through active networking, advocacy and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge/expertise and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results on education accountability.

Support the CARE Team in preparation of communication and information materials program advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and to gain buy-in.

Participate and/or represent CARE in appropriate implementing partner discussions on education accountability and learning outcomes.

Functional excellence, ethical conduct, team leadership and other duties

Prepare and disseminate operational performance data and reports and recommend / implement corrective measures to address gaps

Lead, mentor, and develop team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture

Promote awareness and compliance with all of CARE’s relevant polices and guidelines including the safeguarding policy and safeguarding code of conduct, the policy on prevention of and response to fraud and corruption, etc., among staff and partners

Monitor and address any ethical concerns or violations promptly according to established protocols.

Carry out other duties as assigned

Education Required: Advanced Degree