ActionAid Ghana : Project Manager: Womens Rights and Sustainable Livelihoods

ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together JOB SUMMARY Company     ActionAid Ghana Industry     NGO Category     Project Manag... Location     Accra Job Status     Full-time Salary     GH¢ Education     Master'... Experience     5 years Job Expires     16 May, 2012 Contact     0302 764931/2 Job Description ActionAid Ghana (AAG) is looking to employ an experienced and self-motivated individual to fill the following vacancy: Project Manager: Women's Rights and Sustainable Livelihoods Job Profile: ActionAid Ghana (AAG) in collaboration with .......................... ) funded by the .....................) aims at increasing visibility and contribution of the food sector in addressing hunger and poverty. The project will use a combination of strategies such as in-country research, mobilization and coalition building, coordinated international campaigning and advocacy with the objective of increasing investment for small-holder farmers, (especially women farmers) in the Upper East and Northern Region of Ghana. Job Summary: Reporting to the Country Director, the Project Manager will focus on women's rights and sustainable agricultural livelihoods/food security and advocate for changes in policies and practices to address the barriers that prevent women from participating in economic, political and social actions that would enable them to fully realize their rights as smallholder farmers and equal members of their society The barriers to achieving these are women's heavy responsibility for unpaid care work; gender norms that only see men as economic agents; government' lack of recognition and investment in smallholder agriculture generally and of women farmers in particular; and the need to incorporate greater recognition of women's unpaid care work in national and international agriculture policies Job Circumstances: This is a full time position with considerable travel (up to 50% of time) to project implementation areas in the Upper East and Northern Regions. The post could have unsociable hours involving attending committee meetings and evening public meetings Required Skills or Experience Masters Degree in Agricultural Science + 5 years relevant experience, OR First Degree in Social Sciences + 10 years relevant experience How To Apply Full Job Descriptions and Person Specifications Available on AAG Website: www.actionaid.org/ghana Application Forms MUST be downloaded from the AAG website: www.actionaid.org/ghana and submitted as below: Curriculum Vitae (CVs) are NOT acceptable Completed Application Forms should be emailed to: jobs.ghana@actionaid.org or The Human Resource Manager P. O. Box AN 19083 Accra-North Tel: 0302-764931/2 "ActionAid Ghana is an equal opportunities employer. Whilst applicants will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply." Search for Other Jobs Here