Project Coordinator, Western - Takoradi
Western Takoradi, Ghana
Full Time
AgFinance
Mid Level
The Project Coordinator will supervise a team of Project Officers, who are responsible for the delivery of capacity-building training to young women, especially women below age 35 from rural client groups, to promote new and improved jobs in agriculture and ag-adjacent sectors. The Project Coordinator will supervise the Project Officers by managing work plans, budgets, and the quality of training, ensuring all project activities align with the program targets and objectives. This role is also responsible for developing and maintaining relationships, conducting value chain assessments, identifying key risks, ensuring project deliverables, and proposing recommended solutions to implementation challenges.
RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Project Management
Opportunity International Ghana is a consortium member of the First+ Scale Up program focused on stimulating demand for capital in agriculture and ag-adjacent value chains among young people, especially women and people living with disabilities. The goal is to build the capacity of young people (smallholder farmer groups and ag-adjacent MSMEs) by deploying a network of Business Support Agents (BSAs) to increase incomes and jobs among youth in Ghana.
ABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been equipping people to build sustainable livelihoods and educate their children for 54 years. Opportunity provides 21 million families with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2024, Opportunity International and its partners helped fund 19,000 schools that reached 3.4 million children. We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty. We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
CHILD PROTECTION COMMITMENT
Opportunity believes that all children have a right to protection from any form of abuse regardless of gender, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Opportunity operates in line with international best practices for child protection and recognizes its responsibility to ensure that all employees. This policy applies to anyone acting on behalf of Opportunity or is involved in its programs in any capacity. All employees are subject to background checks, which include criminal checks and sex offender list checks, as allowed by local law.
RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Project Management
- Coordinate project team planning activities, including developing annual, semi-annual, and quarterly work plans.
- Create and manage budgets, ensuring all expenditures are within +/-10% variance per quarter.
- Collaborate with relevant departments to identify training needs and manage and develop the capacities of field staff and partners.
- Ensure timely procurement and delivery of the right quality and quantity of work tools and resources required by field staff and clients and ensure their appropriate use.
- Ensure key project outreach targets are met, including reaching the minimum targets for female youth and youth living with disabilities.
- Conduct regular follow-up visits to project communities, ensure recommended practices are applied, and provide technical assistance where needed.
- Monitor and supervise the performance of Project Officers in the project areas.
- Consolidate and compile monthly, quarterly, and annual activity reports and special events, showcasing achievements, lessons learned, constraints, and recommendations to be submitted to relevant authorities within agreed timelines.
- Participate in assessments and evaluations of project performance.
- Act as a liaison between partners and Opportunity International.
- Build relationships and coordinate with stakeholders such as local leaders, district authorities, microfinance institutions, etc., and relevant government ministries and departments.
- Facilitate and participate in district and national workshops, trainings, and meetings with relevant authorities and agencies, contributing effectively to their success.
- Identify challenges and opportunities within the project areas, tailor deliveries, and seek new resources to meet needs.
- Develop a clear understanding of the aims and objectives of project partners and determine if the model can be improved to better accommodate their objectives.
- Lead on effective use of data, ensuring value addition for Opportunity and all partners, and work with financial institution partner staff to pursue common goals in developing and growing business through the project.
- Team of 3 Project Officers
- Bachelor's degree in any field is preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in rural, community, agricultural, or economic development and/or a minimum of 5 years experience working with youth (up to age 35) and/or women-focused.
- Practical experience working with Community Based Financial Organizations (CBFOs) such as Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs), Savings and Internal Lending (SILCs), etc.
- Strong budgeting and business skills and computer literacy, including spreadsheets, word processing, data entry platforms, and other mobile technology.
- Excellent organizational, multitasking, and consensus-building abilities.
- Passionate about Opportunity’s mission. Able to promote and communicate the organization’s goals and objectives to external and internal stakeholders.
- Written and verbal fluency in English and one Ghanaian language required.
- Must be able to attend & fully participate in meetings conducted in English.
- One and a half (1.5) Years Fixed Term Contract
- Frequent domestic travel, up to 70% throughout project areas.
- International travel may be required 1-2 times yearly for team meetings or cross-learning trips.
Opportunity International Ghana is a consortium member of the First+ Scale Up program focused on stimulating demand for capital in agriculture and ag-adjacent value chains among young people, especially women and people living with disabilities. The goal is to build the capacity of young people (smallholder farmer groups and ag-adjacent MSMEs) by deploying a network of Business Support Agents (BSAs) to increase incomes and jobs among youth in Ghana.
ABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been equipping people to build sustainable livelihoods and educate their children for 54 years. Opportunity provides 21 million families with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2024, Opportunity International and its partners helped fund 19,000 schools that reached 3.4 million children. We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty. We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
CHILD PROTECTION COMMITMENT
Opportunity believes that all children have a right to protection from any form of abuse regardless of gender, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Opportunity operates in line with international best practices for child protection and recognizes its responsibility to ensure that all employees. This policy applies to anyone acting on behalf of Opportunity or is involved in its programs in any capacity. All employees are subject to background checks, which include criminal checks and sex offender list checks, as allowed by local law.
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