Field Supervisor -Alliance for Change

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) is a non-profit foundation that works to protect the rights of children and adults in cocoa-growing areas in West Africa. To reinforce its team, ICI Ghana office is looking for a Field Supervisor to implement its project “Alliance for Change: Supported caregivers and thriving children”. 

Under the supervision of Supply Chain Project Manager, the purpose of this position is to ensure effective implementation of ICI Alliance for Change project; a project aiming at testing the effectiveness of strengthening adults’ protective and nurturing skills and creating local alliances of supportive actors (teachers and parents) to protect children from child labour and improve child development outcomes, including learning and wellbeing. 

S/he will work with parents/caregivers, school teachers and school children in 5 project communities in Amansie Central, Amansie West and Adansi Asokwa districts. 

Main tasks and responsibilities

1. Advocacy and Stakeholder engagement

• Ensure a field-based collaboration with relevant partners (including Ghana Education Service, the License Buying Company)
• Represent ICI at programme and project functions and meetings as agreed with the Supply Chain Project Manager
• Organize quarterly teacher-parent meetings in the community to follow-up on progress made on time children spend on different activities, including work.
• Organize quarterly stakeholders’ coordination meetings in the project districts and communities to follow-up progress of project implementation.

2. Project Management

• Ensure the execution of the activities according to the project planning and the respect of the methods of the project by all actors involved
• Organize the digitalization of collected data in the classrooms every quarter and ensure the feedback to the communities after its analysis
• Supervise teachers’ extra time remuneration 
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports and update on project activities.
• Participate in monthly or ad hoc internal coordination meetings between ICI Accra and Geneva office to discuss project implementation progress and challenges. 
• Support in the documentation of learnings, good practices, tools and training material.

3. Capacity Building

• Participate in teachers’ training and follow-up on application of positive teaching and other methods in the five primary schools of the project
• Support teachers in the application of the methods of the project, in the creation of the alliance with parents at community level, and during data collection waves in the classroom
• Once trained on the curriculum, organize weekly workshops with the parents of the communities and train them according to the method “Families Makes the Difference” 
• Engage in productive dialogue with parents, teachers and communities on children’s lesser engagement in child labour and improved development outcomes
• Contribute to building children's awareness of the roles and responsibilities of adults around them, and 
• involving children in the realization of the objectives of the projects as key actors and beneficiaries

4. Mission support and other duties

• Support the organization of ICI missions and visits to project areas.
• Perform any other duties as required by Supply Chain Project Manager and agreed by the Deputy Country Director/Programme Coordinator

Experience and skills 

Education and work experience

Essential:

• University degree in Education, Psychology/Child Development, Social Sciences or other relevant discipline, with at least 2 years’ experience in stakeholder engagement, training and project management.
• Report preparation and knowledge documentation.
• Experience in working at sub-national and community levels.
• Ability to maintain confidential information.
• Irreproachable behaviour and commitment to the protection of children and respect for the rights of the child.

Desirable

• Knowledge of child protection and/or child labour 
• Ability to establish good working relationships with partners and staff.
• Ability to work under pressure, well organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cultures, including with team members and those based in other countries. 
• Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

Languages

• Fluency in written and spoken English, and a Ghanaian language preferably Twi. 

Skills

• Clear, concise written and verbal communications skills in English
• Excellent inter-personal skills.
• Excellent stills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) 

ICI Core Values

All ICI staff members are expected to adhere, respect and always promote at any time ICI Core Values: HUMANITY, INTEGRITY, NEUTRALITY, PARTNERSHIP, INNOVATION. Please refer to the ICI website for more details (https://www.cocoainitiative.org/about-us/our-organisation/our-values)

Application

Only candidates authorized to work in Ghana should apply.

Please send applications in English including a cover letter and your CV to @recruitment-gha@cocoainitiative.org

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. 

Closing date for applications: 15th July 2024

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Please note that only those candidates who match the above requirements and who have been selected for interview will be contacted.