Project Management Specialist at USAID Ghana 2024

The Project Management Specialist (HIV/AIDS), is an integral member of the USAID/Ghana health team and also the USG President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Ghana interagency team. This is a full time programmatic, administrative and financial management support position, with primary responsibilities in assisting the HIV/AIDS team with project management, coordination and monitoring; liaison and communications with implementing partners (IPs), USG agencies including the USG PEPFAR Ghana team, other USAID offices as well as external partners; technical reporting requirements and; analysis and reporting of health data and statistics, including budget information.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include providing technical leadership to design and implement interventions to promote accountability through community monitoring mechanisms, and to lead USAID’s technical assistance to optimize procurement and supply chain and ensure an interrupted supply of HIV commodities.
• Responsibilities also include providing Agreement/Contracting Officer’s Representative (A/COR) management and coordination of funding, reporting and administration of grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for USAID activities being conducted by Implementing Partners (IPs) under Contracts,
• A. Project Management Support Management – Serves as the A/COR for designated USAID-funded, multi-year health contracts, grants and cooperative agreements. The job holder will have direct management responsibilities for grants to local organizations.
• This role as A/COR and/or Activity Manager will require provision of oversight, management, administration and technical guidance to implementing partners in order to ensure adherence to work plans, timely completion of project activities and deliverables to increase efficiency and impact of HIV activities.
• The job holder will provide guidance on USG policy, procedures and processes related to management, planning and implementation of activities to ensure consistency with USAID/Ghana, PEPFAR and Ghana Government strategic frameworks, protocols, policies and regulations. The job holder will work closely
• The job holder will assist the HIV/AIDS Team Leader in financial management of HIV funding to the various mechanisms within the USAID/Ghana portfolio and outlined in the annual PEPFAR West Africa Regional Operational Plan (ROP) budgets. Related tasks include oversight of major obligating and reporting documents which includes ensuring that obligations, expenditures, and budget pipelines conform to work plans; ensuring appropriate and timely incremental funding of activities; tracking both financial and material resources (including tax exemptions to implementing partners); preparing quarterly accrual estimates; ensuring proper distribution and tracking of project vouchers for timely review and payment and; ensuring accurate and timely reporting of program finances and progress status. The job holder will attend multiple national-level fora (including national-level Technical Working Groups (TWGs)) with Ghana government officials, multilateral organizations, bilateral donors, and civil society stakeholders for critical analysis and discussion on HIV/AIDS policy priorities, program initiatives, advocacy platforms, dissemination of newly gained technical knowledge such as best practices and revisions to nationally accepted strategies, policies and guidelines for HIV/AIDS programming.

Application Procedures : How To Apply

1. Interested and qualified persons access the following pdf for application details :USAID Job Vacancy.

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