Local Economic Development and Multi-stakeholder governance Expert (m/f) - TA to the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation

Job Description

Local Economic Development and Multi-stakeholder governance Expert (m/f) - TA to the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation

Job description

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a service enterprise for development cooperation with international operations and global experience. Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, the organisation operates as a private-sector enterprise with a development policy mandate: to make sustainable improvements to the living conditions of people in the countries we operate in. The organisation’s business area - GIZ International Services - is the vehicle for offering GIZ’s services to international clients.

GIZ International Services is shortlisted for an EU - funded project: Technical Assistance to the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, in support of the decentralisation process in Ghana.

The overall objective of the programme of which this contract will be a part is as follows:

To build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels for sustainable development through the implementation of the Ghana National Decentralisation Policy Framework (NDPF).

The purpose of this contract is as follows:

To support the institutions in charge of decentralisation reforms, particularly the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation and its members, through technical assistance focusing on skills transfer and capacity development in the planning and implementation of the National Decentralisation Policy Framework (NDPF) and National Decentralisation Action Plan (NDAP) in a participatory manner.

Your tasks

The Local Economic Development Expert is responsible for providing technical support to the IMCC and more specifically at the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (MLGRD) for the implementation of the Local Economic Development Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MMDA level.

The Local Economic Development expert shall oversee the implementation of the component called Multi-stakeholder consultation and participatory processes for the three results areas.

Additionally, he/she will support the structural dialogue between crucial actors of decentralisation in the policy-making process, and policy implementation in the three result areas of the present contract. Particular attention shall be paid to the involvement of coalitions of CSOs and the National Association of Local Authorities (NALAG) that represent the ‘demand-side’ of the decentralisation process and should as such be systematically and meaningfully involved to address systemic constraints of the constitutional, legal, policy and institutional environment.

Your profile

Qualifications and skills

Minimum requirements:

• Post-Graduate Degree in Public Administration or Economics, or Development planning or Local Economic Development, or Development Studies or equivalent and professional experience of at least ten (10) years.
• Proficient in English.

General professional experience

Minimum requirements:

• At least ten (10) years of experience in public administration, decentralisation and/or institutional development or Local Economic Development.

Specific professional experience

Minimum requirements:

• Six (6) years professional working experience in supporting decentralisation reforms.
• At least three (3) years of professional working experience in Local Economic Development and experience in multi-stakeholder process management.

Preferred requirements:

• Experience in strengthening capacities of local institutions in various aspects of Local Economic Development.
• Similar experience in other countries is an asset.
• Experience in participatory planning and conflict resolution.

Location information

Accra will be the operational base for the Technical Assistance. Experts will be required to travel across the country as and when the need arises.

The intended start date is September 2018 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 26 months from this date.

Notes

Please note that we basically can only receive and process applications sent via our e-recruiting system. Should you not be able to do so, please contact the person named in the job advertisement. GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.

Please send us an updated CV in EU format in English.

To apply, please make sure to use our online - application facility under:

https://jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=36903

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