Regional Coordinator – Youth At Marie Stopes International (accra, Kumasi, Tamale)

MSI’s goal is to meet the needs of the underserved and dramatically improve access to the use of family planning and other reproductive health services. MSIG is part of Marie Stopes International’s Global Partnership, which operates in over 43 countries worldwide.
The Regional Project Coordinator (RPC) will assist the Project Manager to implement the youth project. The project’s major components include: community mobilisation (nation-wide), training and accreditation of Marie Stopes International Ghana (MSIG) clinical staff and facilities the Blue Star Network and public sector health centres to be “youth friendly”, and sexual and reproductive health service delivery through the accredited facilities.
Key Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with key project partners including Ghana Health Service (GHS) at the regional and district levels, local community leaders and other partners identified over the course of implementation
• Facilitate community entry in targeted communities and maintain good relationships with community leaders over the life of the project (in collaboration with the Communication and Marketing team)
• Work with Community and Zonal Marketing agents (CMAs/ZMAs) to deliver project results (in collaboration with MSIG’s Communication and Marketing
• Participate in the development of action plans, budget preparation, and provide assistance to implement them to achieve Youth project goals and planned results.
• Conduct monitoring visits to youth project activities in the region and submit reports of such visits to ensure quality supervision and monitoring leading to improvement in program delivery.
• Coordinate periodic reviews, including quarterly reviews to identify success stories relating to the project and areas of improvement.
  

Qualification Required & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied health sciences, public health or social sciences/ development studies required
• Other professional qualifications, ideally in project management desired
  

Experience/Skills
The candidate must have:

• At least 5 years of relevant post-graduation work experience
• Demonstrated strong project management skills for projects of a similar size and scale
• Experience in working with young people (e.g. behaviour change communication activities, marketing activities, peer educator programmes, etc.)
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; able to write high quality reports
• Experience in working for and with international NGOs (or multilateral or bilateral agencies such as the UN)
• Must be pro-choice
  

Location: Accra, Kumasi, Tamale
How To Apply For The Job
These are all local positions. Interested Non-Ghanaians must therefore have the necessary legal permits required to work in Ghana.
For any of the positions applied for, please label application and email with the exact preferred job title and location, for example (Regional Coordinator Youth, Accra etc.).
Interested and qualified applicants should send their applications addressed to:
The Head Human Resource and Admin
Marie Stopes Int. Ghana
PMB 267, Accra
Or by
e-mail through: recruitments@mariestopes.org.gh
Closing Date: 08 November, 2013
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