Responsibilities
About the role

Sightsavers is growing its new programmatic area in economic empowerment which supports businesses to become successful employers of people with disabilities, and supports people with disabilities to develop skills, confidence and experience to successfully gain work. The programme portfolio is growing at a rapid pace with projects being designed and implemented in numerous countries across Africa and parts of Asia.

The Project Assistant will be the key person in the Ghana country office responsible for delivering this innovative project as well as part of a global team, contributing to growth and expansion of the portfolio.

Key duties will include:

• Manage all aspects of the project cycle with the partners
• Ensure high quality and ethical MEL approaches are embedded in all interventions
• Building relationships with and supporting partners
• Finance and resource management
• Information and communications management

Skills and Experience
As the Project Assistant for the Economic Empowerment project, you will need:
Experience of economic empowerment and the labour market

Considerable experience implementing projects within an INGO

Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, human rights and employment.

Experience in project monitoring, evaluation and learning

Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects.

Qualifications and experience:
• Demonstrable experience with labour market issues including labour market
assessments, skills training/development, internships, employer engagement,
disability inclusion, job placements and job fairs.
• A tertiary qualification (Bachelors or above) in social sciences,
education, development studies or public health, or equivalent and
relevant transferable experience
• Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, human rights and employment.
• Considerable experience implementing projects, including experience of
the disability sector and gender mainstreaming.
• Experience in project monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for
social inclusion/disability projects.
• Experience providing technical assistance to other organizations.
• Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD,
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and employment is
desirable.
Key relationships
Internal
• Country Director
• Global economic empowerment team
• MEL team
• Global Technical Lead on Education and Social Inclusion, Finance and Grant
team, Logistic and Support Service team
External
• Organised private sector,
• Organisation of Persons with Disabilities
• Relevant Government agencies
• Other Development Partners
• Consultants