Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is a federal public-benefit corporation active in more than 100 nations with its Ghana branch located in Accra. 

In a number of fields, such as economic development and employment, energy and environment, peace and security, we help clients from the public and private sectors on behalf of the German government. 

Three priority areas are covered by our work: Energy and Climate, which focuses on clean energy and energy efficiency; Training and Sustainable Growth for Decent Jobs; and Peaceful and Inclusive Societies, which emphasizes good governance.

Project brief

• Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) – Works together with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to improve the conditions for creating productive employment in the agribusiness sector.
• The Programme strengthens business organizations to better represent the interest of their members and offer professional services.
• AgriBiz supports processing companies in their business development, introducing technology-based solutions.

Role

• Primarily responsible for preparation and administration of financing and service contracts on project level.
• As part of the overall AgriBiz Finance & Administration (F&A) Team in Accra, the administrative specialist will be responsible for the procurement and processing of service and financing contracts on project level.
• Expected to support the F&A Team in Wa and other locations, from time to time as part of the overall AgriBiz program as well as the associated projects.

Responsibilities

• Handling of project level procurement for service contracts.
• Preparation and administration of financing and service contracts within the project.
• Ensures that contracts are in accordance with GIZ rules and regulations and supports the project managers to monitor the respective expenditures.
• Controlling for deadlines of contracts and follow up of contracts with technical advisors and partners.
• Contact person for contractual partners regarding financial and administrative trainings with partners and beneficiaries to ensure a successful contract implementation.
• Cross checks vehicle logs, fuel consumption check, documentation of vehicle condition, repairs, and technical details.
• Follows up on reports by drivers on the condition of vehicles.
• Assigns the driver to their respective schedules.
• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Eligibility criteria

• University degree in Business Administration or a similar field from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of five (5) years post-qualification in the same or similar role.
• Good communication, writing and time management skills.
• Very good knowledge of ICT technology, in particular MS Office 365 applications.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work in a multicultural environment with the ability to quickly grasp complex issues.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
• Motivated team player with an organized, independent, systematic, proactive, detail- and results-oriented work approach.
• Strong command of English language (both written and oral) is required.
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management

Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a one-page cover letter to hr-ghana@giz.de using the job code Job Code 2022/AgriBiz/10/14 as subject.

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