Overview
Provide technical support and advisory services to Ghanaian institutions to leverage diaspora contributions to sustainable development and channel remittances to investment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide continuous technical and advisory support to the NDPC, national technical working group, and Ghanaian institutions/ministries.
- Conduct capacity building training for MMDAs on mainstreaming migration and diaspora contributions.
- Provide technical backstopping to MMDAs in preparing "Migration for development and Diaspora Contributions and Remittances Action Plans".
- Provide technical coordination and support to Bank of Ghana, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diaspora Desk, Office of the President, and Ghana Investment Promotion Centre to develop appropriate instruments/tools.
- Support national dissemination and advocacy programmes on migration and diaspora contributions and remittances.
- Monitor, evaluate, and follow up on programme and policy reforms implementation in Ghana.
- Finalize the results framework for monitoring implementation of migration and diaspora contributions and remittance interventions.
- Provide technical support to NDPC to mainstream relevant KPIs in the Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework.
- Collect baseline data and set relevant targets.
- Support implementation and provide technical inputs promoting south-south cooperation with other countries.
- Assist other countries in developing their own tools to integrate diaspora contributions into national and medium-term development planning and channel remittances to productive investment.
Required Experience
A minimum of 5 years of experience in Economy/social research and analysis is required. Experience in policy planning and elaboration of policies, and analysis of migration trends and contribution to development is desirable. Experience with national organizations in charge of planning and migration issues in Ghana or with the normative and/or operational work of the African Union and the United Nations system is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Masters' degree) in economics, social science (Statistics, Development, Economics, Sociology, Demography, Population Studies, Migration, etc.) or any related field is required. A first-level university degree in a combination of additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master's degree. A PhD in the same field is an advantage.
