Team Leader - Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Program II

NIRAS International Consulting is looking for a Team Leader for the Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Program II, who will be responsible for the overall managerial and technical delivery of the Program. Running from 2023 until 2027, GPSCP II is a bilateral initiative from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) together with the Government of Ghana, implemented by NIRAS. GPSCP II aims to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth through enhanced trade and competitiveness in the Ghanaian cashew nut and oil palm value chains by improving the enabling environment and facilitating higher private sector productivity and competitiveness in these sectors. To tackle the various challenges along the two value chains, the project applies demand-driven and contextualised methods, following the Market System Development (MSD) approach using three implementation modalities: • Under the Strategic Cooperation Partnership, the program collaborates closely with the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to support it in achieving its mandate of creating and regulating a conducive environment for the growth and development of the target tree crops in Ghana. • Under the Rapid Response Mechanism to support Government of Ghana reform initiatives, GPSCP II aims to foster concrete and tangible policy and strategy reform initiatives from ministries, departments and agencies that benefit the market systems of both value chains. • With a funding scheme under the Development Partnership with the Private Sector, the program mobilises innovations by palm oil and cashew value chain actors that address specific core and supporting functions of the market system in order to improve access to finance, the availability of skilled labour and strengthen businesses and associations. Tasks and Responsibilities of the Team Leader: • Responsible for technical management of the GPSCP II and the achievement of its Objective, Outcomes and Outputs, including progress monitoring and reporting to the client; • Ensure result-oriented project management, including financial and administrative management, coordination and communication with the client, NIRAS HQ, the program steering and grant committees, grantees, partners and stakeholders; • Oversee and manage the program`s fund facility, including driving the different fund cycle steps from the call for proposals, to the project implementation and the fund closing; • Ensure high quality and timely deliverables; and coordinate inputs from the technical and administrative program team; • Provide strategic and conceptual guidance, suggest adaptive measures, where needed and seize program opportunities in order to continually improve management and implementation • Engage actively in policy dialogues and developments; • Prepare yearly project plans of operation in participatory processes with key project stakeholders and monthly workplans; • Actively promote synergies and harmonise activities with other projects funded by Switzerland and other donors;