Job advert - HR & Administration Officer - Ghana
Summary
The HR and Administrative Officer plays a key role in the Ghana programme, supporting the HR and finance teams and provides administrative support to the programme as required. The role may also be involved in administrative support to projects.
The role cuts across finance, administration and HR and will require a high level of attention to detail. This dynamic position requires the ability to anticipate needs, think critically and offer solutions to challenges with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.
The role is fast-paced and collaborative. We are looking for an energetic, highly engaged, team-player with a ‘can-do’ attitude. To succeed in this role, you must be a self-starter. This role has the potential to expand to other business needs in the future
For a detailed understanding of the role and person criteria, please see the Job Description.
About us
Our mission is to get preschool children in rural Africa to thrive. At present, over 250 million children worldwide fail to receive the education and care they need in their early years which means they are less likely to do well in school, find gainful employment, and are at greater risk of early marriage, early parenthood and even criminality. Current approaches to solving this crisis are not proving effective or scalable in low- and middle-income countries.
That’s where Lively Minds comes in. We have developed an award-winning Early Childhood Development programme that has been proven through randomised control trials to improve cognitive and socio-emotional skills and reduce malnutrition for pre-schoolers in hard-to-reach communities, so they have a greater chance of succeeding in school and in life. The programme provides marginalised Mothers with a parenting course and weekly radio broadcasts that empower them to run educational Play Schemes for pre-schoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources. The programme is delivered through government partners, is cheap and highly scalable. It genuinely has the potential to play a transformative role in ending the global ECD crisis.
We are extremely proud that the Government of Ghana have now adopted the programme and we have a ground-breaking partnership with them to support them to institutionalise it, fund it and to scale it to 60 education districts, reaching over 4000 communities and 1 million children. In addition, an award-winning international research team are conducting a further randomised control trial to help us understand its impacts at scale. We are now turning our attention to scaling the programme nationwide across Ghana, scaling up the radio in its own right and moving to new countries.
We are a lively ambitious organisation, determined to have a major positive impact on the world. We work hard at a fast pace, in a challenging environment. We expect everyone to give their best to achieve the best possible results. Our work is demanding but provides plenty of opportunity for innovation, responsibility, growth, collaboration, creativity and fun. We want all staff to be happy, fulfilled and to feel appreciated and valued in their work.
To find out more about our programme, look at the videos about our programme at www.livelyminds.org.
How to apply
Please download an Application Form and send the completed form to jobs@livelyminds.org before the deadline.
Deadline for applications: 11:59 pm GMT on 11th December 2024.
Due to the urgent nature of this recruitment, we would be keen to recruit a suitable candidate that is available to start immediately. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.