Research and Operations Assistant (ROA)

About the role

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture runs several dialogue and governance platforms with government, development partners, civil society and the private sector, including the MSC, SAKSS, JSR, ASWG and business meetings. The ministry acts as secretariat for these platforms and needs a Research and Operations Assistant in its secretariat, reporting to the Technical Coordinator.

Key responsibilities

• Provide research information and other documents requested by platform members.
• Provide administrative and secretarial services to the platforms.
• Support logistics for platform meetings: background documents, agendas, venue arrangements, facilitator engagement, invitations, minutes, action plans and meeting briefs.
• Prepare an annual calendar of activities and regularly update on progress against workplans.
• Maintain the SAKSS website with the ICT department and prepare content for the ministry's website about the platforms.
• Support implementation of platform workplans and help keep information flowing between platforms and stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in agricultural economics/policy, another agricultural science or social science.
• Five years of experience in similar or related fields.
• Advantages: experience in associations or networks, experience as an administrative or research assistant.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and the Internet.
• Advantageous: SPSS, STATA or other econometric modelling packages.

The contract is one year with possible extension, based in Accra. Applications with detailed resumes and certificates close on 20 March 2015.