British High Commission Social Development Adviser – Jobs in Accra – Ghana
Main Purpose of Job:
The British High Commission (BHC) Accra are seeking a highly motivated Social Development Adviser (SDA) to work within the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to lead policy and programmatic work on social protection, poverty analysis, social inclusion, gender-based violence, and safeguarding under the UK-Ghana Development Partnership. The SDA will ensure that our development programmes are informed by evidence, are deeply rooted in contextual understanding and are adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable groups.
The SDA will act as lead Adviser for the Leave No One Behind (LNOB) programme which will end in September 2024, and subsequently shape the next phase of our social development portfolio.
The SDA will help BHC Accra to advance the UK’s International Strategy for Women and Girls as well as FCDO’s Disability Inclusion and Rights Strategy. He/she will work across BHC teams to mainstream gender and inclusion into our interventions in health, education, political governance, security, green growth, trade and economic reform. He/she will provide technical expertise, evidence, informed professional advice and thought leadership across the whole BHC Accra portfolio – articulating priorities, bridging siloes, and identifying entry points to improve outcomes for marginalised Ghanaians. He/she will build strong networks with civil society organisations to ensure that our thinking is grounded in the realities of Ghanaians.
Through engagement with local and international partners, including the UN agencies and multi-stakeholder working groups, he/she will demonstrate UK leadership while ensuring that gender and social inclusion remain at the heart of FCDOs development and diplomatic influencing work.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead Policy Advice, Engagement and Influence on key Social Development agendas including Social Protection, Gender, Disability and Social Inclusion
Lead delivery of and reporting on the British High Commission Accra’s work on social development. This is focused on: ensuring the lives of the poorest and marginalised groups are improved by promoting gender equality and inclusion (disability and mental health) and strengthening integrated social services.
Proactively identify priority policies and actions that the Government of Ghana can take to address gender inequality and social exclusion, and work with key interlocutors to identify entry points to advocate, progress reforms. This will include supporting activities like inclusive elections, passing key legislation to protect the rights of women and girls (Affirmative Action Bill and the Anti-witchcraft Accusations Bill) and driving key policy reforms within the the relevant sector ministries, including the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection
Lead UK government engagement with the Government of Ghana, development partners, civil society, private sector and research organisations in the social protection and gender space. This will include an opportunity to co-chair the Donor Partner Group and Sector Working Group on a rotational basis.
Lead national and international events, high-profile visits, oral and written briefs, engagements and public communications on social protection, gender, disability and social inclusion in Ghana.
Work with programme manager(s) in BHC to deliver programming on Social Protection, Disability/Mental Health and Gender-based Violence (GBV)
As Lead Adviser, oversee the completion of project activities for the Leave No One Behind (LNOB) Programme, with a focus on supporting partners to complete a compelling evidence package about the intervention.
Ensure evidence uptake from LNOB internally within FCDO and externally. Continue to build sustained efforts to tackle issues of disability and mental health within the ongoing Partnership Beyond Aid Programme as well as through active development diplomacy.
Provide cross-office leadership on specific poverty and inclusion priorities, including gender equality, disability, social inclusion (GEDSI) and safeguarding
Shape UK priorities in Ghana on GEDSI, including overseeing the BHC’s inclusion work as part of the Africa Strategy, support capacity building across the High Commission and provide cross-cutting social development advice to mainstream these themes across the BHC Accra portfolio. The SDA will also be expected to build critical links across the office with other sectors such as education, health, resilience governance, human rights, green growth, trade and economic reform
Lead poverty and GEDSI analyses, understanding the drivers and interaction between poverty and exclusion and marginalisation, supporting staff across the High Commission to understand the nature of gender inequality and marginalisation of vulnerable groups in Ghana especially women and girls. This is to enable our interventions to deliver effective social change and tackle poverty, vulnerability and inequalities.
Monitor and drive adherence to UK’s equalities commitments and duties, leading the BHC Accra annual assessment of compliance against UK policy, strategy, and legal obligations and supporting colleagues to conduct Equalities Impact Assessments for new programming.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; British High Commission Social Development Adviser – Jobs in Accra – Ghana
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