Vacancy: Manager/ Director (Bolgatanga, Ghana) Needed

Job Description

• This position will be leading and supporting all aspects of the country’s operations including staff leadership, program implementation, and product production. This position will require you to use strong and energetic leadership and management skills to create life-giving opportunities for impoverished men and women. This position will involve working with and developing an effective staff and shaping them into a cohesive team, creating goals, providing direction, utilizing creative thinking, and demonstrating good judgment and decision making.


• This position will support the ongoing development of staff in collaboration with our San Diego headquarters, East African country directors, managers and coordinators. We have a collaborative and mutually supportive team – and this position will be expected to see the big picture and think long term in support of the poor and the marginalized.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Lead, mentor and direct All Across Africa  Ghana staff.


2. Hire and manage an effective team to implement large scale programs that include basket production and other artisan crafts as directed by the US office.


3. Lead and encourage all field staff and country staff to strive to do their job effectively and well


4. Utilize All Across Africa’s logistics software (ERP) to optimize procedures.


5. Prepare and submit monthly budget for Ghana.


6. Manage budgets, oversee cost accounting and weekly reporting.


7. Implement production teams and systems for new product designs and seasonal lines – scaling production up to produce thousands of handmade units per program weekly.


8. Lead staff in working with cooperatives and village producers to create new sample products for US buyer meetings.


9. Estimate production and delivery costs for each product.


10. Manage quality controls and train staff in quality control for large market buys.


11. Strengthen production and capacity of hand-crafted products and groups.


12. Remove bottlenecks and create operational efficiencies for timely delivery of products


13. Implement training programs to improve each producing group’s overall success.


14. Negotiate pricing for raw goods, shipping, etc.


15. Travel by bus, car or plane to various locations in the African region to find materials, meet suppliers and cooperatives, etc.


16. Supervise the delivery of shipments to the airport and the port in Tema.

Required Skills or Experience

• A minimum of First Degree in Management or related field


• A minimum of 5 years working experience in a managerial position


• Must be willing to relocate, live and work in Bolgatanga

Reporting

• Send weekly report


• Lead once a week staff meeting (check in and follow up meeting)


• Location: This position will mostly be located in Bolgatanga

Compensation

• Open to negotiation  but highly dependent on experience


• Health Care


• Paid Holidays and Vacations


• Company home in Bolgatanga to live in – rent free