The Judicial Service of Ghana Recruitment For Deputy Director

The Judicial Service of Ghana Recruitment For Deputy Director
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURTS AFTER INDEPENDENCE
AFTER INDEPENDENCE
The Ghana Independence Act, 1957:
This received Royal Assent on 7/2/57. The long title described it as An act to make provision for and in connection with, the attainment by the Gold Coast of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations. The effect of the opening words was to place all the four territories on an equal footing as the dominions of Her Majesty in her capacity as Queen of Ghana. On 8/3/57 Ghana became a member of the United Nations Organisation.
Constitution of 1957:
The Ghana (Constitution) Order in Council, 1957 (S.I. 1957, No. 277; L.N. 47) the main provision of which came into force on 6th March, 1957, embodied the new Constitution of Independent Ghana, apart from Legislative powers contaired in the lst Schedule to the Independence Act. The most important new features were as follows:-

The Executive:
The Governor was replaced by a Governor-General, who was also Connnander-in-chief of tile armed forces. The Executive power of Ghana was vested in the Queen exercisable by her or by the Governor-General as her representative. Previous limitations on the power of the Cabinet were removed, and it was charged with the general direction and control of the Government of Ghana, and made responsible to Parliament.
The Judicial Service  of Ghana with the mandate of promoting smooth and efficient administration of justice to all manner of persons without fear or favour, affection or ill-will, and thereby creating an enabling environment for good governance is establishing an effective and efficient Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Department. The Service therefore requires the services of result-oriented, self motivated and exceptionally competent individual to join the M&E Team in the following position.

The Deputy Director of M&E (MIS) will report directly to the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. The duties and responsibilities shall include the following:
Conduct data and system requirement analysis
Prepare quarterly and annual reports for stakeholders
Supervise, collect and analyze field data
Supervise the input of data and establish checks with the data collection systems to ensure accuracy, relevance and timeliness of information to stakeholders
Supervise the training of staff for the M&E System
Assist in monitoring activities and preparation of project reports
Harmonize and generate quarterly plans and quarterly reports
Any other related duty as may be assigned by the Judicial Secretary/Director of M&E

Required Skills or Experience
To qualify for this position the applicant must have:
A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics /Statistics/Computer Science/Management Information System
Preference will be given to those with a master’s degree in relevant discipline
At least ten (10) years progressive work experience as M&E Officer, four (4) of which should be in management position, preferably in the public sector
Training in M&E from a recognized institution
Demonstrated proficiency in data management software packages
Demonstrated leadership and people management skills
Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

How To Apply
Interested applicants are to submit the following in addition to an application letter to the address below:

Detailed Curriculum Vitae with contact telephone numbers, E-mail address and three (3) references
Brief statement on job responsibilities in current post

THE JUDICIAL SECRETARY
JUDICIAL SERVICE OF GHANA
P. O. BOX GP 119
ACCRA

Offer valid till: 22 Apr, 2011