Green Africa Youth Organization is recruiting for Project Coordinator – Zero Waste Cities Project: Apply Now!

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

Green Africa Youth Organization is recruiting for Project Coordinator – Zero Waste Cities Project: Apply Now!

Background

GAYO is a youth-led gender-balanced Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that advocates for environmental  sustainability and community development. Founded in 2014, GAYO is dedicated to raising awareness, educating,  and building the capacity of different stakeholders to adopt sustainable environmental practices that satisfy the  needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to have a good quality  of life. To achieve its objective, GAYO works with various institutions and multiple levels of governance to  implement sustainable agriculture, circular economy and renewable energy activism that provide green jobs and better environmental conditions for all.

Position Description 

As part of Green Africa Youth Organization’s flagship Sustainable Communities Project, the organization has piloted a Zero Waste City model in Accra, Ghana. This Zero Waste Cities model is situated within the  communities of the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly. The project capitalizes on the organic, electronic,  and plastic waste menace in Accra to design waste management solutions that support the move to create  environmentally sound, self-reliant communities, create jobs, and be replicated across cities in Ghana and Africa.  

In the 1st phase, the Zero Waste Cities model has built the capacity of waste pickers (both formal and informal),  municipal officials, and existing SMEs and provided them with resources to establish an incentive-based waste  collection and segregation system for the different types of waste. Leveraging stakeholder engagement and  collaboration, the 1st phase has designed a Material Recovery Facility (MRF), and a composting site. Deployment  of air quality sensors, the establishment of 4 more material recovery facilities, and a makerspace are to be  implemented in the next phase. Following this, the composting site would be used to generate compost which will be used to green the city through urban gardening.  

GAYO seeks to bring on board a project coordinator to support the establishment of Zero Waste Accra that can  serve as a model to be replicated in other spaces. The project coordinator would work closely with the project  team to execute its deliverables. 

Position Role and Responsibilities 

Stakeholder engagement 

• Develop relevant linkages and build collaboration with key waste management stakeholders, capitalizing on  inside-outside strategies to ensure timely and effective project delivery. 
• Maintain and improve mutual and beneficial relationships with relevant governmental and non-governmental  agencies and other project stakeholders including informal sector workers 
• Assist the Project Coordinator in organizing stakeholder events.  
• Serve as a representative of the organization at meetings and forums relating to the project and GAYO’s  work. 

Project planning and coordination 

• Curate community sensitization, clean-ups & brand audits, and the establishment of household and  community urban gardens in the project area. 
• Enhance the effective implementation and communication of the Sustainable Community Project (incl.  waste collection and segregation, value chain business model design, recycle art) and any other component  that may be enrolled later. 
• Work with the Project Manager to ensure prompt delivery of task. 
• Support the establishment of community-based ambassadors for Zero Waste cities.

M&E Support 

• Provide support with project baseline and end-line assessments to ensure proper project data collection  and documentation. 
• Facilitate data retrieval from working SMEs and Partners. 
• Liaise with the Project Manager to ensure all necessary project data points are documented appropriately. 
• Submission of weekly report to the Project Manager. 

Facilitation 

• Deliver project presentations, training, workshops, and seminars where required to support waste picker  education and awareness creation.  
• Support widespread city education to show households alternatives to consumable packaging solutions.
• Convene an environmental health officer capacity-building session on the zero waste model and air quality data harvesting training 
• Support the team in streamlining the reporting of open waste-burning incidents • Support the establishment of ecological solid waste management committees at the district level of the  project 

Qualifications 

A bachelor’s degree and experience in a related field. 

Required skills 

The candidate is someone who has the following qualities; 

• Good communication skills/ Planning and coordination. 
• Familiar with and able to use basic Microsoft tools (MS Word, PowerPoint, and Spreadsheet).
• Reporting/Expectation management. 
• Detailed-oriented and an ability to understand new concepts quickly. 

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