Are you young, dynamic, passionate about discovery, and would you like to get involved internationally? Agence Nationale du Volontariat au Togo (ANVT) and France Volontaires are offering you this opportunity as part of Développement des Ecosystèmes de Nationaux de Volontariat en Afrique (DENVA) programme.

Title of assignment: Support for the management of volunteering projects/programmes and institutional capacity building.

Host country : GHANA          

Mission location: Accra

Proposed duration of assignment: 12

🗓️Closing date for applications: 1^st May 2025 at 23:00 GMT

🗓️Desired date of arrival of the volunteer: Early June 2025

➡️Background to the assignment

The Ghana National Youth Authority is in a crucial phase of strengthening its national volunteering framework. Although Ghana has a rich tradition of youth volunteering, there is a need to professionalize and standardise volunteer management systems to align with international best practice.

The current context presents both challenges and opportunities:

• A growing population of young people looking for meaningful opportunities to get involved.
• The need for standardised volunteer management protocols.
• Growing demand from the public and private sectors for structured volunteering programmes.
• Leverage technology to manage volunteers.
• Need to bring national volunteering standards into line with international frameworks.

So the NYA need to recruit a VSI volunteer. The volunteer will contribute to the management of NYA’s volunteering projects/programmes and strengthen its institutional capacity. He or she will support to this end, the NYA in achieving the objectives :

• Strengthen the NID’s institutional capacity to manage volunteers.
• Develop comprehensive volunteer lifecycle management systems.
• Put in place monitoring and evaluation frameworks for volunteering programmes.
• Create sustainable knowledge management systems for volunteering initiatives.

➡️ The main activities to be carried out by the volunteer:

Reporting to the Director of Programmes and Operations, the volunteer will be responsible for carrying out the activities :

1. Assessment and planning phase

1. Identifying needs NYA’s support
2. Drawing up a detailed working  land and implementation strategy
3. Systems development

2. Drawing up volunteer management protocols
3. Creation of a digital database of volunteers
4. Training and capacity building

3. Design of training courses
4. Staff capacity building
5. Development of quality assurance

4. Creation of monitoring tools
5. Development of assessment frameworks
6. Knowledge management

5. Process documentation
6. Drawing up a sustainable development plan

➡️Desired profile

Preferred training :

• Master’s degree in public administration, development studies, project management or a related field.
• Additional certification in volunteer management would be an advantage

Desired professional/associate experience(s) :

• At least 3 years’ experience in volunteer management or a related field
• Proven experience in developing training materials and protocols
• Experience of digital database management systems
• Professional experience in Africa preferred

Key skills and abilities required:

• Strong project management skills
• Experience in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks
• Excellent documentation and report writing skills
• Mastery of digital tools and database management
• Solid interpersonal and intercultural communication skills

Language requirement: Fluency in English

➡️ Terms of the assignment

• Status of Volunteers for International Solidarity (Law of 2022).
• Installation allowance and resettlement allowance on return.
• Monthly subsistence allowance: this allowance is not in the nature of a salary or remuneration and enables the assignment to be carried out in decent living conditions.
• Basic social security cover (sickness, maternity, invalidity, accidents at work and old age), mutual insurance, repatriation insurance, provident insurance and civil liability).
• Individual or collective accommodation offering decent comfort.
• Provision of accommodation; or, where applicable, payment of an accommodation lump sum.
• Travel expenses 1 return trip between place of residence and place of employment.

➡️ Conditions for submitting applications

Candidates interested in this notice are asked to send their application online by 1 May 2025 at 23:00 GMT at the latest by completing the form via the link below: recrutementvsi.togoanvt

Application form :

• A detailed curriculum vitae.
• A letter of motivation addressed to the Director General of ANVT.
• A valid identity document covering the period of the assignment.
• A training diploma in the chosen field of work.
• Proof of professional experience.

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.