Director of Education, Training And Advocacy at Mercy Ships

About Mercy Ships

Mercy Ships is a global faith-based charity that uses hospital ships to bring life-changing surgeries and transformational medical training to people in some of the most challenging contexts along the African coast. For over 40 years, Mercy Ships has been delivering lasting hope and healing through safe surgical care, while working alongside partners and stakeholders to strengthen local healthcare systems in more than 55 countries. Since its inception in 1978, Mercy Ships has served more than 2.7 million direct beneficiaries without regard for race, gender, or religion.

The Opportunity

Do you have a heart for the hurting and a desire to invest your talents and experiences into a mission with eternal significance? For every transformative surgery that takes place onboard one of our Mercy Ships, there are dozens of men and women being used to prepare through their vocational gifts and talents.

Job Summary

The Education, Training and Advocacy (ETA) Director leads, develops, and manages the ETA team in-country through program and project design, collaboration, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. This role works in alignment with established approval processes and internal stakeholders, while engaging and managing stakeholder and partner relationships. The Director will lead program and project co-design with support from the Program Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Development (PDMELD) team, support ETA teams to implement projects towards achievement of programmatic goals, and work together with MELD to evaluate the impact of projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage the ETA team in-country
• Design, collaborate on, implement, monitor, evaluate and report on programs and projects
• Engage and manage stakeholder and partner relationships
• Lead program and project co-design in collaboration with PDMELD
• Support ETA teams in implementing projects to achieve programmatic goals
• Work with MELD to evaluate project impact

Position Details

• Location: Accra, Ghana
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Category: Education/Teaching