Job Title Canadian Volunteer Technical Advisor – Advocacy and Communications
Project Name United for Care-sensitive Approaches to Rights and Empowerment (UCARE)
Job type Volunteer Position
Location of Position Tamale, Ghana
Reporting to UCARE Project Director & Project Field Manager
Remuneration Expenses covered
Indicative LOE/Time Frame The Canadian Volunteer will have a minimum 6 months field placement (2026 – timing flexible), up to 12 months
Citizenship Canadian or Permanent resident
Language Requirements English
Application Deadline January 31, 2026

We are looking for a qualified Canadian resident who is open to a minimum 6 months field placement (2026 – timing flexible), up to 12 months in Tamale, Ghana

Application Instructions:

1. A CV and cover letter are mandatory to be considered.
2. Cover letters should effectively align your skills and experiences with the specific job responsibilities outlined in the position’s description, demonstrating your aptitude and enthusiasm for the role, your daily fee and current availability.
3. Curriculum Vitae, (CV) must demonstrate relevant qualifications and experience (including academic qualifications). Please include a Statement of availability and willingness to relocate temporarily to Tamale, Ghana.
4. Click the “Apply now” link to upload your cover letter and CV (Curriculum Vitae).
5. Shortlisted applicants may be invited for a brief virtual interview.. No phone calls please.

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Project Description:
The United for Care-sensitive Approaches to Rights and Empowerment (UCARE) Project is a five-year project (2024-2029) funded by Global Affairs Canada that seeks to enhance the realization of women and adolescent girls’ rights to equal distribution of domestic work and reduced burden of unpaid care work in Northern Ghana.

UCARE works collaboratively with national partners, regional and local governments to create an evidence-based, gender-responsive and care-sensitive policy and programming environment, and with families in northern Ghana to improve the agency and decision making of women and adolescent girls to exercise their rights related to recognized and valued unpaid care work.
The UCARE project partners with local organizations SEND, NETRIGHT and women’s rights organizations using the Gender Model Families approach to recognize, reduce and redistribute the burden of UCW more equitably within households. UCARE will be implemented in 10 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Northern, Northeast and Savannah regions, covering both urban and rural communities, reaching 225,000 women and men, and adolescent girls and boys.

About the work
The role of the Volunteer encompasses two key areas of programming: communications and advocacy. This Volunteer position will provide additional technical and program support to the social advocacy and communications activities approved in the 2026/27 (Y3) annual workplan.
NETRIGHT’s primary role is to develop a national advocacy strategy for unpaid care work and to provide technical and program support to its northern member partners to implement targeted social advocacy activities around UCW. NETRIGHT also has a specific role in developing toolkits and training the three women’s rights organizations participating in the UCARE project to develop and implement specific advocacy campaigns and tactics to achieve UCARE’s goal of recognizing and including UCW in the plans and priorities of targeted MMDAs.

SEND implements the GMF program and within that has a role in advocating for social change within households to redistribute UCW more equitably among family members. Alinea’s role is to coordinate and align all advocacy and communications activities to achieve inclusion of UCW in MMDA plans and policies.
All partners will undertake communications activities as part of the implementation of their program responsibilities. Alinea’s role is to ensure that all communications meet the Alinea International’s policy mandates and standards, and that partner communications activities are coordinated and aligned with the broader UCARE workplan and objectives. The Volunteer will also play a role in ensuring that advocacy and communications activities of partner organizations are closely coordinated to achieve greater impact.

The Role
The Volunteer will work closely with the Field Team and the two key implementing partners (SEND and NETRIGHT) to implement advocacy and communications activities as planned. The Volunteer will work under the direct supervision of the Field Manager in Tamale and report to the Project Director in Canada. The Volunteer will have an international travel expense package.
Specific responsibilities include:

• Provide support to the Alinea Field office team and partners on Alinea International’s communications policies and compliance requirements, including media and press releases
• Support the timely planning and coordination of advocacy products and delivery of activities ensuring quality and consistency of relevant and appropriate content
• Participate in the planning, design and delivery of project communications and advocacy products for use in Ghana and in Canada
• Adapt and update existing communications products for use with different stakeholders and for targeted purposes as the project evolves
• Produce summary reports documenting project achievements, progress and key deliverables
• Document lessons learned working closely with the MEL Director and MEL Specialist
• Provide technical support to partners ensuring alignment with the UCARE project and broader Alinea communications standards and protocols
• Provide support to partners to coordinate and align their advocacy programming with the broader scope and purpose of the UCARE project
• Liaise with the technical team leads to ensure content is meets GESI criteria and MEL requirements
• Support the Training and Capacity Development Coordinator with developing and producing specific products required for training (i.e. MMDAs)
• Work with the UCARE Team (in Canada and Ghana) and partners to align advocacy plans and products with the UCARE project key messages and scope
• Support development of content and channels for communications

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Communications and/or Journalism, Public Policy, Development Studies, Education, or other relevant discipline
• Proven experience in: Gender and Social Inclusion and/or social/public policy analysis; communications design and production; social advocacy and policy development skills
• Strong technical skills in designing communications products using Canva software; experience working in intercultural environments and with intercultural teams; program planning and/or project management skills
• Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa, preferably Ghana.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.