The Embassy of Denmark in Accra announces a new career opportunity. The mission is seeking a Project Officer to support the management of Denmark’s “Peace and Stabilisation Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028*.
The Project Officer will support the effective implementation, coordination, and monitoring of PSP.WA activities, ensuring alignment with Danish foreign policy objectives and programme strategies.
With an ODA-budget of DKK 197 million (approx. USD 29 million), the overall objective of the PSP WA is to mitigate instability in key border areas in West Africa through local and regional capacity development. The programme supports peace, security, and stability across the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea regions and seeks to address conflict drivers and strengthen governance, security, and justice through a whole-of-government approach, involving Danish civil, military, and development cooperation instruments. The PSP.WA focuses on fragile states and transnational challenges including violent extremism, organized crime, and migration. It is implemented in partnership with national governments, regional organisations (e.g., ECOWAS, G5 Sahel), and other international partners.
The start date for this position is 1st September, 2025 or soon thereafter.
Main Tasks:
- Oversee the day-to-day management of ODA-funded PSP-WA projects in close consultation with implementing partners.
- Administer grants and partnership agreements in line with Danida Financial and Aid Management Guidelines.
- Contribute to overall program administration, including budget management, fund dispersal, and assessment of financial management reports.
- Support the programme’s monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) activities in close collaboration with external MEAL consultant, and contribute to planning and implementation of programme studies and analyses by external researchers.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree in international relations, development studies, political science, business administration, project management, conflict management or related areas
- At least five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience managing large-scale projects / programmes (regional/multi-country experience an asset).
- Solid understanding of the regional state and political architecture as well as conflict prevention and peace building landscape.
- Demonstrated experience managing project-related financial procedures, including budget preparation and monitoring, fund disbursement and financial reporting.
- Prior experience with donor development aid administration. Danida experience is an asset.
- Experience organising and participating in international meetings related to peace and security is desirable.
- Excellent coordination skills and ability to maintain constructive multistakeholder working relationships.
- Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). Knowledge of French (written and spoken) is desirable.
- Willingness to undertake official travel to programme countries for monitoring purposes (1 – 2 weeks of travel foreseen per year).
- An open, flexible, and proactive mind-set, strong interpersonal competences and being a team player.
- Good working knowledge of standard MS Office applications, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Terms of employment
- Full time contract (40 hours pr. week under local terms and conditions) 1 year renewable subject to performance and approval by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
- Mutual trial period of three months.
- Based at the Danish Embassy in Accra, Ghana, with periodic travels to other countries in West Africa, including the Sahel.
- Salary will reflect qualifications, relevant experience, and proven work-related results.
- You and your dependant family members will be offered reasonable coverage of sickness expenses.
- Employment requires security clearance by Danish Authorities (requires presentation of *No
Criminal Record”).
Application & Recruitment Process The Career At The Embassy Of Denmark
- Please send your entry (cover letter, CV, proof of relevant education, recommendations and 2-3 references) in English to the Danish Embassy, email: accamb@um.dk marked in subject line “Application – Project Officer (PSP WA) – Embassy of Denmark” no later than 20 August 2025 (midnight).
- Questions related to the position can be addressed to the Programme Facilitator / Head of Cooperation, Ms. Rikke Enggaard Olsen via accamb@um.dk (please write: “Query concerning PSP WA Project Officer position” in the subject line).
- Interviews will take place within one week after the application deadline. As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be asked to complete a written test.
- The diplomatic mission attaches great importance to equal opportunities for all and therefore welcomes entries from all qualified persons regardless of race, sex, religion, age, or disability.
- Only short-listed persons will be contacted