Programme Assistant – Digital Futures

Overview

Job title: Programme Assistant – Digital Futures

Job location:   Accra, Ghana

Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply

Contract: Two-Year Fixed-Term Contract

Hours: Full time

We are recruiting a Programme Assistant – Digital Futures to provide administrative, coordination, and operational support to ensure smooth and effective implementation of the Digital Futures Programme in Ghana

Sightsavers and Mastercard Foundation is partnering with Digital Futures, a bold initiative under the Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy and Sightsavers’ mission to promote inclusive development. The programme aims to improve access to dignified and fulfilling work for young people with disabilities across Africa, with a strong focus on young women.

Over five years, the programme will enrol 12,200 young people with disabilities, at least 70% of whom will be women and reach over 14,700 others through community engagement. By providing market-relevant digital, IT, and entrepreneurship training, seed funding, and systemic engagement with employers, policymakers, and representative organisations, the programme addresses barriers to inclusion in the digital economy and supports the development of inclusive ecosystems and workforce practices.

Role purpose

The Programme Assistant will provide administrative, coordination, and operational support to ensure smooth and effective implementation of the Digital Futures Programme in Ghana. The role supports communication, logistics, partner coordination, reporting, and learning processes, enabling the Programme Officer and partners to deliver high-quality, timely results.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Coordinate day-to-day programme administration and support consistent communication between the Programme Officer, implementing partners, and internal teams.
• Support preparation, editing, and formatting of programme reports and partner submissions for internal and donor audiences.
• Track partner workplans, deliverables, deadlines, and follow-ups; escalate risks or delays as needed.
• Provide operational support to partners, including basic budgeting/expenditure tracking support and compliance documentation.
• Support outreach, mobilisation, and inclusive selection of beneficiaries; help maintain beneficiary records and profiles.
• Support planning and delivery of workshops, trainings, field activities, and stakeholder engagements (agendas, participant lists, logistics, accessibility, evaluations).
• Assist procurement and vendor coordination in line with organisational policies (quotes, purchase requests, venue/catering/materials/equipment logistics).
• Organise programme documentation and evidence (reports, records, photos, case studies) and maintain accurate filing on SharePoint.
• Support collection of stories and communication content, ensuring ethical standards, safeguarding, and informed consent.
• Identify and escalate operational/contextual risks; support implementation of safeguarding, data protection, and do-no-harm principles.

Please see the job description for further details

Skills and Experience

Person specification (essential)

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., social sciences, development studies, human rights, gender studies, information systems, public policy, or similar) or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to support programme/project delivery (e.g., coordination, administration, logistics, tracking actions/deliverables) evidenced in your CV/application.
• Familiarity with core project management practices (planning, scheduling, basic budgeting and reporting) and the ability to apply them in day-to-day programme support.
• Strong organisation and coordination skills; able to manage multiple activities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to work respectfully with diverse stakeholders and communities.
• Comfort using common digital tools (online meetings, messaging apps, online forms, social media) and willingness to learn.
• Commitment to inclusion, equality, human rights, safeguarding, data protection, and do-no-harm principles.
• Familiarity with disability inclusion in Ghana and engaging stakeholders including government, private sector, NGOs and OPDs (desirable/advantage where applicable).
• Lived experience of disability and/or strong connection with OPDs is an asset.
• Commitment to disability inclusion and an inclusive, respectful approach to working with people with disabilities.
• Strong IT skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft 365).

Next Steps

Please apply via our recruitment portal by 24 May 2026. As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answer job-specific questions on the portal.

We anticipate that the evaluation process will include an initial online task and a subsequent face to face interview, to be held on Friday 5 June 2026.

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of the community. We encourage individuals from underrepresented areas of society (i.e. women and people with disabilities) to apply, as we recognise and value the different perspectives that people can bring to our work.

Closing date: 24 May 2026

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and we reserve the right to close this role early.

As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.