National Consultant to Support the Management Information System of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty with MoGCSP

The consultant will provide tailored technical backstopping to the LEAP Management Secretariat over eleven months during the LEAP reassessment period and enhance the capacity of the LEAP MIS staff to effectively utilize the LEAP MIS to ensure no one is left behind as the LEAP database transitions to GNHR.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored technical backstopping to the LEAP Management Secretariat over eleven months during the LEAP reassessment period.
• Enhance the capacity of the LEAP MIS staff to effectively utilize the LEAP MIS.
• Ensure that no one is left behind as the LEAP database is transitioned to GNHR as part of the LEAP.
• Collaborate with UNICEF Programme Specialist (Social transfer) and Chief of Social Policy and Inclusion.
• Engage and collaborate with relevant MoGCSP directorates, social protection partners, and sector stakeholders.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Degrees in Statistics, Economics, or Data Analytics may be accepted where accompanied by substantial, demonstrable professional software-engineering and systems-integration experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in the design, development of large-scale Management Information Systems, computer programming and integration of complex data management systems.
• Experience working with national social cash transfer programmes is an asset.
• Professional qualification in software Development or computer science is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience working closely with government partners and systems is required.
• Excellent analytical, communication, facilitation and capacity building skills are required.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Extensive experience (minimum 10 years preferred) in designing and developing production information systems.
• Demonstrated experience delivering role-based web MIS / transaction systems (preferably large-scale, multi-district or nationwide).
• Proven experience with API integration, relational databases, secure authentication/authorisation, and operational deployment.
• Demonstrated understanding of Social Protection systems (cash transfers, beneficiary registries, targeting/PMT, payment service providers, payroll/reconciliation, or closely related domains).
• Experience on comparable programmes in Ghana or the African region is a strong advantage.
• Excellent facilitation, consultation and stakeholder coordination skills, including the ability to engage government agencies, Development Partners, and IFIs.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks within agreed timelines and produce high-quality deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are required.
• Solution architecture experience.
• Experience designing modular, scalable, transaction-intensive information systems.
• Ability to produce architecture diagrams, data models, interface specifications, and deployment designs.
• Experience assessing and modernizing legacy systems.
• Demonstrated experience delivering production web applications.
• Version control, peer review, automated testing, and build/release practices.
• Configuration and environment management.
• Maintainable and documented source code.
• Relational data modelling and optimization.
• Data migration, quality validation, deduplication, and lineage.
• Handling high-volume batch processes.
• Transaction integrity and reconciliation.
• RESTful APIs and secure batch exchanges.
• OAuth 2.0, mutual TLS, API keys, digital signatures, or equivalent authentication patterns.
• Asynchronous processing, webhooks, retries, idempotency, replay protection, and error queues.
• API and data-contract versioning.
• Secure software-development lifecycle.
• Threat modelling.
• Role-based access and segregation of duties.
• Encryption, key and secrets management.
• Security testing and remediation.
• Privacy-by-design and protection of sensitive personal information.
• Payment enrolment and KYC validation.
• Payroll or bulk-payment processing.
• Transaction-status management.
• Payment exception handling.
• Financial reconciliation and audit controls.
• Maker-checker approvals.
• Offline-first application architecture.
• Local encrypted storage.
• Synchronization, conflict resolution, and recovery.
• Device and user authentication.
• Low-bandwidth optimization.
• Automated deployment or controlled release practices.
• Environment separation.
• Monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, and recovery.
• Incident and problem management.
• Performance and capacity testing.
• Test planning and traceability.
• Unit, integration, regression, UAT, performance, and security testing.
• Defect prioritization and resolution.
• Production-readiness validation.
• Technical documentation.
• Administrator and operator manuals.
• Training delivery.
• Coaching government counterpart teams.
• Structured handover and sustainability planning.
• Ability to engage government programme and ICT stakeholders.
• Ability to document algorithms and financial controls clearly for non-software audiences.
• Integrity and discretion when handling sensitive beneficiary data.

Skills

• Management Information Systems design
• Software Development
• System Integration
• Government Systems Collaboration
• Web Application Development
• API Integration
• Relational database management
• Secure Authentication
• Solution Architecture leadership
• Modular design
• Legacy System Modernization
• Version Control Systems
• Automated Testing
• Configuration Management Database
• Data Migration
• Batch Processing
• RESTful APIs
• OAuth 2.0
• Asynchronous Processing
• Secure Software Development Lifecycle
• Threat Modelling
• Role-Based Access Control
• Encryption Management
• Security Testing
• Privacy by Design
• Payment Processing
• Financial Reconciliation
• Maker-Checker Approvals
• Offline-First Architecture
• Low-bandwidth Optimization
• Automated Deployment Processes
• Logging and Monitoring
• Incident Management
• Performance Testing
• Test Planning
• Technical Documentation Production
• Training Delivery
• Stakeholder Engagement

Languages

English