Country Program Associate, Jordan

Job Description

- Country Program Associate, JordanCompany: Industry: Non-Profit and Social Services Job Location: Amman, Jordan Career Level: Junior (With some experience in the field) Date Posted: 16-08-2022 Ref. Number: 152811 Citizenships Jordan Residence Country Jordan Years of Experience 3 - 16Country Program Associate, Jordan and RequirementsPosition Summary:The Jordan Country Program Associate is a member of the Jordan Country Program team and will support Search?s portfolio in Jordan. The Jordan Country Program Associate works with the country team to support grants management functions, reporting, project-related communications, and program development, as well as program implementation. The position is also responsible for supervising interns, as needed. The position holder will work closely with MENA team members and other staff based in the region, in Brussels, and in Washington D.C. The position reports to the Jordan Country Manager.Major Responsibilities:Grants Management (50%)* Leads grants management of a portfolio of the Jordan country office, especially in the start-up and close-out processes of each grant, and with close support for the evolving context inside Jordan. This includes leading compliance of grants with donor and internal policies. * Provide coordination between the country program and the MENA regional team, as well as other support units, including the Institutional Learning Team, Finance, and Operations departments.* Work with the project team and Country Manager to produce donor reports, ensuring results-oriented focus and quality reporting.* Support editing and polishing of all external notes and documents released by each project of the Jordan Country Office.* Produce communications material on Jordan program activities and events for internal and external distribution, including updating and maintaining content for Jordan programs on the Search website.* Travel within Jordan to provide project support when needed.Program Development (50%)* Develop and write project proposals and concept notes, based on programmatic ideas of the Jordan Country Program.* Champion proposal development processes when needed and appropriate* Maintain relationships with contacts from major donors and partners.* Represent Search at events and meetings.* Develop briefing packages for the Country Manager for external engagementJob Requirements:* Bachelor?s degree in one of the social sciences, Middle East or Arab studies, conflict resolution, international development, or a related field * Minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience in a related field.Competency Behavior Indicators (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)* Initiates brainstorming or problem-solving meetings. With time in the job, develops skills for analyzing and communicating program successes and failures; reports lessons learned to the team and other members.* Represents Search at local and international events and meetings for professional organizations, vendors, partners, and funders. Develops skills to independently initiate and maintain relations with vendors, partners, and funders. Articulates Search program/project goals and objectives within Search and to external audiences.* Demonstrates appreciation for the diversity of thought. Builds cross-functional relationships with other functional departments.* Demonstrates ability to be adaptable and willing to confront and change own ideas and preconceptions with the resiliency and flexibility to make changes based on hearing a diversity of thoughts.* Applies standards, identifies areas for standardization, and coordinates across functions from a multicultural perspective that reflects consideration of other cultures, other viewpoints, and other ways of doing things.* Takes into account the environmental landscape, assesses ones own and others viewpoints on their environment, and proposes solutions from an ethical perspective.* Recognizes the options available for solving problems, conducts analyses, and calculates metrics and other technical tools to support informed decision-making.* Conducts Quality Control of team documents and systems data. Carefully reviews and checks the accuracy of the information in documents, management information systems, or with other individuals and groups. Checks the accuracy of one?s own and others? work. Proactively informs management of potential risks and concerns; suggests resolutions.* Independently prioritizes time to reach deadlines and reaches end results of assignments with the ability to accomplish multiple steps with limited to no supervision. This recruitment will close on August 27, 2022 As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct and our privacy policy . Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant tre exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra tre amen‚ entreprendre dautres tches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilit‚s cl‚s ci-dessus. -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Seuls les candidats invit‚s un entretien seront contact‚s. Pas dappels t‚l‚phoniques sil vous plat. Veuillez consulter notre site Web pour tous les d‚tails de notre mission. Tous les employ‚s de Search doivent adh‚rer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace - T‚nacit‚ - Empathie - R‚sultats. Conform‚ment ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harclement au travail, la protection contre lexploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits dint‚rts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search sengage pr‚server les int‚rts, les droits et le bien-tre des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vuln‚rables avec lesquels elle est en contact et mener ses programmes et ses op‚rations dune manire qui soit s–re pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vuln‚rables. Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fond‚e sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, lexpression de genre, lge, lorigine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l‚tat matrimonial, lorientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activit‚s ou op‚rations. Consultez notre code de conduite et notre politique de confidentialit‚ ici. Company: Industry: Non-Profit and Social Services Job Location: Amman, Jordan Career Level: Junior (With some experience in the field) Date Posted: 16-08-2022 Ref. Number: 152811 Citizenships Jordan Residence Country Jordan Years of Experience 3 - 16

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