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Established in 1951, Amideast is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to creating hope, opportunity, and mutual understanding among people in the Middle East, North Africa, and United States through life-changing opportunities for education and cultural exchanges. Working with local, regional, and international partners, we provide programs and services that improve educational opportunity and quality, expand access to U.S. study, empower youth and women, strengthen local institutions, and develop language and professional skills for success in the global economy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Amideast operates offices in 11 countries in the MENA region. For more information, visit us at www.amideast.org.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Senior Manager, Partnerships & Grants, is responsible for the overall management of the Jordan Field Office’s funded program portfolio that features projects, programs, and activities addressing areas such as youth engagement, refugee education, women’s empowerment, economic inclusion, teacher training, education development, and institutional reform and capacity building. The incumbent is responsible for managing the design, delivery, and evaluation of the portfolio and for developing a strategy, in close coordination with the Amideast Jordan Country Director and senior leadership team, to expand technical program offerings and activities that align with client needs and requirements.
The Senior Manager, Partnerships & Grants, is also responsible for recruiting, training, and managing technical and administrative support staff responsible for handling program planning, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation tasks. Central to this area of responsibility is managing communications with donors and partners post-award, and ensuring that all technical and financial reports are submitted on time and in compliance with donor requirements and regulations.
In addition, the Senior Manager, Partnerships & Grants, is engaged in business development activities in close coordination with the Country Director. This area of responsibility includes conducting research on business opportunities and donor priorities, designing innovative solutions that address program requirements, drafting technical and cost proposals, and maintaining regular engagement with current and potential donors.
As a member of the senior staff at the Amideast/Jordan Field Office, the Senior Manager, Partnerships & Grants, reports to the Country Director. The incumbent coordinates program activities with other departments in Jordan as well as with relevant parties at AMIDEAST Headquarters and with the organization’s regional directors for English Language, for Workforce Development, and for Monitoring & Evaluation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development:
- Develop annual and quarterly business development plans and outreach strategies in coordination with the Country Director
- Analyze market trends and develop outreach strategies
- Research, examine and align Amideast programming with relevant national strategies of the Government of Jordan, country partnership strategies with international donors and partners such as the U.S. Dept. of State, the World Bank, USAID, DFID, and others
- Develop proposals in response to RFPs and requests for customized programs aligned with Amideast’s technical focus areas and strengths
- Develop concept papers, proposals, outlines, summaries, and other documents for submission to funding and implementing bodies in coordination with relevant HQ and regional staff
- Build and sustain partnerships with organizations, ministries, companies, and individuals to advance Amideast’s business and development objectives in Jordan
- Attend local or regional events representing Amideast aligned with Amideast’s programs in training and development to create new partnerships, network, identify potential funding partners and partners in new projects
Program Management:
- Ensure that all donor-funded programs are scheduled, implemented, and evaluation on time
- Ensure that all technical and administrative resources are in place for program implementation
- Review and analyze financial and program performance of department
- Prepare program reports for clients and for internal purposes, as required
- Participate in annual budgeting process
Staff Management:
- Recruit and supervise all program staff
- Strengthen department capacity by planning needs-based professional development activities
- Participate in general and senior staff meetings
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Required
- A Bachelor’s degree in Management, Applied Linguistics, Educational Development, or a related field
- A minimum of 7 years of professional work experience in business development, project management, and/or, program coordination
- Demonstrated business development skills, including technical proposal development and writing, and associated budgeting
- Native speaker proficiency in written and spoken English with exemplary communication skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in academic readiness, workforce development, youth and women engagement, and STEM and green technologies for the MENA region
- Demonstrated ability to develop a broad base of working relationships with clients and donor agencies
- Demonstrated ability to recruit, manage, coach, and develop staff
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and activities and to work under tight deadlines while maintaining high quality output
- Strong organizational, supervisory, coordination, and interpersonal skills
- Advanced proficiency with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) as well as relevant platforms such as Prezi, PowerPoint, Keynote, or other professional presentation tools
Preferred
- Arabic language proficiency
- Work experience in the MENA region
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Regular local business travel may be required to support program management, reporting and business development processes as needed.
The physical demands and work environment that have been described is representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position description is an overview of the major functions and requirements of this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of the position; the Employee’s Manager may assign other duties as related or as otherwise deemed appropriate and necessary within the general scope, without the need for additional compensation.
Amideast is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Positions that involve interaction with children will be required to read, acknowledge, and comply with and attend special training in accordance with the Child Protection and Safeguarding policy. All Amideast representatives must comply with the Code of Conduct and all applicable organizational policies which include but are not limited to, Anti-Human Trafficking and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
