Job Description
Job Title: Planning and Governance Specialist
Reporting to: Policy and Planning Sr. Manager
Location: Amman, and within Activity’s Scope in Jordan
Position type: Full-Time Local Professional
Start date: Mar 01, 2023
Duration: One year (renewable as needed throughout project life)
Background
USAID Water Governance Activity (WGA) program is a multi-year project funded by USAID, which aims to support the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to achieve measurable improvements and greater sustainability of the water sector by providing technical assistance to strengthen the GoJ’s reform, policy development and implementation, and capacity-building efforts. USAID WGA will support the following objectives: support the GoJ to define and resolve water sector strategy and policy issues; improve water entities’ performance by reducing network losses, increasing conveyance efficiencies, and improving utility cost recovery; and specific, cross-cutting objectives related to support to gender, youth, persons with disabilities (PWD), and private sector engagement.
Job Summary:
WGA is seeking a qualified candidate to work with the Policy and Planning Sr. Manager, and the Deputy Chief of Party – Technical on Governance-related activities.
The Planning and Governance Specialist will work closely with the WGA team and the water sector counterparts, to provide technical assistance in areas related to strategy implementation, sector reform, contractual compliance, legislative environment, policy management, institutional assessments, utility support, training support, result-based management, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and mapping of strategic documents across the sector.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Education and/or Experience:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. The selection of this post will be on a rolling basis.
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