Job Title: Technical Assistance Specialist
Program: Recycling in Jordan Activity
Job Classification: Long-Term Local Professional Employee
Reporting to: Recycling Sector Lead
The Recycling in Jordan Activity program is a multi-year project funded by USAID, which aims to increase commercial sector utilization of recycling services in Amman, Jordan. By working with private recycling firms, the commercial sector, the Ministry of Environment (MoENV) and the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), the project is intended to expand and improve private sector-led recycling services; to generate greater demand for the utilization of recycling services within the Amman commercial sector, and to increase local and national government support for solid waste management.
The Activity identified several constraints that slowed business growth including a lack of visionary business planning and setup, minimal investment in technology, and a lack of innovation. Although several service providers have developed a suitable plan for potential business growth, most providers have not implemented the plans due to limited managerial and financial capacities, industry-wide diversity in terms of business models, practices/applications, and types of firms, and unfair competition from the informal sector.
Under this intervention, the Activity aims to improve technical knowledge and provide firm-level support in business planning, technology, process improvement, supply chain management, upgrading capacity, and process innovation to increase business growth and increase capacity to handle more clients. The Activity will continue to offer the Firm-Level Technical Assistance Program, targeting potential market actors in the recycling sector to upgrade capacity and expand services based on selection criteria that include: the firm’s impact on waste diversion from the landfill; growth potential; sustainability of their business model; whether the firm is managed and/or owned by women, youth, and peoples with disabilities.
II. Principal Position Objectives, Basic Functions/Critical Tasks:
The Technical Assistance and Business Specialist will serve as part of the project team and assist the Recycling Sector Lead in managing the firm-level technical assistance program that aims to strengthen business capacity of the market actors across the recycling sector in Jordan, and to increase growth and expand clientele base. S/he will engage with service providers who can offer new recycling products and/or services and support innovative business solutions that fill the market gaps in the recycling sector across the value chains. This includes providing training and advising small and growing recycling sector businesses to find new buyers along the value chain and provide technical input and assist in the overall strategy to support the expansion and improvement of private sector-led recycling services, with focus on women, youth, and disadvantaged groups.
S/he will collaborate with market actors across the recycling value chains and relevant private and public stakeholders as needed on design of technical firm level support programs targeting recycling services providers to help expand their businesses and profitability.
The Technical Assistance and Business Specialist will deliver direct technical support to businesses, introduce training and firm-level assistance programs aiming to expand and improve private sector led recycling services. S/he will support service providers to develop growth plans for improvement and expansion with focus on business planning, business development and supply chain management. S/he will also facilitate business to business mechanisms to expand to more recycling service providers who can replicate and demonstrate integrated and innovative recycling business models with commercial waste generators in Amman.
IV. Qualifications
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