Job Description
Utilities’ Procurement Improvement Manager
Job Title: Utilities’ Procurement Improvement Manager
Program: Jordan Water Governance Activity (WGA)
Reporting to: Deputy Chief of Party – Technical
Location: Amman, Jordan
Position type: Long-Term Local Professional
Background
The 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. 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.
Position Overview
The WGA is working with the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), Jordan Valley Authority (JVA), and the Water Companies to improve procurement and project management capacity and related functions including internal regulation and procedures, staffing, and institutional setup that administers procurement and payments authorization, monitoring and control systems and environment, procurement lifecycle (planning through closeout) management, and others of relevance.
The WGA team assessed WAJ and developed a mitigation plan and it is expected also that other future assessments will be performed to other entities in the water sector such as Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) and the water companies (Miyahuna, Yarmouk, and Aqaba).
Duties and Responsibilities:
The project needs a skilled person to join and support the team in delivering the following:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education and/or Experience
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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