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The “Employment-oriented MSME development” project is seeking for “Economic Cooperation and Private Sector Development Advisor (Focus: Tourism Sector)” – on full-time base employment as per the below job profile.
About the project
The ‘Employment-oriented MSME promotion’ project aims to support Jordanian Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in accordance with ‘Jordan 2025 – A National Vision and Strategy and the ‘Jordan Economic Growth Plan 2018-2022’. It does so by focusing on food processing, information, and communication technology (ICT) and tourism as sectors with considerable growth and employment potential. Specifically, the project aims at improving enterprise competitiveness (Field of Activity 1), enhancing the competencies within MSMEs by providing access to financial and business development services (Field of Activity 2), improving the business and investment climate in the selected sectors (Field of Activity 3) and strengthening skills towards gender-responsive business approaches (Field of Activity 4).
Qualifications and specialist knowledge
- University degree in Economics, Business Administration, International Development or other relevant discipline.
- Proven in-depth knowledge and experience in private sector development and good understanding of organizational development issues incl. good understanding of Jordan’s trade associations and chambers as well as overall business environment and networks
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in the area of private sector development and international development cooperation
- Experience delivering capacity-building interventions and designing and implementing workshops, seminars or similar activities
- Advisory experience with and knowledge of business organizations and public institutions particularly in the tourism sector
- Proactive and solution-oriented personality including the ability to identify challenges and utilize opportunities to promote women economic empowerment among MSMEs
- Partner-orientation with ability to grasp, assess and respond to partner requirements and potential for effective project implementation towards achieving project indicators
- Fluent (excellent knowledge) in English and Arabic, both spoken and written
Core tasks
In your role you are responsible for the technical, substantive and organisational implementation of a project’s measures and activities. In consultation with your line manager, you also assume tasks related to planning, steering and monitoring the project, including project administration tasks in some cases. You are also responsible for providing specialist support to colleagues in bands 2 and 3, and ensure the quality of the commission’s outcomes.
In addition you contribute to the conceptual design of the project, in particular its modification or realignment.
You make technical and substantive contributions to overarching issues in cooperation with commissioning parties/clients, partners and other actors and thereby support the achievement of the agreed objectives of the respective project and provide impetus for further strategy development.
In coordination with the country director and your line manager, you also use your contacts for the acquisition of contracts on behalf of the company.
In consultation with your team colleagues and line manager, you also coordinate all issues within your area of work and ensure that they are dealt with promptly and competently. You resolve problems that arise in your area of responsibility on the basis of existing rules and draw attention to more complex challenges in your team.
In consultation with your line manager, under your role you may assume management responsibility for staff members in band 1, with due regard for P+R and GIZ’s applicable HR policies, instruments and procedures.
You are involved in ongoing process development within your remit, are responsible for knowledge management and prepare and share documentation. If required, you also support other experts in familiarising themselves with and performing their tasks.
You perform the tasks assigned to you by your line manager, where required.
Main activities
- Managing activities in Field of Activity 1 aiming to improve the foundations for MSME competitiveness with a focus on the tourism sector
- Providing professional advisory services to partner institutions in Field of Activity 1 especially regarding the development and implementation of strategies for sectoral improvement as well as for developing and institutionalizing cooperation mechanisms
- Ensuring proper monitoring and reporting of outcomes and employment figures in Field of Activity 1 and supporting the development of information and communication products
- Establishing synergies and ensuring good collaboration with other Fields of Activity within the project, as well as with relevant projects under the GIZ umbrella and those of other donors
- Developing and updating project management tools within the MSME project, including stakeholder maps, work plans, etc.
- Contributing to innovation and knowledge management; maintaining a good flow of communication and information between all involved institutions, counterparts and GIZ
Interested candidates are kindly requested to submit their application/motivation letter and CV maximum by 19.07.2022
Emanating from GIZ’s role in enhancing and promoting the efficiency and competency of its political partners and entities and their respective employees, and in view of GIZ’s aim at maintaining and encouraging the stability of employment at its political partners and entities, this position will not be available to any official employee currently working at any of GIZ’s political partners, governmental ministry, department or entity, including any official employees who are on unpaid leave.
GIZ Jordan is applying the defense order no.35, which indicates that all employees should receive two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine and this is shall not apply to those who have not received the Covid-19 vaccine due to medical reasons pursuant to a decision by the Minister of Health or their nominee and those shall present a negative PCR test valid for 72 hours.
GIZ is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, gender, or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities. Remuneration will be in accordance with the candidate’s qualification, experience, as well as the scope of responsibility of the job announced and in line with local standards.
GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
GIZ will send feedback only to the candidates that are shortlisted and interviewed
