The “Promotion of Quality in Inclusive Education” project in Jordan is seeking an “Education and Youth Advisor” for full-time base employment as per the attached job profile.
Job location: this position is based in Tafilah.
The position holder should be living in Tafilah and have the willingness to travel regularly and independently to Amman and to other field directorates.
Qualifications and specialist knowledge
Main activities
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 ensuring 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.
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 familiarizing themselves with and performing their tasks.
You perform the tasks assigned to you by your line manager, where required.
About the project
The Promoting Quality in Inclusive Education (PROMISE) project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supports the Government of Jordan in strengthening the foundations for developing an inclusive education system.
PROMISE contributes to the strengthening of capacities at national, district, and school levels, using learning experiences and good practices from pilot schools in six field directorates (Marka, Ajloun, Irbid, Tafilah, Aqaba and Karak) to implement inclusive education measures in other schools. The programme’s results will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (especially SDG 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10). GIZ is implementing the project with the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoE) as its main political partner, in cooperation with the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons of Disabilities (HCD) and other national and international partners.
Interested candidates are kindly requested to submit their application/motivation letter and CV maximum by 21.06.2023.
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 an 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 on 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.
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