Position Title: | Manager for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) and Cross-cutting Solutions |
Component: | Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-cutting Solutions |
Reporting: | BGA Chief of Party |
Period of Performance: | Life of the project |
Location: | Amman, USAID BGA Office |
Background:
The USAID Business Growth Activity (USAID BGA) will enable Jordan’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve their productivity and competitiveness, create new jobs and innovation within a range of sectors, and advance Jordan towards a more prosperous, resilient, and inclusive future. Through a series of evidence-based interventions, the USAID BGA will support these enterprises with direct firm-level assistance and broad-based capacity building programs to mobilize millions in capital and address constraints through advocacy and public-private dialogue that complements USAID’s policy reform initiatives. The activity strives to allow growth-oriented SMEs to reach new markets and buyers, increase collaboration along value chains, and improve efficiency and quality to meet demand. The activity will empower these enterprises to access tailored and competitively priced debt, equity, and new hybrid financial products to operate within a more responsive business environment better informed by public-private dialogue and advocacy. This will allow SMEs to engage women, youth, and persons with disabilities, and increase sales, exports, and broad-based job creation.
Objective: The Manager for WEE and Cross-cutting Solutions will support the identification of public-private dialogue event topics relevant to SMEs and startups and work with USAID BGA stakeholders to lead these events and coordinate appropriate follow-up. The Manager will play a lead role in improving the quality, relevance, and inclusiveness of USAID BGA Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and women economic empowerment (WEE)-specific activities and integrate GESI and WEE principles across all aspects of project implementation. Furthermore, the Manager will liaise with USAID, USAID EDE portfolio projects, private sector, other donors, and other stakeholders to align and integrate emerging opportunities that can be leveraged related to USAID BGA activities.
Roles and Responsibility: Under the direction of the BGA Chief of Party, the Manager for WEE & Cross-cutting solutions will be responsible for, but not limited to, the tasks detailed hereunder:
Skills and Knowledge
Minimum Qualifications:
Duration of Assignment: Immediate hiring for a one-year contract renewable upon satisfactory performance. The duration of the USAID Business Growth Activity is 5 years, effective September 2021.
Application: Only the most qualified and suitable candidates will be invited to interviews. Interested qualified individuals may submit their CV, cover letter and three references to [email protected] by October 31, 2022. No phone calls will be accepted to inquire about the position. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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FHI 360 will consider for employment all qualified applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local laws.
Deadline for application is October 31, 2022.