ISLAMIC RELEIF JORDAN
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYEE JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title | Project Officer / Engineer | ||
Job Grade | G5 | Salary | 700 JOD |
Department | Programs department | ||
Reports to | Community Development Coordinator | ||
Location | North Jordan, with frequent travel to other locations in the country |
ORGANISATIONAL PURPOSE:
Islamic Relief Worldwide
Islamic Relief Jordan is a country branch of Islamic Relief Worldwide. Islamic Relief Worldwide is an internationally recognized charity (Charity No.: 328158), looking back on nearly 30 years of experience in humanitarian and developmental aid. It was founded in 1984 in Birmingham, UK, in response to the devastating famine in the Horn of Africa. Since then, Islamic Relief has grown into a charity that is active worldwide, putting development projects, emergency aid, and rebuilding projects into action in over 44 countries around the world.
Islamic Relief Jordan (IRJ) began its operations in 1997 with orphan’s sponsorship, sponsoring hundreds of orphans living in Jordan. IRJ extended its programs to seasonal projects with Ramadan and Qurbani distributions and In-Kind donations. IRJ has established strong partnership with international non-governmental organization and local one’s strengthening the overall response to the Syria crisis. At the onset of Syria humanitarian crisis in late 2011, IRJ provided emergency response to those affected by violence in Syria and has since then scaled up its capacity and operations with number of 70 staff across the country.
IRJ programme department works toward introducing relevant interventions to Jordanians as well as Syrians and Palestinians refugees that would impact their lives and improve their life conditions. IRJ programme act upon IRW mandate and in line with IR-Middle East and Eastern Europe strategy that aims to ensure Safe, dignified and peaceful living conditions for refugees, IDPs and vulnerable groups as well as communities at risk of disasters in the Middle East. IRJ office has expanded with the Syrian crisis in 2011, reaching more than 200,000 refugees by 2013 with an annual income of 35,000,000 GBP.
The department has successfully introduced interventions in a multi-sectors response, being the lead agency responsible for humanitarian assistance in the north of Jordan, reaching more than 240,000 beneficiaries in 2021 and continue providing access to food, health care, cash for shelter and non-food items such as hygiene kits and winterization items in 2021. The programme department is now strategizing the Syrian crisis response in Jordan and working toward a holistic integrated approach with the host community and planning to move toward sustainable development through introducing innovative approaches in education promotion, community development and economic empowerment.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding:
IRJ is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom IRJ engages. IRJ expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRJ also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
Job Purpose:
Islamic Relief World Wide-Jordan Office is providing support in rehabilitation, renovation and construction projects around the kingdom in which the organization is rehabilitating and construction governmental schools in Al-Mafraq as well as constructing playing fields in the selected schools which will also have training and awareness sessions. The organization is also working on construction & rehabilitation projects for housing units in Gaza camp in Jerash and Irbid alongside other projects
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The candidate is expected to supervise the construction and rehabilitation works around the country in which he/she will conduct site visits to prepare the necessary documents (BOQs, daily/monthly reports, assessments and organizational reports) as well as conduct site supervision, design reviews, tender preparation & review to ensure the highest engineering standards keeping in mind the internal polices of the organization. The candidate will also need to follow up with related stakeholders, local CBOs & NGOs to coordinate the work and obtain any necessary approvals and finally achieve any given task.
Under the supervision of the Community development Coordinator, Project Officer/Engineer duties include: –
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Core humanitarian competencies:
Achieving Results effectively:
Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
Operating safely and securely in a humanitarian response:
Leadership in humanitarian response:
Languages:
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