Mindset: Services
Mindset is a development and social research organization that designs and implements impactful services and studies. Our goal is to provide our clients with a data-driven understanding of the social, economic, cultural, and political contexts in which they work to improve development outcomes globally.
• Research Rigor. We are a group of dynamic data scientists and research professionals at our core. Our expertise covers all aspects of data collection, including research design, sampling, questionnaire formulation, scripting on data collection platforms, recruitment and training of staff, management of fieldwork staff, data processing, and data analysis and reporting. We are also skilled at handling different research populations, such as refugees and other vulnerable segments.
• Implementation Excellence. We are experts at rapidly mobilizing teams for large projects. We possess the organizational capacity to handle various technical and management exercises, including fielding staff nationwide and engaging hard-to-reach populations. We have tested and deployed powerful tools and methods to track progress and improvement in real-time. This ensures interventions are monitored, continuously improved, and possibly scaled if success is evident.
• Capacity Building. We focus on advancing and growing the research and data-driven sectors wherever we work. We engage our clients and beneficiaries in a collaborative, interactive training process to ensure our capacity-building events provide practical new skills and targeted knowledge.
• Responsive Management. Serving as responsive and valuable partners to our clients is at the apex of our mandate and is the driving force behind our success. We often serve as a go-to in-country partner, providing various solutions, including administrative functions like fixing printers, implementing largescale interventions and activities, and organizing complex events.
The position: Project Coordinator – Jordan
The Project Coordinator working on this task will be reporting to the Project Management Unit Manager. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who are driven. We are looking for highly motivated and competent team members who will be a part of our expanding and diverse team and who will be able to manage our work globally and our relationship with our clients. Location: Jordan Fluency in English and experience working in the development sector are a must
Duties
• Manage multiple simultaneous projects at different stages at the same time.
• Support the project manager in consultancy projects from start to finish, including project design, execution, quality assurance, reporting, and management.
• Manage project teams, freelance researchers, and consultants to ensure timely and quality delivery of deliverables.
• Support the project manager in project inception, create project action plans, and approve staffing and operational plans to maintain cost efficiency.
• Distribute work to team members, monitor progress, and ensure all project deliverables are met.
• Coordinate with different divisions within Mindset as necessary to achieve project goals.
• Monitor project budgets and project-related expenditures.
• Report on project progress on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis (internal and external)
• Develop inception and methodology reports in addition to any other technical documents the projects require, and sign off on projects.
• Organize project files and follow established naming conventions and folder structure.
• Ensure compliance with company processes, client requirements, research guidelines, and best practices.
• Monitor the quality of client deliverables and report on quality issues.
• Review and approve timesheets for internal staff and consultants.
• Review and create training manuals, training presentations, and all other project-related documents.
• Facilitate coordination between operations and data processing to ensure high-quality data gathering Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
• Proven track record in project management in research and/or development context
• Strong background in program and research design is a plus
• Excellent client-servicing skills and experience managing client relationships.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including report writing and proposal writing
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with comfort in presenting to key partners.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications
• Professional, punctual, dependable, and reliable, with a desire to learn
• Undergraduate degree and minimum of 1 year of full-time work experience directly in international development
• Fluency in English is a must
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