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Project Officer Education – Jordan
Closing date: 08 Mar 2018
The Project Officer will be assigned to work on the implementation of two educational programmes in Jordan:
Higher Education for Syrians (HES) scholarship programme; a multi-country programme that is implemented in Iraq (Kurdistan), Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey. It entails a large number of scholarships in the MENA region. For more information about the HES programme: http://spark-syria.eu/home/.
Improve Employment Opportunity programme (IEO); implemented in Jordan. The focus will be on the scholarship component.
This position is focussed on the implementation of the HES and IEO programmes in Jordan, addressing educational needs of Syrian youth and Jordanians living in the country. The Project Officer will be based in SPARK’s Amman office.
Tasks include, but are not limited to, managing administration related to student registration, selection, intake, scholarship payments and monitoring, as well as all administration related to agreements with participating Higher Education institutions and tuition payments. The PO will also support the country manager in all outreach activities in Jordan, including heading the student desk. The PO will be responsible for the supervision of the Junior Project Officer Education.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:
Coordinate the implementation of the extracurricular activities for all students, in particular, leadership and entrepreneurship skills training, inspirational events on the future reconstruction of Syria;
Provide input related to Jordan activities to narrative donor reports and supervise the preparation of financial reports to the donors with the local team;
Conducting the monitoring and evaluation of Programme’ activities, to learn and assess programme inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact;
Coordinating and conducting regular meetings and focus group discussions with the scholarship students for information or donor purposes;
Update, manage and coordinate in house developed online platforms including the Student Information System (SIS) and liaising with program data officer and ICT team when necessary;
Verification, data entry of all student registration, selection, intake and during the programme;
Organise and coordinate outreach activities with local partners, throughout the country and in (informal) camps;
Support the Country Director in establishing and managing relationships with local partners (in particular the University partners);
Working with and supervising the Junior Project Officer and fostering their capacity through an encouraging and positive learning process;
Represent the scholarship programme in Jordan in coordination meetings and conferences;
Ensure an optimal synergetic effect with other programmes for Syrian youth in Jordan of other organisations as well as with future potential new SPARK programmes and support the development thereof;
Providing administrative and logistical support when required;
Other tasks as required.
Requirements and Skills
A minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in a prior comparable position and with international NGOs;
Proven organisational skills and the ability to work independently;
Background in education is an asset;
Thorough knowledge of the political and economic situation in Jordan, Syria and MENA region in general;
Accurate, structured and precise;
Excellent networking skills;
Ability to adjust flexibly to rapidly changing situations;
Fluent in English and Arabic in speaking and writing;
Strong writing and reporting skills;
Previous experience managing online backend platforms for beneficiary screening and verification will be an asset;
Good communication and social skills, flexibility and the ability to work in a multicultural setting;
Residents of Jordan are encouraged to apply.
SPARK Offers
A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
A gross monthly salary between 1.000 JOD and 1.400 JOD including social security and applicable taxes, depending on professional experience and based on a fulltime appointment of 40 hours;
On-the-job training opportunities.
About SPARK
SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile and conflict-affected societies into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing, international not-for-profit development organisation with 80+ staff members, in more than 14 offices around the world. SPARK supports refugees in the Middle-East by providing them with scholarships in universities and higher education institutions in the region. SPARK also supports young entrepreneurs in fragile states, to start or grow their own businesses.
The small SPARK team in Jordan has been set up in 2016 and is quickly growing. SPARK’s programmes in Jordan focus on access to education and the labour market for youth. The programmes aim to unlock the growth potential of Jordanian MSME’s, to contribute to the generation of much needed growth in the ailing Jordanian economy, by supporting existing MSMEs and start-ups. Moreover, SPARK works together with local higher education institutes and other national partners to improve and introduce entrepreneurship education and internship programmes. In addition, SPARK technically prepares and motivates young Syrians, Palestinians and Jordanians for an active role in the future reconstruction of Syria. For more information visit the SPARK website and http://www.spark-syria.eu/jordan.
HOW TO APPLY:
For more information, please visit the SPARK website: www.spark-online.org. If interested, please apply with your motivation letter and your CV (both in English) on https://vacancy.spark-online.org and until 08 March 2018. For questions please contact [email protected]. Please, with application send to us two references (phone number and email) which we can contact in the selection process.
All applications will be assessed on rolling basis; interviews can therefore take place before the application deadline. However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we cannot respond to every applicant individually. There may be a delay between the deadline and the moment we contact selected applicants.
If you have not received a reply we regret to inform that we have continued with other candidates with other candidates.
