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Position: Project Officer – Mentorship/ Coaching Program
Location: Amman, Jordan
Application Deadline: 03 March 2019
Duration: Full-time for 6 months with possibility of extension (3 months’ Probation Period)
Start Date:ASAP
Under direct supervision of the country manager, the Project Officer will focus on developing programmes in-line with the objectives of the Donor and the outcomes agreed upon. All tasks will be done in coordination with the other POs in Jordan office, with the SME expert and the Country Manager.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:
Training and Coaching of Entrepreneurs
• Manage the relationships with the partners in coordination with the Country Manager:
o Coordination of the daily affairs with partnering institutions;
o Coordination of the daily affairs with the partnering incubators;
o Building and maintaining partnerships with providers, create partnership plans and conduct site visits;
• Set up the structures needed for the activities of a certain programme:
o Ensure maintenance of database and accurate completion and storage of documents, including contracts, records, attendance and evaluations of the Entrepreneurs
o Coordinate trainings if applicable
• Manage the Mentorship/ Coaching component
o Manage the relationship with financial partners of institutions
o Watch over the cohesion between the SME programme and Entrepreneurship programme
• Manage the relationships with the entrepreneurs
o Field visit to ensure the effectiveness of the programmes
• Managing and leading Junior Project Officers in their role when applicable
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Responsible for an up to date registration in our M&E dashboards of all the related tasks and figures.
Other
- Participate in internal office coordination and planning meetings
- Other assigned tasks, as necessary.
Requirements and Skills
- Proven coordination & organization skills
- A hands-on and pragmatic attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience with networking and communication
- Flexibility, integrity, result – oriented
- Working experience of 3 years in a similar position
- Knowledge of English
- Having a network in the target communities is a plus.
- Residents of Jordan are encouraged to apply.
SPARK Offers
- A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
- A gross monthly salary between including social security and applicable taxes, depending on professional experience and based on a fulltime appointment of 40 hours;
- On-the-job training opportunities.
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://ift.tt/2G55fbo and until 03 March 2019.
For questions please contact jordan@spark-online.org. 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.
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 https://ift.tt/2m2MPin.
If interested, please apply with your motivation letter and your CV (both in English) on https://ift.tt/2G55fbo and until 03 March 2019.
