Job Opportunity with ACTED in Jordan: Area Coordinator

1. Positioning

   1. Context analysis: Ensure ACTED has an up-to-date understanding of the area’s socio-economic situation, trends, needs and gaps, and who does what and where.
   2. Strategy Implementation: Take a lead role in implementing ACTED’s country program strategy in the area identifying strategic opportunities for expanding ACTED’s work in the area, and in particular
      • Identify new opportunities and new sectors of intervention.
      • Consolidate and stabilizing programming.
      • Review the geographic and thematic footprint.
      • Ensure activities are relevant and meeting area/beneficiary needs.
      • Identify ACTED added-value.
      • Ensure humanitarian principals are adhered to.
      • Contribute to identifying new donors, private sector partners, national and international NGOs, think tanks, academia, etc. to work with in the area based on complementary and added value.
   3. Networking, positioning and general representation
      • Participate in donor meetings at area level and communicate relevant information to the Country Director and other relevant staff.
      • Establish, maintain and improve active and regular working relationships with other NGOs, UN agencies, clusters, working groups, consortia, etc. at area level ensuring maximum visibility of ACTED.
      • Establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships with local authorities and where necessary non-state actors and obtain required authorizations and buy-in for ACTED’s activities at area level.
      • Ensure ACTED is represented in key clusters, working groups, NGO coordination bodies, etc. at area level.
   4. Proposal development
      • Lead assessment(s) at area level to ensure proposals are relevant.
      • Support the Country Director and Project Development Department in proposal conceptualization (problem statement, log-frame) within the framework of the country, regional and global strategy.
      • Contribute to budget design ensure budget needs at area level have been taken into consideration.
   5. Advocacy: Contribute to drafting issues papers, advocacy notes, press releases on relevant humanitarian and development issues in the area of operation.
   6. Promotion of ACTED network: Keep abreast with and contribute to ACTED’s global initiatives and global trends, in particular Impact (REACH, Agora), Convergences and Oxus.

2. Management and Internal Coordination

   1. Staff Management

      • Ensure that all staff in the area understand and are able to perform their roles and responsibilities related to area operations and link with the capital Head of Departments.
      • Promote team building, productivity and staff welfare.
      • Mentor and support the team to build capacities, and improve efficiency and performance, and follow career management.
      • Manage interpersonal conflicts among staff at area level.
   2. Internal Coordination
      • Facilitate interdepartmental communication and information sharing for a positive working environment.
      • Ensure implementation of ACTED coordination mechanism at area level (WAM, MAR, FLAT meeting, etc.).

3. Project Implementation Follow-up

   • Project Implementation Tracking.
   • Project Quality Control.
   • Partner Management.

4. FLATS Management

   • Finance Management.
   • Logistics & IT Management.
   • Administration and HR Management.
   • Transparency/Compliance Management.
   • Security Management.

Expected Skills and Qualifications: