Job Opportunity at Mercy Corps in Jordan: Project Management Coordinator

Mercy Corps is offering a job opportunity for in Amman, Jordan as a Project Management Coordinator.

1. PROGRAM QUALITY: Prepare weekly, quarterly and annual reports for the donor and other reports required by the Project with high quality standards and in alignment with donor regulations and PM@MC minimum standards.
2. PROGRAM COMPLIANCE: Working closely with Project staff, operations and finance, to ensure compliance with donor and Mercy Corps regulations (including PM@MC 2.0 minimum standards).
3. PROGRAM REPORTING AND COMMUNICATIONS: reporting workflows and processes between Project partners, team leaders, senior leadership, and HQ to ensure the timely and quality development, review and submission of reports and other communication products.
4. PROGRAM COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT: Ensure compliance with donor and Mercy Corps regulations related to programming.
5. SECURITY: Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
6. ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
7. ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES: Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Living Conditions/ Environmental Conditions:

The Project Management Coordinator is based in Amman, Jordan. Housing is individual accommodation with unlimited freedom of movement beyond the house/office. There are several good International schools in Jordan. Staff have easy access to services – medical, electricity, water, etc. The position requires about 25% travel.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required. Masters or equivalent in a field related to Humanitarian or International Development or relevant fields is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience providing coordination or management support to program implementation in a relevant field of expertise that includes:
• Preparing writing and analysis on programmatic activities.
• Managing work plans.
• Experience working in the Middle East region on economic development programming preferred.
• Proven ability to work cooperatively with internal and external stakeholders, and to play a leadership role in convening groups. Astute skills in relationship building and coordination.
• Experience working with USAID and familiarity with USAID rules and regulations.
• Understanding and experience of adaptive management.
• Extensive experience with monitoring and evaluation and other learning efforts.
• Excellent writing and communications skills required.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to Mercy Corps project sites and field locations, including traveling to insecure environments, is required.
• Fluency in English is required – Native speaker. Proficiency in Arabic is a plus.

About Mercy Corps:

Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians who partner with communities, corporations and governments to transform lives around the world. Their mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Their 5,000+ team members work with people in the world’s most vulnerable communities across 40+ countries. 87 percent of the team is from the countries where they work.

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