Job Opportunity at the Open Society Foundations in Jordan: Program Officer

The Open Society Foundations is offering a full-time job opportunity as a Program Officer to join the team in Amman, Jordan. The Program Officer is an individual contributor that leads grant making and research in combination with other OSF tools to advance democratic renewal and electoral integrity, protect democratic institutions, and address malign transnational enablers of human rights violations, such as faith networks, transnational corporations, and international and development financial institutions.

1. Be responsible for developing and managing strategies within Global Programs, focused on grant-making and in coordination with the use of other OSF tools.
2. Map out and staying abreast of the democracy field while maintaining relationships with grantees and key stakeholders, convening key actors, and engaging in advocacy to advance the priorities of Global Programs.
3. Develop strategies to make or sustain change that use grant making as the primary tool.
4. Engage and support various types of groups (membership organizations, social movements, informal groups and formal organizations).
5. Participate in donor collectives, networks and high-profile organizations working at a global, regional level both as direct recipients or intermediaries.
6. Develop and implement a strategic, organized and/or sustained effort to influence decisionmakers and those who influence them to enact or shape specific laws, public policies, practices, norms and/or attitudes at the national or international level.
7. Develop and/or implement the strategy for an intervention made up of multiple coordinated activities (e.g., advocacy meetings, coalition building, grassroots/community mobilization, engaging unlikely allies, driving narrative change, and public communications).

1. 7-10 yrs demonstrable international experience leading and working on issues of Intersectional justice across different geographies and movements, including at a multilateral level. Direct experience in applying Intersectional Justice approaches to grantmaking, programming, advocacy, and movement building will be an added advantage.
2. Demonstrable experience engaging with partners across geographies, building and maintaining collaborative partnerships, and working effectively within a complex global organization with a high tolerance for risk and frequent adaptation.
3. Commitment to continuous learning and growth in the areas of intersectional justice, diversity, equity, equality, inclusion and democracy.
4. Experience and knowledge of the Middle East /West Asia Region, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Africa.

Benefits:

1. Ample opportunities to learn and grow, from annual professional development allowances to onsite trainings and learning conversations with visiting experts.
2. Top-notch benefits and perks designed for your well-being and a healthy work-life balance. With some variability according to location, this includes generous time off, flexible work arrangements, employer-paid health insurance, generous retirement savings plan, progressive paid parental leave, reproductive and family planning support, sabbatical opportunities.
3. A commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to bring their full self to work and make a positive impact on the world.

About the Open Society Foundation:

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. They seek to strengthen the rule of law; respect for human rights, minorities, and a diversity of opinions; democratically elected governments; and a civil society that helps keep government power in check. They help to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. They believe in fundamental human rights, dignity, and the rule of law. Also, they believe in a society where all people are free to participate fully in civic, economic, and cultural life.

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