VET and Business development Officer(m/f/x) - Amman

Category:  National

Location:  Amman

Reference:  20820

Final date for application:

VET and Business development Officer(m/f/x) - Amman

Enabel  is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s  governmental cooperation. The agency  also  works  for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad,  Enabel  offers  solutions  to  address pressing global challenges  -  Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality  -  and  to promote  Global  Citizenship.  With  2,000  staff,  Enabel  manages about 170 projects in twenty countries,  in Belgium,  Africa  and the Middle East.

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Background

Enabel is present in Jordan since 2019, through the Quadra 2 project “Resilience for Refugees, IDP’s, Returnees and Host Communities in response to the protracted Syrian and Iraqi Crises”, financed by the EU-MADAD-Fund.  

Enabel is implementing new project in Jordan titled "socio-economic empowerment for youth, Syrian refugees and women in Jordan". The new projectis proposed for a period of 4 years (2023-2027).

We are looking for a VET and Business development Officer who will be responsible for supporting the implementation of the new project.

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Job description

In support to the IM and the VET and business development Expert:  

• Provide technical inputs on the thematic of TVET, business creation and development, and on the economic inclusion of refugees.  
• Support the planning, execution and monitoring of activities related to its expertise
• Support in the preparation, and follow-up and coordination with partnerships established (grants and public procurement), and other public partners  
• Oversee and (partially) implement the capacity building components and the operational follow-up of the grants under R1 and R2.  
• Support in developing strategies and approaches specific for the target group of the intervention (vulnerable youth, refugees and women)  
• Ensure practical application of cross-cutting themes (gender, decent work, environment, digital, innovation)

Contextual factors impacting the function:  

• Regulations on refugee’s access to employment is subject to change and may require flexibility and adjustment in strategies and approaches developed
• Geographical zone of intervention and priority sectors to be validated at the inception stage of the project  

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Your profile

Education:

Master degree, in business administration, educational or social sciences, international relations or related area

Specific competences or knowledge required:

At least 2 years of relevant experience in: skills development, TVET, employment policies and business development support (incubation and acceleration), and evidence based policy making on refugees economic inclusion.  

Good knowledge of the latest trends and developments of the TVET and business development sectors in Jordan

Demonstrated professional experience in the inclusion of refugees and women

Understanding of Jordan human mobility context, mainly related to refugees’ access to labour market and entrepreneurship

Practical knowledge of cross-cutting themes (gender, decent work, environment, digital, innovation, etc.)

Excellent ability to communicate, exchange ideas and listen to the various stakeholders

Specific competences or knowledge considered an asset:

Any practical working experience in development-related projects, project management

Proven understanding of development principles

Languages: Good knowledge of Arabic and English (in speaking and writing)

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We offer you

• An exciting job in an international environment.
• A contract of 47 months. You are based in Amman.
• A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our salary scales (Class 5), and benefits. The exact salary will be defined according to the relevant recognized experience for the function.  

Every person who fulfils the conditions listed in our job advertisements may apply. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.

Are you interested?

Apply here (Link at the Apply Button) on-line  with  an  application  letter and your updated CV, at the latest by 31 July 2023.

Only applications that are registered here (Link at the Apply Button) via our on-line portal will be considered.

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