Project Manager P4 (DC)

The project funded by the Australian government will address decent work deficits in Jordan’s floriculture subsector, through the application of a compliance model at the farm level, and piloting interventions to help producers enhance decent working conditions in their operations, while also enhancing productivity. It will achieve the latter objective through skills training for unskilled or semi-skilled workers to equip them with competencies required to scale-up operations at the farm level and potentially export to new markets.

The project will begin by assessing the scale and scope of decent work at the farm level. This will assess the profiles of workers (disaggregated by sex, age, nationality), in addition to recruitment procedures, the provision of minimum wage and standard working hours, written contracts, worker accommodation, work permits and social protection measures.

Pilot interventions will contribute to enhanced economic opportunities through skills development. Skills experts will develop CAQA certified training curriculum and train a pool of 1000 workers/trainees to advance from the unskilled level to semi-skilled and skilled levels. This will support male and female workers to enhance their employability, while also enhancing productivity at the farm level.

Project interventions will support producers to access to new markets, through compliance with decent work and social indicators, increasingly sought after by international buyers. It will also review compliance with environmental protection policies and government regulations.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT / REPORTING LINES
The Project team will be composed of Project Manager, a National officer and an admin and finance officer based in Amman s. The Project Manager based in Amman has the overall responsibility for the Project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation. Technical and organizational activities of the Project will be carried out by the National Officer in line with the established plans of activities, under the responsibility of the Project Manager.

The Project Manager will report to the Country Coordinator under the overall supervision of the Deputy Regional Director; technical backstopping is to be provided by the DWT technical specialist, and under the guidance of the Resilience and Crisis Response Specialist and the Senior Skills and Employability Specialist and other Specialists of the Decent Work Team in Beirut. The incumbent will cooperate with the Coordinator of the Programme of Support to the Jordan Response Plan in Jordan, relevant ILO staffs in Jordan as well as with Programme Officers of the Regional Programming Unit, the regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, and the regional Admin and Finance staff.

General accountability of the Project Manager
The Project Manager will deliver the Project activities in Jordan and promote a full understanding of the ILO’s mandate among national stakeholders, partners and beneficiaries promoting thereby International Labour Standards and Social Dialogue.

Conduct preliminary assessments/analyses: environmental assessment, beneficiary socio-economic vulnerability assessment and value chain analysis for floriculture.
Set up of flower farms with demonstration, training and production facilities, based on the advices and with support from business and field experts.
Develop technical training plans appropriate to the specific beneficiary groups, based on the advices and with support from experts and conduct trainings for beneficiaries (focussing on women and Persons with Disabilities) in Madaba and Irbid governorates.
Form an advisory group consisting of local project stakeholders and develop an action plan, that will link beneficiaries to potential employment / income generating activities.
Develop a gender action plan with local stakeholders, including identification of socio-economic barriers for women to work and sensitization of local actors on gender concepts
Provide the project oversight, technical support and facilitate the linkages with the wider pool of partners, including the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Agriculture, private sector actors and national training providers.
Initiate discussions with several interested floriculture experts, including the Dutch Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI).

Advanced university degree in the field of economics, social sciences, law and other related education.

At least Seven years of relevant professional experience at the national and/or international level.

Indicate any other required knowledge and experience in a specific field.

Familiarity with ILO policies and procedures including experience working with officials of ministries of labour and/or education would be an advantage.

Excellent command in English. Arabic is an asset.

Proven ability to take ownership of all responsibilities, to act with integrity and transparency by maintaining social, ethical and organisational norms, and to meet all commitments within the prescribed time, cost and quality standards;
Ability to develop clear strategic goals consistent with the project/programme’s objectives, and to design and synthesise strategies for programme development;
Ability to advocate and provide policy advice;
Excellent leadership skills, ability to work effectively in a team and excellent interpersonal skills;
Ability to formulate new concepts and methodologies, and to synthesise research and reach empirically based conclusions on related subjects by understanding both the qualitative and quantitative approaches in social science research;
Ability to develop training materials, alternative courses of action, project proposals, policy, procedural matters and present them at high-level meetings;
Ability to promote knowledge sharing and learning culture in the office, and to focus and guide others to meet objectives at individual and group level;
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write accurate reports and to build networks to obtain cooperation with partners;
Proven capacity to initiate and implement development cooperation project/program activities with partners.
Excellent negotiation skills and ability to provide high quality services.
Ability to plan and support the development of individual’s skills and abilities for a more effective fulfilment of job/role responsibilities;
Ability to maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or environment, and to adjust effectively to new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures.
Drive to seek or encourage others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to organisation challenges and opportunities for improvement.
The ability to work in a multicultural environment and to demonstrate gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory behaviour and attitudes.