VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil protection and Humanitarian aid Operations (ECHO), funds relief operations for victims of natural disasters and conflicts outside the European Union. For humanitarian aid, the Commission works with about 200 operational partners, including United Nation agencies, the Red Cross/Crescent movement and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Aid is channeled impartially, straight to victims, regardless of their race, ethnic group, religion, gender, age, nationality or political affiliation.

The ECHO Office in Jordan is seeking to recruit one national staff to be based in Amman for the following position of:

Programme Assistant / Reference: PA 2022-07

The candidates for this position need to demonstrate the following criteria:

Education:

• A relevant first level university degree or equivalent professional experience.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at national or international level in supporting programme/project operations, including at least 2 years of experience with an NGO, donor or national/international organization
• Good knowledge of the EU humanitarian aid system
• Good knowledge of International NGOs, UN Aid Agencies and Red Cross Movement
• Good understanding of Humanitarian Aid principles, policies and standards
• Previous experience in representation is an asset
• Previous experience in protection sector is an asset
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc).

Job description:

The jobholder carries out activities to contribute to the delivery of an effective humanitarian response. The jobholder contributes to assessments, monitoring and evaluations of projects, as well as to the analysis of the humanitarian context in the area of coverage. In addition to the availability for travelling outside/inside the country when required.

Languages:

• An excellent knowledge of English (verbal & writing).
• An excellent knowledge of Arabic (verbal & writing).
• Knowledge of French language is an asset.

This is a local position opened to nationals and other residents of Amman with valid work and residence permits. DG ECHO applies a policy of equal opportunities. Our recruitment policy is based on respect for diversity, maintaining the gender balance, as well as the balance between professional and private life, and support for training and developments opportunities.

The contract is initially for one year with the possibility of renewal subject to a 3 months’ probationary period. As an indication, the monthly basic salary is on average approximately JOD 1,931 which corresponds to 5 years’ relevant work experience. The salary will be adapted according to the exact duration of relevant professional experience supported by a work certificate. In addition to this, the employee will also receive other allowances and benefit.

Shortlisted candidates will have to bring the full supporting documentation in original with them during the testing or interview stage in addition to references (including contact details of the HR department and the supervisor) that can be consulted by ECHO. At least one of the references has to include a recent employer.

Interested candidates MUST submit a cover letter, a detailed CV (EUROPASS), academic and employment certificates. Documents should be uploaded through www.akhtaboot.com until 10/08/2022 midnight Local Time Amman at the latest. The vacancy reference must be clearly indicated in the subject line.

The EUROPASS application and detailed Terms of Reference are available at the following links: /media/71746 /media/71745 as of 17/07/2022.

Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted. Candidates who will not have been contacted by 15/10/2022 should consider that they have not been selected.

The national staff members observe the NS Code of Conduct as published on https://ec.europa.eu/echo/who/about-echo/field-network_en.

Any processing of your personal data will be done in accordance with the applicable EU legislation (Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. The privacy statement can be found on ECHO website.

https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/3033/privacy-statements_ja

Any form of canvassing, soliciting or influencing will be treated as grounds for disqualification

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