JRS Jordan is seeking an experienced and mission-driven leader to serve as Country Lead. The Country Lead provides overall strategic and operational leadership for JRS Jordan, managing the organisation’s resources and setting direction for the country team. The role is accountable for all aspects of JRS’s work in Jordan including programme quality, financial oversight, staff safety and security, safeguarding, and external representation. The Country Lead ensures that JRS Jordan remains responsive to evolving contextual, geopolitical, and displacement dynamics while safeguarding humanitarian access and principled engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight across all programmes and operations, ensuring the country office is fit-for-purpose and aligned with JRS’s mission and values.
- Lead the development and implementation of the country strategy, in coordination with the Core Team and Regional Office.
- Oversees programme quality, accountability, and learning across all JRS Jordan programmes, ensuring approaches remain grounded in the organisation's commitment to social inclusion, psychosocial wellbeing, and community-centred programming.
- Leads resource mobilisation, donor engagement, and proposal development, ensuring funding pipelines are aligned with country priorities and the overall country strategy, while managing relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure sound financial management, including budgeting, audits, cost-efficiency, and compliance with donor requirements.
- Lead and develop the country team, building a culture of performance, wellbeing, and principled humanitarian action, while ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies and the JRS Code of Conduct.
- Hold primary accountability for the safety and security of staff, partners, and persons served, in line with JRS Security Guidelines.
- Represent JRS within national coordination mechanisms and relevant humanitarian and advocacy fora.
Qualifications and Experience
- Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in humanitarian operations, including management of complex, multi-sector programmes.
- Proven experience in project cycle management, donor relations, fundraising, and advocacy at local, regional, and international levels.
- Experience in protection, education, livelihoods, MHPSS, peace-building, or related sectors.
- Prior experience in the Middle East region; familiarity with the Jordanian context is an asset.
- Fluency in English and Arabic (written and spoken).
- Strong leadership competencies including strategic thinking, people management, resilience, and integrity.
- Commitment to JRS’s mission, values, and Code of Conduct.
