Grants and compliance coordinator for Palestine mission (F/M) - Jordan

For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde (MdM), a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations here and abroad. It has continued to bear witness to obstacles that exist in accessing healthcare and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.

Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM France currently works in 30 countries across all continents to facilitate access to healthcare through 6 political battles:

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
• Migration, Exile, Human Rights and Health
• Harm Reduction
• Environment and Health
• Humanitarian Space
• Healthcare systems and rights

Context

Médecins du Monde (MdM) operates across the Gaza Strip and the North West Bank, delivering essential medical and mental health services to conflict and occupation-affected populations despite severe access restrictions and an increasingly volatile security environment.

The magnitude and severity of death, destruction and extreme deprivation in the Gaza Strip have generated profound human suffering and humanitarian needs. In the West Bank, demolitions, operations by Israeli forces, settler violence and movement restrictions continue to trigger displacement and drive a range of humanitarian needs. The erosion of community resilience mechanisms has further intensified needs across all sectors.

Amid these constraints, Médecins du Monde (MdM) maintains a flexible medical and mental health response. Despite growing access restrictions, evacuation orders, and a shrinking humanitarian space forcing suspension and permanent closure, MdM continued its direct service provision in 7 Primary Healthcare Centers over the past year.

Since the Gaza ceasefire of October 2025, military escalation in the northern West Bank is expected to continue scaling-up and will lead MdM to intensify its medical and mental health direct response while continuing to support the Palestinian health system despite severe and rampant access restrictions.

About the role

The grants and compliance coordinator is responsible for providing technical expertise on grants and compliance while playing an essential coordination lead role amongst all departments. You are key in ensuring all departments have a clear understanding of their role and responsibilities as regards grants and compliance.

You are actively involved in the country strategy and the overall project cycle management, especially through contracts management (including partnership), reporting, donors communication, fundraising and compliance.

What you will do

Under the line management of the general coordinator (country director), and the technical management of HQ program officer, you will be in charge of the following tasks:

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the country programme strategy aligned with MdM global priorities
• Support senior management in identifying strategic funding opportunities and maintaining comprehensive donor mapping
• Lead and coordinate fundraising efforts, including donor research, proposal initiatives, and stakeholder engagement
• Develop and maintain relationships with key donors, partners, and external stakeholders, representing MdM when required
• Oversee the full project development cycle, from go/no-go decisions to proposal submission, ensuring alignment with donor requirements
• Coordinate cross-departmental inputs (programme, MEAL, finance, HR, logistics, security) to ensure coherent, high-quality proposals
• Manage grant timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables to ensure submissions meet quality standards and deadlines
• Ensure effective grant management, including compliance with contractual obligations, visibility rules, and donor communications
• Establish and maintain tracking tools for grants, contracts, compliance, and reporting requirements
• Lead and coordinate high-quality narrative and financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely submission
• Facilitate project kick-off, close-out meetings, reviews, and evaluations to strengthen project cycle management and learning
• Manage partnerships by overseeing partner identification, due diligence, agreements, reporting, and mutual obligations
• Ensure compliance with MdM internal procedures and donor regulations, including audit preparation and risk mitigation
• Supervise, recruit, and build the capacity of the grants and compliance team through training, coaching, and performance management
• Strengthen internal coordination and information-sharing while supporting representation, donor visits, and mission-level communication

Who you’ll work with

At mission level, you will work in close collaboration with the deputy general coordinator for programs (head of programs) and her/his team, the deputy general coordinator for support (head of support services) and her/his team, and along with other key departments where relevant (MEAL, field coordinators, etc.).

At HQ level, you will interact with the HQ program officer (via whom: Institutional Fundraising Department (DDI), private funding department, audit department, etc.), the medical referent, the MHPSS referent and the advocacy referent.

You will directly manage one grants manager and one compliance manager based in Palestine.

You are the right match if you fit to the following selection criteria:

Education and experience

• Hold a Master’s degree in one related field or project management
• At least 5 years’ experience in the related field
• At least 2 years of experience with a similar position with an international NGO
• Experience with partnership (experience with consortium is particularly appreciated)
• Experience in multi-sectoral, regional and/or co-funded programming management
• Experience/knowledge of the region is an asset
• Experience in health projects is an asset

Technical/Managerial skills

• Solid theoretical and practical knowledge of project cycle management
• Strong knowledge of the main institutional donors, their requirements and platforms
• Solid knowledge of humanitarian architecture and other humanitarian actors
• Excellent training skills
• Strong coordination skills and a supportive management style
• Solid remote management skills
• Ability to give a frame and guidance to your team
• IT: Excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially Word and Excel).
• Language: Fluency in English is mandatory (oral and written, minimum C1 level). Good command of Arabic and/or French will be preferred

Soft skills

• Excellent proactiveness, reactivity, anticipation, planning and adaptability
• Excellent writing skills and detailed-oriented
• Capacity to summarize and popularize complex topics
• Capacity to delegate and take over tasks
• Ability to manage priorities effectively
• Excellent stress-management capacity
• Networking / Ability to pro-actively build relations with other stakeholders

This role may not suit you if you:

• don’t have experience in complex decision making and leading a multi-disciplinary, multi-national team under difficult and tense context
• Are not aligned with MdM’s values, especially gender equality, human rights and humanitarian principles

Recruitment process

If shortlisted, you will first meet with our HR team. Technical and managerial interviews, which may include practical case studies, will follow.

Please note: as part of our anti–money laundering and counter-terrorism policy, international background checks may be conducted. Data is processed confidentially and securely. More info: https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/working-internationally/ All successful candidates must provide a criminal record extract (B3).

Ready to apply?

We only need your CV and a cover letter. If this role sounds like the right fit for you, apply now – we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Conditions

Contract & status:

• Gross monthly salary: 3 392 €
• Fixed-term contract of 12 months starting as soon as possible
• Trial period : 1 month
• Single posting

Work environment:

Position based in Amman, Jordan, with field visits depending on context evolution

Benefits:

• 13th month salary (paid in 2 installments after 6 months of service)
• Expatriation allowance: 10% of gross monthly salary
• Coverage of travel (home – mission), visas, and vaccinations
• Individual housing with housing allowance (up to 960 USD per month)
• Health insurance (monthly fees: 50% covered by MdM and 50% by the employee)
• Repatriation insurance
• MdM promotes training and internal mobility

Essentials:

• 5 weeks paid leave + 22.5 RTT days per year
• Strong commitment to inclusion and fighting all forms of discrimination
• More info: https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/working-internationally/

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

MdM is committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities and to fighting all forms of discrimination. If you are officially recognized as a person with a disability and/or require workplace accommodations, please let us know.