POSITION SUMMARY

The Program Officer will contribute to the overall vision and strategy of the MCC Jordan program by managing the project portfolio for MCC partners based in Jordan. The primary responsibility of this role is planning, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting (PMER) for partner-implemented projects through MCC’s systems. The Program Officer builds and maintains relationships with partner organizations and provides quality accompaniment to partners and the projects they implement. The role reports to the MCC Jordan, Palestine and Israel (JPI) program Representatives, based in Amman. The role requires collaboration with other program staff, the Representatives, local finance staff, as well as occasional work with MCC headquarters staff. It will also require engagement with other INGOs, forums, and clusters where applicable. The Program Officer will also support the general operations of the MCC Jordan office in coordination with his/her supervisor and other MCC staff.

ABOUT MCC

MCC is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches and shares God’s love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. MCC envisions communities worldwide in right relationship with God, one another, and creation. MCC has operated in Jordan since 1967 and primarily works through local partnerships to improve the lives of local communities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner Accompaniment and PMER – 90%

• Contribute to and support the overall vision and strategy for MCC’s work in Jordan.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with existing MCC partner organizations in Jordan.
• Research and recommend new partnerships to the MCC Representatives.
• Solicit and evaluate high quality concept papers from existing and new partners.
• Planning: Support partners in the development of project proposals for MCC resources by providing technical assistance with situational and risk assessments, conflict analyses, gender analyses, logical frameworks, activity plans, monitoring and evaluations plans, and budgets.
• Monitoring: Accompany partners in developing and implementing monitoring tools and activities (including data sources, collection methods, frequency, etc.) to capture and provide reliable data to measure impact.
• Evaluation/Learning: Assist partners to evaluate the impact of their projects and ensure that learnings are captured and utilized in future projects.