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The GIZ Jordan Project"FURSATI – Empowering Women for Technical and Green Crafts Professions and in Career Development” is seeking to hire an “Campaign Advisor” for full-time based employment.

FURSATI – “Empowering Women for Technical and Green Crafts Professions and in Career Development” is a BMZ-funded GIZ project in Jordan’s TVET portfolio, running from 05/2026 to 04/2030. The project aims to improve employment perspectives in Jordan, especially for young women, in green, technical and creative sectors. It follows a gender-transformative approach, with gender equality and women’s empowerment as its principal objective. 

FURSATI works at system, school, community and labour-market level. It supports gender-responsive TVET reform, practice-oriented BTEC education, social norm change around women’s employment, and women’s transition into work. 

Output 1 strengthens the Ministry of Education’s capacities to implement TVET reform in a gender-transformative and labour market-oriented way, including policy advice, capacity development, career orientation and private sector engagement. 

Output 2 supports selected BTEC girls’ schools in improving practical and gender-responsive training in green, technical and creative fields, with a focus on work-based learning and cooperation with companies. 

Output 3 addresses social norms limiting women’s participation in these sectors through evidence-based campaigns, community dialogue, Sport for Development approaches, and exchange with women’s and business associations. 

Output 4 strengthens labour market-oriented qualification offers and women’s transition into employment through labour market analysis, training development, mentoring, career guidance, job fairs, internships and cooperation with relevant associations. 

Qualifications and Specialist Knowledge

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, social sciences or marketing
  • At least 8 years of experience in the Jordanian TVET sector
  • Proven experience in designing and implementing campaigns or dialogue formats, ideally in development cooperation
  • Strong understanding of gender norms and socio-cultural dynamics in the Jordanian TVET sector
  • Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including government, private sector and civil society
  • Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation approaches and methods
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills
  • Language skills: Arabic (native/fluent), English (fluent)

Main Responsibilities

  •  Responsible for an international consulting contract implementing the campaign
  • Support and oversee evidence-based social behaviour change campaigns at local level
  • Organise and facilitate community dialogue formats with families, youth, local leaders, CSOs and employers
  • Develop and apply monitoring tools to assess changes in attitudes and behaviours related to women’s employment
  • Coordinate research partnerships (e.g. with Jordanian and international universities) to strengthen the evidence base
  • Identify and scale innovative approaches (e.g. sports-based or community-based engagement formats)
  • Contribute to reporting, communication and visibility of results and impact

The brief profile is not intended to provide a full and complete description.

Where appropriate and reasonable, the position holder is willing to perform tasks outside the scope of the job description.

Emanating from GIZ’s role in enhancing and promoting the efficiency and competency of its political partners and entities and their respective employees, and in view of GIZ’s aim at maintaining and encouraging the stability of employment at its political partners and entities, this position will not be available to any official employee currently working at any of GIZ’s political partners, governmental ministry, department or entity, including any official employees who are on unpaid leave.

GIZ is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, gender or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities. Remuneration will be in accordance with the candidate's qualifications, experience, as well as the scope of responsibility of the job announced and in line with local standards.

GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.

GIZ will send feedback only to the candidates that are shortlisted and interviewed.

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