The GIZ Jordan Project" FURSATI – Empowering Women for Technical and Green Crafts Professions and in Career Development” is seeking to hire an “Private Sector 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 administration, economics, development studies, communications, gender studies, TVET or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in private sector development, women’s economic empowerment, MSME promotion, employment or stakeholder engagement in Jordan.
• Strong knowledge of Jordan’s private sector, business associations, chambers and public-private dialogue structures.
• Proven experience in engaging companies and business associations to support employment-oriented and gender-responsive approaches.
• Strong understanding of barriers to women’s participation in the labour market, especially in technical and non-traditional sectors.
• Experience in strategic communication, advocacy, outreach or awareness-raising is a strong asset.
• Excellent facilitation, networking, communication and partnership-building skills.
• Experience in GIZ or donor-funded programmes is a strong asset.
• Language skills: Arabic native/fluent; English fluent

Main Responsibilities

• Support Output 1 and Output 4 by strengthening private sector cooperation at policy, BTEC implementation and qualification level.
• Facilitate cooperation between MoE and private sector actors to improve the labour market orientation of vocational education.
• Support the implementation of BTEC work-based learning approaches, including company exposure, workplace visits, mentoring, guest lectures, practical assignments and employer feedback formats.
• Contribute to private sector input into BTEC qualification development, review and implementation, ensuring relevance to labour market needs and employment opportunities.
• Engage companies, chambers, business associations and women-led enterprises to support women’s access to technical, green and employment-oriented sectors.
• Coordinate private sector contributions to transition-to-employment measures under Output 4, including employability support, company linkages and pathways into work.
• Monitor and document private sector engagement, lessons learned and good practices for reporting, scaling and further project development.

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.