Senior Social Protection Adviser -Jordan

Position description

Position Title: Senior Social Protection Adviser (Shamil Project, Amman, Jordan)

Appointment: Long-term Consultant or Fixed-Term Employee

Contract Type: Full-time Consultant or Fixed-Term Contract (if employee)

Contract Term: Commencement date asap to May 2027 

Location: Amman, Jordan

Total remuneration: Competitive salary commensurate with experience plus deployment and  relocation package

Reporting to: Team Leader for Shamil Project

About Shamil 

Shamil is a technical assistance facility which is a core component of a five-year programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), that runs from 2023-2027, called Strengthening Societal and Economic Resilience in Jordan (SSERJ). It aims to support the Government of Jordan to build a national system that ensures access to comprehensive social security for everyone, across the lifecycle. The project will promote greater gender equality, women’s empowerment and the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other at-risk groups within the national social protection system and more broadly across society.

SSERJ consists of the following components: 

• Technical assistance to strengthen the social protection system
• Financial assistance to pilot new social assistance and/or social insurance schemes
• Financial assistance for vulnerable refugees and research to promote refugee economic inclusion and self-reliance
• Technical assistance for monitoring, evaluation and lesson learning.

Shamil adopts a flexible, demand-driven and partner led approach to supporting social protection system strengthening by closely collaborating with key stakeholders in Jordan’s social protection space, including government, non-government and development partners. Shamil will work with key government partners to identify and address needs and priorities for system strengthening. Shamil will also foster collaboration with the other key technical assistance providers and development partners working in the social protection sector to ensure synergy, complementarity and greater effectiveness of results.  

Shamil supports the Government of Jordan across all aspects of social protection, including analysis of the challenges Jordan faces that can be addressed by social protection; policy development; evidence generation; and strengthening the design and effectiveness of social protection schemes. 

Shamil is being implemented by Development Pathways, in partnership with Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) and MMIS Management Consultants. 

Purpose The purpose of the Senior Social Protection Adviser role is to lead Shamil’s provision of technical assistance on social protection in support of the Government of Jordan’s efforts to build an effective and efficient multi-tiered social protection system, with strong operational systems.

Main Responsibilities and Duties

1. Technical Delivery (50%)

• Lead in developing the technical components of the Shamil project’s workplan, comprising support to policy development and reviews, research and lesson-learning, operational strengthening, bringing together thinking across Government, the FCDO, the Shamil team and other relevant stakeholders
• Lead on the development and delivery of SP technical activities – including developing high quality terms of reference for consultants and quality assuring their work – ensuring that all assignments are delivered to a high standard and on time, and provide support and advice to other project activities, as required
• As required, provide technical assistance on specific activities, delivering high quality reports, learning products and other written outputs
• Input to work-packages and TORs for mobilised TA developed in response to Stakeholder and Government demands
• Develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of social protection in Jordan and the region, as well as the broader context and political economy within which the social protection system sits, and apply this to the design and delivery of Shamil’s activities.

2. Stakeholder and Client Engagement (40%)

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders in Jordan, sharing leadership with the Deputy Team Leader/national Senior SP Adviser on the engagement with the social protection sector and strengthen understanding of the benefits of building an effective and comprehensive, multi-tiered universal social protection system
• Support and engage in the development and delivery of training sessions and other capacity development on social protection to a variety of government and non-government stakeholders, including the members of the Shamil team
• Across all activities, take the opportunity to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment and the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable categories of the population within the national social protection system
• Capture and communicate stakeholder feedback and engagement back to the wider Core Team, supporting a unified understanding of stakeholder priorities.

3. Team Leadership and Management (10%)

• Participate actively in the leadership of the project as a member of the Senior Management Team and work closely with the other members
• Provide effective line management to the Social Protection Officer and effective task management to other colleagues contributing to the delivery of technical outputs
• Support the Team Leader in the development and delivery of project reports
• Support the development and maintenance of a strong and positive team culture
• Support the Project Manager in the effective planning, monitoring and reporting of project progress
• Uphold responsibilities within the project Communication Strategy, as relevant
• Undertake other activities as required by the Team Leader.

Qualifications

• At least a master’s degree in a subject related to social protection, international development, social policy, or economics.
• At least ten years’ experience of working in global social policy and humanitarian contexts, with a focus on social protection.
• A deep understanding of social protection and the ability to leverage knowledge and experience from a variety of international contexts.
• Capacity to effectively engage with and influence a wide range of stakeholders, from grassroots community members to policymakers.
• A commitment to transformative social policy, innovation and evidence-based policy and programming.
• Excellent demonstrable writing and communication skills in English; an additional language would be advantageous.
• The ability to work independently and be confident to take initiative, but also to be an effective and collaborative team member across different cultures.
• Excellent team-working and leadership skills.
• An extensive network of contacts in the international development, social security or humanitarian field would be advantageous.

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