Ministry of Digital Economy & Entrepreneurship

The Digital Skills Association

rms of Reference (ToR)

Job Opening: Grants Specialist

1. About DigiSkills the Youth, Technology, and Jobs Project

The Government of Jordan (GoJ) has received financing from the World Bank to implement the Youth, Technology, and Jobs (YTJ) project, which has become effective in April 2020. The YTJ project aims to improve digitally enabled income opportunities and expand digitized government services in Jordan. The project will build an impetus for private sector-led growth of the digital economy and make interventions to address specific constraints in the supply and demand sides of the digital economy.  The project duration is five years. The Ministry of Digital Economy & Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) is the implementing agency of the YTJ project.

Established in 2021 under Associations Law No. (51) of the year 2008, where the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) is the technical relevant Ministry, the Digital Skills Association (DigiSkills) is a novel product of years of work on making workable partnerships between the public and private sectors to enhance technical and vocational labor skills. 

The mission of DigiSkills is to provide strong employer leadership that can deliver sustained improvements in people’s competencies as a cornerstone to increasing productivity and competitiveness of the Jordanian economy. DigiSkills provides bridges between employers and learning institutions to reduce the gap between demand and supply in the labor market. In this regard, DigiSkills is hiring core staff members that will support in achieving its objectives.

Through the Youth, Technology, and Job (YTJ) project, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MODEE) is supporting DigiSkills to achieve its mandate by hiring consultants that will enable it in achieving its objectives.

The objective of this ToR is to identify and hire a Grants Specialist for DigiSkills through MoDEE to support the preparation and implementation of DigiSkills’ activities. The Grants Specialist will report directly to the Managing Director

1. Roles and Responsibilities

• Review and check the eligibility of the applications received under the three subgrant programs;
• Serve as the main point of contact with the applicant organizations;
• Conduct due diligence on the shortlisted organizations and report the findings to the Digital Business Sector team
• Collect evaluation sheets and tally up scoring;
• Prepare subgrant agreements and their amendments
• Collect and archive all subgrant documents required from the applicant organizations
• Other duties as assigned

2. Eligibility and Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in grants or procurement management
• Experience working with major donors/ funding agencies (preferably the World Bank)
• Knowledge of the grants management cycle
• Excellent writing and reading communication skills in both English and Arabic Languages
• Close attention to details
• Highly organized
• Team player

3. Education Requirements

University Degree in Finance and accounting, business administration, industrial engineering, or a related discipline.

4. Duration of Assignment

The contract period is for one year, renewable up on annual appraisal. The Grants Specialist must diligently perform in a proper and efficient manner the duties set out within this ToR and any other tasks or responsibilities that may arise in relation to DigiSkills needs.