Program Coordinator, Badir

BACKGROUND
The International Youth Foundation (IYF) invests in the extraordinary potential of young people. Founded in 1990, IYF builds and maintains a worldwide community of businesses, governments, and civil society organizations committed to empowering youth to be healthy, productive, and engaged citizens. IYF programs are catalysts for change that help young people obtain a quality education, gain employability skills, make healthy choices, and improve their communities. To learn more visit www.iyfnet.org

With funding from The Starbucks Foundation, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) is implementing Badir, an innovative program designed to equip young Jordanian leaders with the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to strengthen and scale up their social change projects. Offered in both Arabic and English, the program will provide the young leaders with social innovation skills and management training to help them strengthen and expand their projects. Through the program’s Innovation Fund, participants will be eligible to receive a monetary award The intent of the program is to strengthen the youth leadership sector in Jordan through investment in young leaders who are creating significant impact in their communities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Badir recruitment and selection processes including: receipt of applications, coordination of judging process, and communications with newly-selected Fellows.
• Responsible for all logistical details related to Badir’s bi-annual training retreats and other events, including: invitations, travel arrangements, consultant agreements, hotel and meeting space, meals, follow-up and reimbursement.  
• Responsible collection and processing of all Badir program awards documents and contracts to ensure timely receipt, approval, processing and payment.
• Maintain and contribute relevant content for electronic and virtual communications vehicles such as: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, GoToWebinar, Badir website and blog. 
• Work closely with Badir fellows to capture learnings, trends and challenges of the youth social entrepreneurship sector in Jordan. 
• Develop original public content to share best practices and highlight fellow success stories.
• Support evaluation activities through collection and analysis of program survey instruments.
• Other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor

SUPERVISOR
Reports directly to the Program Manager based in Amman, Jordan

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Bachelor’s Degree in marketing or communications, a social sciences discipline, or similar field.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 
• Experience in the use of social media platforms and online communications software is preferred.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and diplomacy in a multi-stakeholder environment. 
• Computer literate in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 
• Fluent in English and Arabic, both written and oral. 
• Must be a self starter who takes initiative and is able to work with minimal supervision. 
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time within Jordan.

LOCATION: Amman, Jordan

TO APPLY
Please submit the following documents via email to jobs@iyfnet.org  with "Program Coordinator, Badir - Jordan" in the subject line:

1. Completed IYF Field Office Application for Employment
2. Cover Letter
3. Resume