Work Environment

Our team brings together staff members and community volunteers in a dynamic work environment where personal initiative drives success. We are passionate individuals dedicated to making a difference and good listeners who typically work closely and value efficient teamwork. Our community centers are vibrant spaces where hospitality, enthusiasm, and cheerfulness are encouraged. They are also our office space where we work together, share tasks, and interact casually and free from rigid formality and hierarchy. CRP’s work environment provides a unique opportunity for those willing to learn, grow, and develop a broad range of professional and interpersonal skills.

Position Description

Based at the Downtown Amman CRP Community Center, the main role of the Assistant Program Officer is to provide direct implementation and managerial support for drop-in activities and training courses at CRP’s community centers.

This position will have responsibility for programs and activities that engage children and teenagers and their families. This is an excellent opportunity for a young person to take on more responsibility and further develop managerial, oversight, and community development skills in a grassroots setting.

The Assistant Officer will report directly to a CRP’s Lead Program Officer and is responsible for activities including, but not limited to, the following:

Oversee CRP community center programming and ensure programs, spending, and progress toward deliverables are of the highest professional quality
Conducting all Program Administrative tasks, including excellent attendance documentation and review; and program volunteer recruitment, management, and payment
Leading regular outreach campaigns to target new audiences, and regularly informing community members of existing and new drop-in activities offered at CRP centers
Collect monthly feedback from program officers, community volunteers, and program participants to continuously improve the program
Troubleshooting any program challenges and proactively addressing them in coordination with the team
Success Factors:

Initiative-taking, problem solving attitude to work. Excellent communication skills
Result oriented and high attention to details
Ability to sensitively and empathetically connect with your team
Excellent project management skills, including time management, task prioritization and effective delegation. Able to work under pressure
Collaborative and team player; able to work in a diverse environment with people from different backgrounds
Confident user of Google Suite/Microsoft Office tools, particularly Word and Excel/ Sheets
Passionate about grassroots, community-based work and promoting CRP’s impact

Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or 2 year college degree in social sciences, education, business administration or any related field
Minimum of 2-3 years experience working in project administration or management
Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English
Experience working with refugees or other vulnerable populations (highly desirable)
Experience working with children and teenagers (highly desirable)
Experience managing staff or interns (highly desirable)
Experience in administrative tasks and processing data (desirable)
Part Time, 16-20 hours per week. Salary range is JD 200-250 per month.

Please send your resume/CV