Sarah Arab, Job Placement Senior Project Coordinator

Sarah Arab

Job Placement Senior Project Coordinator

Jordan River Foundation

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Experience
9 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 2 Months

Job Placement Senior Project Coordinator at Jordan River Foundation
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since January 2022

• Conduct market assessment in the designated areas to identify the employment needs and criteria.
• Establish partnerships with employers in the designated areas to place JRF beneficiaries in entry-level jobs.
• Source beneficiaries based on employers’ needs and criteria.
• Place beneficiaries in decent jobs that adhere to the Jordanian labor law.
• Follow up with employers and beneficiaries periodically.
• Produces statistical, analytical, and narrative reports, including reports on reporting requirements, project expiry dates as well as any other reports.
• Evaluates the project activities, establishes and implements mechanisms to systematically assess the achievement of results.
• Review and update work plan throughout the program with guidance and management support from the Project Manager.
• Ensures that the project staff is implementing the project activities in accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed and approved in the project document.

Project Coordinator at Jordan River Foundation
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2021 to December 2021

• Implementing all project activities to ensure that they are in line with the approved work plan in terms of the aspired targets and the associated time schedules as well as the quality of work
• Working in specific under the workforce development component to do the following tasks:
- Scouting employers in all the different targeted governorates to look for available job opportunities that are fit for the targeted population in the area of concern
- Matching the targeted population with the available employers and the available job opportunities
- Following up with the beneficiaries after they have been matched with the opportunities to ensure the sustainability and progress of their careers
• Analyzing all the data for WFD components to provide disaggregated detailed information out of the data that was collected with the beneficiaries, employers and staff members.
• Following up with the employers after job matching of beneficiaries to ensure that the beneficiaries are still employed and sustain their employment, as well as, following up on the payment requests for the beneficiaries and the employers.
• Preparing the MOUs that are signed between, the employers and training providers with JRF.
• Conducting field visits to follow up on WFD activities for the project, in addition to those to different components and aspects of the project.

Project Coordinator at Jordan River Foundation
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2019 to December 2020

• Implement all project activities to ensure that they are in line with the approved work plan in terms of outputs, associated schedules and quality of work.
• Conduct periodic field visits to the sites to monitor the progress of the project, in addition to continuous coordination and liaison with all parties involved in the project to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
• Identify risks, challenges and gaps that may affect the workflow in coordination with the main project coordinator and the concerned authorities and departments.
• Contribute to the implementation of programs to equip and motivate the local community to participate in the presence or implementation of project activities.
• Carrying out administrative tasks related to preparing memoranda, arranging files of proposals and contributing to the processing of invoices and purchase orders, in addition to contributing to the preparation of contracts and official documents required in coordination with the main project coordinator and the concerned authorities and departments.
• Monitoring and reviewing team performance, and quality of data gathered.
• Perform data quality and data processing tasks.
• Contribute to assessing the impact of completed projects in the local community to ensure the achievement of the overall strategic objectives of the Foundation in coordination with the main project coordinator and the Department of Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Contribute to the preparation of statistics and periodic reports that may be needed by the institution and the project's supporting bodies, in coordination with the main project coordinator and the concerned authorities and departments.
• Contribute to the implementation of procedures for the development of the comprehensive database, which includes documents and details of the project and
ensure that it is updated periodically in coordination with the coordinator of the main project and the authorities and departments concerned.
• Conducting and preparing feasibility studies with the beneficiaries of the project.

Quality Assurance, Data processing and Project Coordinator at Mindset
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2018 to July 2018

• Perform data quality and data processing tasks.
• Scripting of questionnaires on data collection platform
• Management of compliance to regulation and QA procedures.
• Monitoring and reviewing team performance, quality of data gathered.
• Quality assurance and follow up on processes and deliverables of Mindset to clients.
• Client management, servicing and communication in regards to quality assurance procedures used, implementation and any challenges faced in the field.
• Monitor compliance with budget of field staff and office team members.

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at USAID Jordan Workforce Development Project
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2017 to February 2018

• Gather governorate level data in a timely manner.
• Updates and maintain the project database (TAMIS) and indicator trackers.
• Support the entry of project performance data into USAID systems (TraiNet, DevResults, etc…).
• Assist in the preparation of M&E reports as needed.
• Maintain secure storage of all project documents, in soft or hard copy format.
• Scan key hard copy documents as needed and store them according to the project’s documentation guidelines.
• Prepare field reports according to the project’s M&E field report format.
• Take and collect photos of WFD events in the governorate. Photos will be stored according to the project’s documentation guidelines.
• Contribute to periodic data quality assessments (DQAs) according to USAID’s requirements and maintain a rolling DQA log.
• Communicate and coordinate regularly with project colleagues in the regional and central offices.

Monitoring and Evaluation Short Term Assistant at USAID Jordan Workforce Development Project
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2016 to March 2017

• Work from the WFD offices in Amman and attempt to call each beneficiary using project provided equipment at least three times in order to successfully complete an interview over the telephone, then record the conversation in WFD's M&E systems.
• Conduct interviews with beneficiaries of the East Amman New Employee Loyalty Program and other programs, as needed, in order to collect monitoring and effectiveness data.
• Update training records, enter them to the system and calculate training hours.

Teacher at Al Maamonieh school
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2015 to August 2016
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant at Shops "Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector"
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2014 to June 2015

Working under the family planning counseling study vouchers collection project, where we do provide women with vouchers for free family planning services at the projects' network doctors.
These vouchers are labeled with round stickers so that they may be collected after the vouchers are redeemed by the beneficiaries.
Look through filed vouchers to identify vouchers with the marked round stickers and enters the data into a Microsoft Excel database.
Assure NGO reporting and services quality through monitoring clients' satisfaction by conducting telephone interview and enters the data into the appropriate Microsoft Excel database.
Afterwards, create reports for any inconsistencies or errors to the MER officer.

Nutritionist at Al Rasheed Hospital
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2012 to January 2013

•Education and advice patients with diet disorders to follow practical ways to improve their health by adopting healthy eating habits.
•Educate other health care professionals (doctors, nurses, social workers) about food and nutrition habits.
•Evaluate patients' satisfaction about their diets.
•Raise patients and their families' awareness about nutrition, diet, and food selection.
•Assess patients' nutritional needs.
•Develop and implement nutrition programs.
•Create nutrition assessment report.
•Implementing quality assurance standard on the meals prepared for the patients.


Training and courses:

2012 (6 weeks):

Position: On the field training
Company Name: University of Jordan Hospital - Amman / Jordan

Education

Bachelor's degree, Human Nutrition and Dietetics
  • at University of Jordan
  • January 2012
High school or equivalent, علمي
  • at Sukainah Bin Al Hussain School
  • January 2008

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Excel
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
COUNSELING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
MICROSOFT EXCEL
NETWORKING
QUALITY
QUALITY CONTROL
REPORTS
TELEPHONE SKILLS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro) Level 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
AMIDEAST
Date Attended:
December 2019
Microsoft excel basic to intermediate (Training)
Training Institute:
AMIDEAST
Date Attended:
December 2019
Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro) Level 1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020