PROJECT & GRANT MANAGER
Jordan Heritage
Total years of experience :10 years, 6 Months
• Managed +15 national and cross-border projects in community development, capacity building, social innovation, entrepreneurship, and organisational development, a 100% completion rate and impacting +530 direct beneficiaries.
• Identified and secured +12 partnerships, funding opportunities, and grants. Including implementing effective CRM.
• Generated +$1.4M over 3 years through grants, handling requests for proposals (RFPs), fundraising, and public tenders.
• Led the strategic development and management of diverse innovative sustainability-focused ventures and SMEs. Including a tourism business incubator, 3 Jordanian cuisine restaurants, a Virtual Reality Museum, a boutique hotel, and a cultural café house across Jordan (Amman, Salt, Petra, and Aqaba).
• Supported the Internalisation Department in promoting study programmes and extra-curriculum training and education activities, effectively engaging with institutional partners and prospective students from +107 countries.
• Spearheaded the design and implementation of innovative programs that boosted international student enrolment by 15%, elevating the universitys reputation and improving its ranking by +50 places.
• Led multiple socioeconomic research projects, leading to the successful implementation ofsocial innovation initiatives, resulting in +500 research articles, +60 galleries, +20 documentaries, and 12 Virtual Reality (VR) experiences.
• Planned and implemented comprehensive training and internships programs for youth, coordinating successful programs that led to 100% internship placement for participants and a +25% increase in knowledge change.
• Coordinated the regional PMO teams, ensuring effective communication with Saudi Arabia HQ and 4 country offices in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Syria while managing a SAR 3.5 billion budget relief project portfolio.
• Strengthened project coordination and partner relations by effectively managing cross-regional collaborations with local and international stakeholders, reducing decision-making time by 15% and increasing project alignment.
Websites development & Administration.
Social media strategies.
Graphic & Web Design.
Interns training.